[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-910]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-175-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

January 9, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 30, 1996, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Bismark, 
North Dakota 58501 filed in Docket No. CP97-175-000 a request pursuant 
to Sections 157.205, and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for approval and 
permission to abandon a farm tap located in Dawson County, Montana, 
under the blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-487-000, et 
al., pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Williston Basin asserts that Montana-Dakota Utilities Company 
(Montana-Dakota), a local distribution company, has extended its 
distribution system to serve the load previously served through the tap 
which Williston now proposes to abandon. Williston Basin also asserts 
that removal of the tap will eliminate the possibility of ice damage to 
the tap's riser from the flooding of a nearby river.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days after the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (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 activities 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 If a protest is filed and not withdrawn 30 days after the time 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-910 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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