[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6365-6366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3639]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-168-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application

February 13, 1996.
    Take notice that on February 1, 1996, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-168-000 an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Section 9 of the Alaskan Natural Gas 
Transportation Act (ANGTA), and Part 157 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations, for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing Northwest to abandon 
transportation of natural gas for Pacific Interstate Transmission 
Company (PITCO) under Rate Schedule T-1 in Northwest's FERC Gas Tariff, 
Third Revised Volume No. 1, in order to effectuate PITCO's conversion 
from Part 157 to Part 284 transportation service, all as more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Northwest also requests a waiver of any tariff provisions which 
could interfere with PITCO's replacement Part 284 services being 
implemented with the same capacity rights and priorities as its former 
Rate Schedule T-1 service. Specifically, Northwest requests waiver of 
Sections 12.3, 17.5(c), 25.3 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions 
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Section 1 of Northwest's Rate Schedule TI-1.
    Northwest states that, under a certificated Rate Schedule T-1 
agreement, it currently receives up to 243,467 MMBtu per day on a firm 
basis and up to 60,867 MMBtu per day on a best-efforts basis for 
PITCO's account from Pacific Gas Transmission Company at Stanfield, 
Oregon and delivers these volumes, less fuel, to Ignacio, Colorado for 
PITCO's account. Northwest further states that the term of this 
transportation agreement extends through October 31, 2012, and 
thereafter, as long as PITCO has the right to purchase Canadian gas 
under any extension of its contract with Northwest Alaskan Pipeline 
Company.
    Northwest states that a letter agreement with PITCO dated December 
12, 1995 sets forth the conditions upon which Northwest and certain of 
its shippers can support the conversion of PITCO's Section 7(c) service 
to a Part 284 service. Northwest states that, to effect the conversion 
of PITCO's transportation service according to the provisions set forth 
in the letter agreement, it and PITCO propose to terminate the 
effective Rate Schedule T-1 service agreement and implement two 
replacement open-access agreements:
    (1) a Part 284 Rate Schedule TF-1 firm transportation agreement to 
provide a contract demand of 243,467 MMBtu per day from a primary 
receipt point at Stanfield to a primary delivery point at Ignacio; and
    (2) a Part 284 Rate Schedule TI-1 transportation agreement to 
provide for 60,867 MMBtu per day of interruptible transportation at 
maximum rate from Stanfield to Ignacio to replace the best-efforts 
service currently available under PITCO's Schedule T-1 service 
agreement.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 5, 1996, 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 Northwest to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-3639 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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