[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22164]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-735-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

August 26, 1996.
    Take notice that on August 21, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-735-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to install and operate a new 
delivery point to accommodate natural gas deliveries to Western Gas 
Utilities, Inc. (WGU) for delivery to the proposed Darwin town border 
station (TBS), located in Meeker County, Minnesota, under Northern's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000 pursuant to 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the 
request that is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Northern states that it requests authority to install and operate 
the proposed delivery point to accommodate natural gas deliveries to 
WGU under Northern's currently effective throughput service agreements. 
Northern asserts that WGU has requested the proposed delivery point to 
accommodate service due to expansion of its distribution system into 
new areas. The estimated volumes proposed to be delivered to WGU at the 
Darwin TBS are 350 MMBtu on a peak day and 53,550 MMBtu on an annual 
basis. Northern states that the estimated cost to install the delivery 
point is $50,000, and that WGU will reimburse Northern for the cost to 
install the proposed delivery point.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention 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 activity 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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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. 96-22164 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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