[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13442]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-258-001]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC 
Gas Tariff

May 16, 1997.
    Take notice that on May 12, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG) filed a request for a stay of the Commission's April 30, 1997 
order in the above-captioned docket.
    WNG states that on February 24, 1997, it filed tariff sheets to 
establish a pooling service on its system to be effective May, 1997. 
This pooling service was intended to meet the standards proposed by the 
Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) and adopted by the Commission in 
Order No. 587. On April 30, 1997, the Commission issued an order 
requiring substantial modifications to the service proposed by WNG. 
Those modifications will require significant computer system changes; 
therefore, WNG states that it is unable to implement the pooling 
service with all of the changes required by the April 30 order to be 
effective May 1, 1997.
    WNG states that it believes the order approved April 30 reflects a 
significant misunderstanding of the mechanics of WNG's pooling proposal 
and the underlying operational considerations involved. Therefore, WNG 
respectfully requests that the Commission (1) Stay the effectiveness of 
the April 30 order pending the results of a technical conference; (2) 
convene a technical conference to permit WNG to explain fully the 
operation of its proposed pooling service and the effects of modifying 
the proposal as set forth in the April 30 order; and (3) modify the 
order based on the outcome of the technical conference.
    Alternatively, if the Commission determines that WNG must file 
revised tariff sheets to implement pooling on May 1, WNG requests that 
it be permitted to implement the pooling program proposed in its filing 
with those modifications required by the April 30 order which it can 
implement by May 1. Accordingly, WNG tendered for filing as part of its 
FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the revised tariff sheets 
listed on Appendix A to the filing, to be effective May 1, 1997.
    WNG states that a copy of its filing was served on all participants 
listed on the service list maintained by the Commission in the docket 
referenced above and on all of WNG's jurisdictional customers and 
interested state commissions.
    Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed as 
provided in Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 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 proceedings. 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. 97-13442 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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