[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27101]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-20-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 17, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 9, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-20-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 FR 157.205 and 157.216(b)) for authorization to abandon 21 small 
volume measuring station facilities (facilities) located in Iowa, 
Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota, under the blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern states that 21 of its end-users have requested the removal 
of the facilities from their properties. Northern has included in its 
filing, a copy of a consent form from each end-user authorizing removal 
of such facilities. Northern has listed the facilities to be abandoned, 
with maps detailing their locations, in Attachment A to the filing. 
Northern asserts that the facilities will be abandoned and removed in 
accordance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and 
the sites restored to their original condition by leveling the sites 
and reseeding with native vegetation. Northern says the removal will be 
accomplished with no additional disturbance since no piping associated 
with the proposed abandonment of the facilities will be abandoned.
    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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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. 96-27101 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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