[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68285-68286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34115]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-128-000]


Wyoming Interstate Company, LTD and Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company; Notice of Application

December 24, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 12, 1997, Wyoming Interstate Company, 
LTD (WIC), 2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036, and 
Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado 80944, filed jointly in Docket No. CP98-128-000 an application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
construct and operate compression and appurtenant facilities in Albany 
County, Wyoming, and Weld County, Colorado, and to abandon and acquire 
pipeline capacity, all as more fully set forth in the application on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    WIC proposes to construct and operate an additional 4,680 
horsepower compressor and appurtenant facilities at the existing 
Laramie Compressor Station in Wyoming, and to construct and operate an 
additional 2,700 horsepower compressor at the existing Cheyenne-WIC 
Compressor Station in Colorado. CIG and WIC request that the Commission 
authorize CIG to abandon, via lease to WIC, the incremental capacity 
stemming from the increased compression. CIG and WIC request that, 
since CIG will continue to use the existing capacity of its Powder 
River Line to serve its firm obligations, WIC be authorized to abandon, 
by lease to CIG, a portion of the additional compression that 
corresponds to that additional capacity.
    WIC proposes to charge shippers using the incremental facilities an 
incremental charge which is higher than its existing rates. Because of 
the mutual benefits of the two leases, no separate leasing charge is 
proposed by either WIC or CIG. WIC convened an open season for the 
additional capacity and secured a 10-year firm contract with Western 
Gas Resources, Inc., for the additional capacity.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 14, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR

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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.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for WIC or CIG to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-34115 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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