[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43523-43524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21569]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-685-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

August 8, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 6, 1997, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-685-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 
157.212 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216) for authorization to 
upgrade the Rippey #2, an existing delivery point located in Greene 
County, Iowa, to accommodate increased interruptible natural gas 
deliveries to UtiliCorp United, Inc. (UCU) for redelivery to the Rippey 
Co-Op, under Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
401-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully 
set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Northern states that it requests authorization to upgrade the 
existing delivery point to accommodate increased natural gas deliveries 
to UCU under Northern's currently effective throughput service 
agreement(s). Northern states that UCU has requested increased 
interruptible service to accommodate area growth.
    Northern states that the proposed increase in volumes to be 
delivered to UCU at the Rippey #2 are 910 MMBtu on a peak day and 
48,500 MMBtu on an annual basis. Northern estimates a cost of $56,000 
for upgrading and UCU will reimburse Northern.
    Northern states that the upgrading is not prohibited by its 
existing tariff and that is has sufficient capacity to accomplish 
deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to other customers. The 
proposed delivery point will not have an effect on Northern's peak day 
and annual deliveries and the total volumes delivered will not exceed 
total volumes authorized prior to this request.
    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 Sec. 157.205 of the 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

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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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21569 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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