[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18597-18598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9759]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-137-002]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC 
Gas Tariff

April 10, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 7, 1997, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh 
Revised Volume No. 1, the revised tariff sheets set forth on Appendix A 
to the filing, in compliance with the Commission's Order No. 587-B and 
the Commission's February 13, 1997 Order in this docket, to become 
effective June 1, 1997.
    On July 17, 1996, the Commission issued Order No. 587 in Docket No. 
RM96-1-000 which revised the Commission's regulations governing 
interstate natural gas pipelines to require such pipelines to follow 
certain standardized business practices issued by the Gas Industry 
Standards Board (GISB) and adopted by the Commission

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in said Order. 18 CFR 284.10(b). The standards govern certain aspects 
of the following practices of natural gas pipelines: nominations, 
allocations, balancing, measurement, invoicing, and capacity release. 
The revisions shown on the Tariff Sheets filed herewith reflect 
Southern's compliance filing to conform with the GISB standards.
    On December 2, 1996, Southern made its compliance filing submitting 
pro forma tariff sheets to comply with Order No. 587. On February 13, 
1997, the Commission issued an order in this docket in response to 
Southern's filing. The order required Southern to revise and submit its 
compliance filing for implementation of the approved standards by June 
1, 1997.
    Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures. All such protests must 
be filed on or before April 28, 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-9759 Filed 4-15-97; 8:45 am]
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