[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55017-55018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26667]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-194-001]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment

October 23, 1995.
    Take notice that on October 13, 1995, Northern Border Pipeline 
Company (Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 
68124, filed in Docket No. CP95-194-001, an amendment to its pending 
application in Docket No. CP95-194-000 for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations. Northern Border seeks 
authorization to construct and operate certain pipeline and compression 
facilities for the expansion and extension of Northern Border's system 
to transport gas on a firm basis on behalf of 21 shippers and an 
advance determination that the project's costs may be rolled-in with 
existing facilities' costs, all as more fully set forth in the 
amendment which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, Northern Border requests authority to construct and 
operate facilities consisting of: (1) Approximately 34.6 miles of 42-
inch pipeline loop, in two sections, on its existing 42-inch pipeline; 
(2) approximately 147.0 miles on 36-inch pipeline loop on its existing 
30-inch pipeline; (3) approximately 223.7 miles of 36-inch pipeline 
extending from the terminus of Northern Border's existing pipeline at 
Harper, Iowa to Manhattan, Illinois; (4) 19.4 miles of 30-inch 
pipeline, in two sections, from the end of the proposed 36-inch 
pipeline to two points of interconnection with Peoples Gas Light and 
Coke Company near Manhattan, Illinois and Lemont, Illinois; (5) five 
new 35,000 horsepower (HP) compressor stations on the existing 42-inch 
pipeline in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota; (6) a 
second 20,000 HP unit added at four existing compressor stations on the 
existing 42-inch pipeline in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota; 
(7) a new 20,000 HP compression station on the existing 42-inch 
pipeline in North Dakota; (8) a new 6,000 HP compressor station on the 
existing 30-inch pipeline in Iowa; (9) a new compressor station on the 
proposed 36-inch pipeline extension in Iowa, consisting of two 6,000 HP 
units; (10) nine meter stations at nine new delivery points; and (11) 
other appurtenant facilities. In addition, Northern Border proposes to 
install interconnection facilities (tees and side valves) along the 
proposed extension near intersections with or in close proximity to 
other pipeline systems in order to accommodate requests for future 
delivery points.
    Based on the facilities to be installed, the Port of Morgan, 
Montana to Ventura, Iowa segment will have a receipt capacity of 
2,375,800 Mcf per day; the Ventura, Iowa to Harper, Iowa segment will 
have a receipt capacity of 1,301,300 Mcf per day; and the pipeline 
extension between Harper, Iowa and Manhattan, Illinois will have a 
receipt capacity of 648,100 Mcf per day. Northern Border states that 
the estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $796.8 million and 
will be financed through a combination of debt and equity. The proposed 
in-service date of the facilities is Spring 1998.
    Northern Border proposes to maintain its cost of service ratemaking 
methodology and roll-in to Rate Schedule T-1 (Northern Border's Part 
284 general firm transportation rate schedule) the cost of the new 
facilities with its existing system costs. Northern Border maintains 
that the aggregation of the proposed costs with existing facility costs 
will result in a unit cost under Rate Schedule T-1 rate that is less 
than the present unit cost including fuel. Northern Border also states 
that the rolling-in of costs is consistent with the Commission's 
Statement of Policy in Docket No. PL94-4-000.
    Northern Border requests a one-time waiver, pursuant to 18 CFR 
385.101(e), of Subsection 4.83 Rate Schedule T-1 in Northern Border's 
FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, which requires the 
calculation of an average monthly rate base. Instead of calculating the 
average monthly rate base using the beginning and end-of-month balances 
as is currently in the tariff, Northern Border seeks to use a daily 
weighted average balance for the in-service month of the proposed 
facilities.
    Northern Border states that it held an open season between July 17, 
1995 and August 11, 1995 for the proposed capacity expansion and system 
extension. Northern Border asserts that the open season resulted in 21 
qualified shippers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said amendment should on or before November 13, 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-26667 Filed 10-26-95; 8:45 am]
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