[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2652]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-189-000]


Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

January 29, 1998.
    Take notice that on January 16, 1998, Northern Border Pipeline 
Company (Northern Border), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 
68124-1000, filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. 
CP98-189-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
authorization to purchase line pack gas used to operate Northern 
Border's pipeline system, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is open to the public for inspection.
    Northern Border states that its proposal to purchase line pack gas 
would eliminate the requirement for each shipper under its FERC Gas 
Tariff Rate Schedule T-1 to provide its allocable share of line pack 
gas required for the operation of Northern Border's pipeline system. 
Northern Border also states that upon approval of this proposal, 
Northern Border would purchase the line pack gas required for its 
operations and would be responsible for obtaining and managing its 
system line pack gas. Northern Border further states that with the 
acquisition of line pack gas by Northern Border, Rate Schedule T-1 
shippers would be able to monetize and redeploy the capital required to 
finance their investment in line pack gas for Northern Borders' 
pipeline. Upon acquisition of the line pack gas by Northern Border, all 
firm and interruptible shippers would share the cost of service 
associated with Northern Border's providing of line pack gas on its 
system. In addition, Northern Border states that the administrative 
burden of tracking present and future changes to line pack gas 
ownership by Rate Schedule T-1 shippers would be eliminated.
    Northern Border estimates that it would spend approximately 
$12,500,000 to purchase its line pack gas (currently approximately 4.1 
million MMBtu equivalent of natural gas and expected to increase to 
approximately 5.1 million MMBtu when its expansion/extension facilities 
approved at Docket No. CP95-194-000, et al. are placed in service).
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 19, 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 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (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 NGA 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
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 Northern Border to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-2652 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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