[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31791]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-137-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

December 10, 1996.
    Take notice that on December 3, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-137-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon 12 small volume 
measuring stations located in the states of Iowa and Minnesota, under 
Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000 
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.
    Northern requests authority to abandon 12 small volume measuring 
stations located in Webster and Polk Counties, Iowa, and Dakota, 
Washington, Isanti, Rice, Scott and Dodge Counties, Minnesota. Northern 
states that the end-users have requested the removal of these measuring 
stations from their property. Northern further states that copies of 
the consent forms from each end-user authorizing removal of such 
measuring stations are included in its application.
    Northern also states that the facilities to be abandoned are 
jurisdictional facilities under the Natural Gas Act and were 
constructed pursuant to superseded 2.55 regulations, budget, or blanket 
authority, depending on the year the facilities were originally placed 
in-service.
    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 Sec. 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not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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. 96-31791 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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