[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-547]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP97-219-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Filing of 
Request for Waiver

January 6, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 31, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) filed a letter requesting that it be permitted 
to defer filing any additional Stranded Facilities Charge (SFC) 
Adjustment Filings while a settlement submitted in its Docket No. RP95-
408 remains pending. General Terms and Conditions (GTC) Section 46 of 
Columbia's tariff contains Columbia's SFC mechanism. Columbia filed its 
SFC tariff provision and initial SFC as part of its August 1, 1996 
general rate case filing in Docket No. RP95-408. GTC Section 46 
provides for Columbia's recovery of certain ``Stranded Facilities 
Costs'' and requires Columbia to restate the SFC twice a year 
(Adjustment Filings) to be effective each February 1 and August 1.
    On November 22, 1996, Columbia filed an Offer of Settlement 
(Settlement) in Docket No. RP95-408, pursuant to Rule 602 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602, which 
provides for the disposition of the outstanding SFC issues. Article 
III, Section C of that Settlement specifically states that the charge 
for the SFC shall remain at the current level through December 31, 
1997. By a separate filing, Columbia is today seeking to place into 
effect the rates established under the Settlement, including the SFC, 
on an interim basis effective February 1, 1997, while the Settlement 
remains pending. In light of the fact that the SFC will be modified by 
the Settlement, as well as the fact that Columbia is seeking to 
implement the Settlement rates on an interim basis, Columbia is seeking 
a waiver of GTC Section 46.2(b) of its tariff to defer any additional 
Adjustment Filings pursuant to Section 46 while the above-referenced 
Settlement remains pending.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sections 385.211 and 385.214 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such protests must be filed on or before January 
13, 1997. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining 
the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make 
protestants parties to the proceeding. Copies of this filing are on 
file with the Commission and are available for public inspection in the 
Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-547 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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