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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP94-391-000]

 

Centra Pipelines Minnesota Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes to 
FERC Gas Tariff

September 12, 1994.
    Take notice on September 2, 1994, Centra Pipelines Minnesota Inc. 
(Centra Minnesota--tendered for filing the following tariff sheets to 
its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 2:

Original Sheet Nos. 32 through 35
First Revised Sheet No. 35

    Original tariff Sheet No. 35 and First Revised Sheet No. 35 both 
include an ``Index of Shippers'' and are being filed to reflect changes 
regarding the identify of certain of Central Minnesota's shippers and 
their respective volumes of gas shipped on the pipeline. The changes 
with respect to Northern Minnesota Utilities (NMU) and The City of 
Warroad, Minnesota (Warroad) are to be effective immediately, and are 
reflected on Original Sheet No. 35. First Revised Sheet No. 35 reflects 
both the NMU/Warroad change and the changes with respect to shippers 
Centra Gas Ontario, Inc. (Centra Ontario) and Westcoast Power Inc. 
(Westcoast Power), to be effective as of December 31, 1994.
    Centra Minnesota states that the referenced Sheet Nos. 32 through 
34 are being filed to reserve these sheets for future use. Tariff Sheet 
No. 35 is an ``Index of Shippers'' which is being filed to reflect 
changes in the volumes of natural gas transported by Centra Minnesota 
on behalf of its shippers. These revised transportation volumes, which 
correspond to changes in the Department of Energy (DOE) import and/or 
export authorizations of Centra Minnesota's shippers, are as follows:
    (1) Reduce the volumes of gas that Centra Minnesota is authorized 
to transport on behalf of Centra Ontario from up to 10,220 MMcf/year to 
up to 1,974 MMcf/year;
    (2) Transport on behalf of Westcoast Power the remainder of the 
volumes that were previously transported on behalf of Centra Ontario, 
i.e. 8,246 MMcf/year;
    (3) Eliminate Warroad as a shipper under Rate Schedule FT; and,
    (4) Transport on behalf of NMU the volumes that were previously 
transported on behalf of Warroad.
    Centra Minnesota states that the DOE has approved the changes 
listed above in the amounts of gas Centra Minnesota's shippers (i.e., 
Westcoast and Centra Ontario) are authorized to import and/or export. 
Centra Minnesota states that the other change of eliminating Warroad as 
a shipper is due to the fact that NMU purchased the distribution 
facilities previously owned by Warroad, and Centra Minnesota will now 
transport on behalf of NMU volumes previously transported on behalf of 
Warroad. Centra Minnesota states that DOE also has approved the 
transfer to NMU of the import authorization granted to Warroad.
    Centra Minnesota states that the corresponding changes to the 
volumes transported on behalf of these shippers are fully consistent 
with Centra Minnesota's flexible transportation authority granted by 
the Commission. Additionally, Centra Minnesota states that no increase 
in transportation volumes is sought and no facility construction is 
required.
    Pursuant to Sec. 154.51 of the Commission's regulations, Centra 
Minnesota respectively requests waiver of the (1) thirty day notice 
period so that the Warroad/NMU redistribution of volumes will become 
effective immediately; and (2) requirement that tariffs not be filed 
more than sixty days prior to their proposed effective date so that the 
change in volumes between Centra Ontario and Westcoast can be effective 
as of December 31, 1994. Centra Minnesota states that such waivers will 
not result in any harm to any shipper since the volume of gas to be 
transported by Centra Minnesota will not be increased or decreased, but 
is merely being reallocated.
    Copies of the filing were served upon Centra Minnesota's 
jurisdictional customers and interested state commissions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said filing should on or before September 19, 1994, file a 
motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 and 385.211). All 
protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants 
parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party to the 
proceeding must file a motion to intervene. Copies of Centra 
Minnesota's filing are on file with the Commission and are available 
for public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-22934 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]
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