[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29125]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-248-003]


Portland Natural Gas Transmission System; Notice of Amendment to 
Application for Authorization to Operate Border Facilities and for 
Presidential Permit

November 7, 1996.
    Take notice that on November 1, 1996, Portland Natural Gas 
Transmission System (PNGTS), 300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, 
Massachusetts 01581-5039, filed an amendment to its application filed 
pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, Sections 153.10 through 
153.12 of the Commission's Regulations, and Executive Order No. 10485, 
as amended by Executive Order No. 12038 and Secretary of Energy 
Delegation Order No. 0204-112, for Section 3 authorization and a 
Presidential Permit to site, construct, operate and maintain pipeline 
facilities at the United States-Canada International Boundary, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, PNGTS now seeks authorization to site, construct, 
operate and maintain approximately 500 feet of either 20-inch or 24-
inch diameter pipeline in the town of Pittsburg, New Hampshire, 
commencing at the United States-Canada border and ending at a proposed 
joint or bend in the pipeline. The accompanying Section 7(c) filing has 
been amended, in Docket No. CP96-249-003, to reflect, inter alia, a 
revised route from the international border at Pittsburg, New Hampshire 
to Shelburne, New Hampshire. In the Section 7(c) filing, PNGTS filed 
two cases. Case No. 1 proposes a 20-inch diameter pipeline at the 
international border and Case No. 2 proposes a 24-inch diameter 
pipeline at the border. PNGTS has requested that both proposals be 
granted and that it will inform the Commission, prior to construction, 
whether it will construct Case No. 1 or Case No. 2.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 29, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE, 
Washington, D.C. 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). 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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 3 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 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 PNGTS to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-29125 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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