[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5216-5217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2653]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-191-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

January 29, 1997.
    Take notice that on January 10, 1997, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern) 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-191-000 a request pursuant to Section 157.205 and 
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.208) for authorization to install and operate five 
new compressor units, with appurtenances, at the Sublette Compressor 
Station located in Seward County, Kansas. Northern makes such request 
under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000

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pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, Northern proposes to install and operate three high 
speed 1,400 Hp reciprocating units and two 6,960 Hp gas turbine 
compressor units, at its Sublette Compressor Station. Northern states 
that it intends to use the five proposed compressors in lieu of the ten 
units that Northern is proposing to abandon in a companion application 
that it filed in Docket No. CP97-190-000. It is stated that the ten 
units that Northern proposes to abandon in the companion filing were 
installed in the late 1940's and early 1970's, and that parts are not 
readily available for maintenance or repair. Northern avers that the 
five new units that it is proposing to install and operate in this 
filing, will eliminate the need for the old and near obsolete units.
    Northern estimates the cost to install the proposed facilities to 
be $18,169,257. Northern states that the proposed units will provide 
the ability for remote operation from a central location, reduce air 
emissions, and provide for more overall efficient operation of the 
Sublette Compression Station. It is further stated that the proposed 
facilities are designed to maintain existing pipeline capacity, and 
that Northern does not anticipate an increase in capacity as a result 
of the installation of the proposed compressor units.
    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 Section 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. 97-2653 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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