[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6062]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-227-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

March 8, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 4, 1996, Northwest Pipeline Gas 
Corporation (Northwest), P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84158-
0900, filed in Docket No. CP96-227-000 a request pursuant to Section 
157.205, 157.216, and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216 and 157.211) for approval to 
abandon certain obsolete facilities at the Finley Meter Station in 
Benton County, Washington, and to construct and operate modified 
replacement facilities at this station to more efficiently accommodate 
existing firm maximum daily delivery obligations (MDDO) at this 
delivery point to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), under 
Northwest's blanket certificate authority issued in Docket No. CP82-
433-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as 
more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northwest proposes to modify an existing meter station located in 
Benton County, Washington, by replacing the existing 2-inch positive 
displacement meter and the existing 3-inch turbine meter with a single 
2-inch turbine meter. It is indicated that as a result of these 
modifications, the maximum design capacity of the meter station will 
decrease from 1,597 Dth per day from Northwest's Hedges Lateral to 
approximately 1,310 Dth per day at 300 psig. It is further indicated 
that the modified station will still be adequate to accommodate 
historically experienced flow rates as well as the existing MDDO's at 
this delivery point.
    Northwest states that the estimated total cost of the proposed 
facility replacements is approximately $28,628 and that Northwest will 
not require any cost reimbursement from Cascade.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days of the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), a motion to intervene and pursuant to Section 157.205 of the 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activities shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, 
the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6062 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]
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