[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4504]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 98-08-NG]


Office of Fossil Energy, Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.; Order 
Granting Long-Term Authorization To Import Natural Gas From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of the Department of Energy gives 
notice that it has issued an order granting Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. 
(Vermont Gas) authorization to import 8,000 Mcf of natural gas per day 
from Canada (or alternatively 12,355 Mcf per day should Vermont Gas 
exercise an option under its supply contract) for a ten-year term 
beginning on November 1, 1998, under the terms and conditions of its 
supply contract with Renaissance Energy Ltd. The natural gas will be 
imported at the international border between Canada and the United 
States near Philipsburg, Quebec, and Highgate Springs, Vermont.
    This order is available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export Activities Docket Room, 3E-
033, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20585, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours 
of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., February 11, 1998.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum 
Import and Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-4504 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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