[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11699]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-353-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

April 30, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 17, 1997, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed an Abbreviated Application pursuant 
to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an order permitting the 
abandonment of 2.1 miles of Marmarth-Bowman Lateral natural gas 
transmission pipeline located in Fallon County, Montana and 5.2 miles 
of the Marmarth-Bowman Lateral natural gas transmission pipeline 
located in Bowman and Slope Counties, North Dakota, all as more fully 
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Williston Basin states that concurrently with this application, 
Williston Basin is filing for authority to replace these segments of 
the Marmarth-Bowman Lateral and to uprate the Maximum Allowable 
Operating Pressure (MAOP) of the Marmarth-Bowman Lateral from the Baker 
to Little Beaver mainline take-off to the town of Marmarth, North 
Dakota from its existing MAOP of 350 psig to an MAOP of 500 psig.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 21, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to 
make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11699 Filed 5-5-97; 8:45 am]
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