[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38076-38077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18648]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-137-007]


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

July 10, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 3, 1997, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh 
Revised Volume No. 1, the following revised Tariff sheets in compliance 
with the Commission's letter orders issued on June 19, 1997 and June 
24, 1997, in this docket, to become effective on the dates shown:

Sheet:
    First Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 139
    First Revised Sheet No. 212h
Effective Date:
    June 1, 1997
    August 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 in said Order. 18 
CFR 284.10(b).
    Southern has submitted various filings in this proceeding to comply 
with Order Nos. 587, et seq. In the Commission's letter orders dated 
June 19, 1997, and June 24, 1997, the Commission required Southern to 
(1) clarify whether the GISB Standards' timelines apply to the 
predetermined allocation methodologies set forth in its Tariff, and (2) 
implement GISB Standard 4.3.6 effective August 1, 1997, respectively. 
Accordingly, Southern submits the above-listed Tariff sheets to comply 
with these orders.
    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 Rule 211 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR Section 385.211). All such 
protests must be filed in accordance with 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 proceeding. Copies of this filing 
are on file with the Commission and are available for public

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inspection in the Public Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18648 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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