[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26544]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-8-000]


Wisconsin Electric Power Company; Notice of Application for 
Service Area Determination

October 10, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 2, 1996, Wisconsin Electric Power 
Company (Wisconsin Electric), 231 West Michigan Street, P.O. Box 2046, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2046 filed an application pursuant to 
Section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting a determination 
of a service area within which Wisconsin Electric may, without further 
Commission authorization, enlarge or expand its facilities. Wisconsin 
Electric also requests: (a) a finding that Wisconsin Electric qualifies 
as a local distribution company (LDC) for purposes of Section 311 of 
the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA); (b) a waiver of the 
Commission's regulatory requirements, including reporting and 
accounting requirements ordinarily applicable to natural gas companies 
under the NGA and NGPA; and (c) such further relief as the Commission 
may deem appropriate, all as more fully described in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Wisconsin Electric states that it is a public utility engaged in, 
among other things, the business of distributing natural gas to 
customers for residential, commercial, and industrial use. Wisconsin 
Electric requests a service area determination consisting of the towns 
of Boulder Junction, Conorver, Lac du Flambeau, Land O'Lakes, 
Manitowish Waters, Phelps, Plum Lake, Presque Isle, St. Germain, and 
Winchester in Vilas County, Wisconsin and Mercer in Iron County, 
Wisconsin and the right of way for a line from the Great Lakes Gas 
Transmission Limited Partnership pipeline in the town of Watersmeet, 
Michigan, to the Wisconsin-Michigan border at Land O'Lakes.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 31, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.211 or 385.214) 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 a grant of the certificate 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If 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 Wisconsin Electric to appear or be 
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26544 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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