[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27652]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-48-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

October 23, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 18, 1996, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), Suite 300, 200 North Third Street, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed an application with the Commission 
in Docket No. CP97-48-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) for authorization to delete a receipt point from which gas is 
received onto the Williston Basin system and to reassign the existing 
transportation Maximum Daily Receipt Quantities (MDRQ) from the deleted 
receipt point to currently effective receipt points applicable to 
transportation service provided to Northern States Power Company (NSP), 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is open to the 
public for inspection.
    Williston Basin proposes to delete the Bowdoin (KNE Whitewater 
Exchange) receipt point located in Phillips County, Montana, as an 
authorized receipt point \1\ to its existing Transportation Service 
Agreement (TSA) at the NSP's request. Williston Basin states that the 
TSA is a part of Rate Schedule X-13 contained in its FERC Gas Tariff, 
Original Volume No. 2. Williston Basin also proposes to reassign the 
transportation MDRQ under Rate Schedule X-13 from the deleted Bowdoin 
(KNE Whitewater Exchange) receipt point to the Lignite Plant receipt 
point and the Many Islands Pipe Line-Portal receipt point, both located 
in Burke County, North Dakota. Williston Basin would delete any 
reference to a change in MDRQ from the summer season to the winter 
season for all receipt points.
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    \1\ 58 FERC para. 61,344 (1992).
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 30, 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 385.214 or 385.211) 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 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 Williston Basin to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27652 Filed 10-28-96; 8:45 am]
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