[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27102]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-21-000]


Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 17, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 10, 1996, Viking Gas Transmission 
Company (Viking), 825 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55117, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-21-000 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 add a new delivery point for 
firm transportation services for RDO Foods Co., a North Dakota 
corporation (RDO Foods) under Vikings' blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-414-000 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.
    Viking states that the new RDO Foods delivery point will be located 
in Grand Forks County, North Dakota at Milepost 2204A-101+15.18 on 
Viking's system. Viking states that RDO Foods has requested deliveries 
of up to 1,200 Dth of natural gas per day at the Grand Forks County, 
North Dakota delivery point. Viking also states that RDO Foods has 
agreed to reimburse Viking for the costs of the facilities, which 
consist of a two-inch hot tap, piping, valves, regulation, odorization, 
measurement, and data acquisition equipment. The estimated cost of 
these facilities is $144,000.
    Viking further states that the total quantities to be delivered by 
Viking to RDO Foods after the establishment of the new delivery point 
will not exceed contract quantities, and the changes proposed are not 
prohibited by Viking's tariff. Viking also states that it has 
sufficient capacity in its system to accomplish delivery of gas to the 
proposed Grand Forks County delivery point without detriment or 
disadvantage to any of Viking's other customers.
    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. 96-27102 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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