[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30230-30231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15095]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-551-000]


MidAmerican Energy Company; Notice of Application

June 10, 1996.
    Take notice that on May 31, 1996, MidAmerican Energy Company 
(MidAmerican), P.O. Box 778, Sioux City, IA 51102 filed in Docket No. 
CP96-551-000, an application pursuant to Sections 1(c) and 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations 
for a declaration of Hinshaw exemption and blanket marketing 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing MidAmerican 
to transport, sell, and assign natural gas in interstate commerce as 
though it were an intrastate pipeline as defined in Section 311 of the 
Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    MidAmerican requests the Commission to declare its service 
territory exempt from the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission 
pursuant to Section 1(c) of the NGA. MidAmerican seeks such a Hinshaw 
exemption for all of its service territory except for two areas which 
the Commission has designated as NGA Section 7(f) service areas in 
Docket No. CP95-265-000. MidAmerican further requests the Commission to 
grant it a blanket marketing certificate for use within its service 
territory pursuant to Section 284.224 of the Commission's regulations.
    MidAmerican states that its rates and services are subject to 
regulation by state or local authorities in Iowa, Illinois, South 
Dakota and Nebraska. MidAmerican further states that it will use the 
blanket marketing certificate to permit it to maximize its use of its 
pipeline facilities. MidAmerican also states that a complete copy of 
the application has been mailed to the Iowa Utilities Board, Illinois 
Commerce Commission, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, Natural 
Gas Pipeline Company of America, Northern Natural Gas Company, ANR 
Pipeline

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Company and Northern Border Pipeline Company.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 1, 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 NGA (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 NGA 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 a 
grant of the certificate is 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 MidAmerican to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15095 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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