[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30253]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-109-000]


Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation; Notice of Application

November 21, 1996.
    Take notice that on November 20, 1996, Distrigas of Massachusetts 
Corporation (DOMAC), 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-109-000 an application for a limited-term 
certificate of public convenience and necessity and request for 
expedited action requesting authority to install certain temporary air 
injection equipment at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in 
Everett, Massachusetts.
    DOMAC states that it requires additional air injection capability 
in order to air-stabilize a cargo of Algerian LNG, with a higher than 
usual BTU content, which is currently en route to its terminal. DOMAC 
further states that its current air injection equipment is inadequate 
to fully air-stabilize the cargo in time to enable the receipt of an 
additional cargo of high BTU LNG also en route to its terminal from Abu 
Dhabi. DOMAC has requested issuance of temporary authority by November 
22, 1996, and a limited-term certificate for the remainder of the 
winter heating season ending on March 31, 1997.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 12, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
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) 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 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment and 
grant of certificate are 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 DOMAC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30253 Filed 11-26-96; 8:45 am]
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