[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52666-52667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24983]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-789-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Northern Natural Gas 
Co.; Notice of Application

October 3, 1995.
    Take notice that on September 28, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline 
Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 
60148, and Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd 
Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed a joint abbreviated 
application in Docket No. CP95-789-000, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Regulations of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing Natural to: (1) Abandon a 
transportation service provided under its Rate Schedule X-105 for 
Northern authorized in Docket No. CP78-403; (2) abandon a rescheduling 
of deliveries service provided under its Rate Schedule X-106 for The 
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples) and North Shore Gas 
Company (North Shore) authorized in Docket No. CP78-403; and 
authorizing Northern to: (1) Abandon its certificate authorization in 
Docket No. CP78-345 which allowed it to participate in a gas banking 
arrangement and to deliver gas to Natural, all as more fully set forth 
in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Natural states that it provided: (1) A best efforts transportation 
service for Northern pursuant to a gas transportation agreement dated 
June 20, 1978 (Transportation Agreement), and (2) a rescheduling of 
deliveries service for Peoples and North Shore pursuant to a 
rescheduling of deliveries agreement dated June 12, 1978 (Rescheduling 
Agreement), between Natural, Peoples and North Shore.
    Northern states that these arrangements were entered into because 
it needed additional gas supply during the winter months of 1978 and 
1980 for delivery to its utility customers to enable them to meet their 
customers' winter requirements. Northern states that to obtain added 
supply, Northern entered into a gas banking agreement with Peoples and 
North Shore dated May 3, 1978 (Banking Agreement). Northern filed in 
Docket No. CP78-345 requesting authorization to enter into the Banking 
Agreement with Peoples and North Shore and to deliver gas to Natural.
    The Transportation and Rescheduling Agreements were entered into to 
provide for the implementation of the Banking Agreement. During the 
winter months, pursuant to the Rescheduling Agreement, Natural reduced 
deliveries of sales gas made to peoples and North Shore under Natural's 
Rate Schedule DMQ-1 by 6,000,000 Mcf (up to 50,000 Mcf of gas per day) 
for Peoples and 3,000,000 Mcf (up to 25,000 Mcf of gas per day) for 
North Shore during two delivery periods from November 1, 1978, through 
March 31, 1979, and from November 1, 1979, through March 31, 1980. 
Pursuant to the Transportation Agreement, Natural delivered such gas to 
Northern in Mills County, Iowa. 

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During the summer months, Northern made available equivalent volumes of 
gas to those that it received in the winter months, plus two and one 
half percent (2.5%) for compressor fuel, to Natural in Mills County, 
Iowa, from, where, pursuant to the Transportation Agreement, Natural 
redelivered such gas back to Peoples and North Shore during two 
redelivery periods from April 1, 1980, through October 31, 1980, and 
from April 1, 1981, through October 31, 1981. Natural and Northern 
state that the effect of these arrangements was to provide for a 
delayed exchange of gas between Natural (for the accounts of Peoples 
and North Shore) and Northern.
    Natural further states that it received letters from Northern dated 
August 22, 1995; Peoples dated September 7, 1995; and North Shore dated 
September 7, 1995, indicating that they no longer needed the 
transportation and rescheduling of deliveries services provided under 
the Transportation and Rescheduling Agreements.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 24, 1995, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
required by the public convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave 
to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission on its own motion 
believes that a formal hearing is required, further notice of such 
hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Natural or Northern to appear or be 
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary,
[FR Doc. 95-24983 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am]
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