[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9739]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-323-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

April 8, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 1, 1998, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-323-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for approval to abandon by removal a meter 
station in Garfield County, Colorado, under Northwest's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-433-000 pursuant to Section 7 of 
Natural Gas Act, all more fully set forth in the request that is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northwest proposes to abandon the Union Oil Parachute Meter Station 
(meter station) since the facilities are no longer needed to deliver 
gas to the Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) plant which the 
station was built to serve. The meter station consists of three 4-inch 
turbine meters and appurtenances and is located on Northwest's Union 
Oil Lateral. No deliveries have been made since 1992. In its February 
18, 1998 letter, Unocal stated that it doesn't anticipate a future need 
for the meter station and that it doesn't require Northwest to maintain 
it. Northwest currently has no firm transportation obligations to 
provide service to Unocal at the Union Oil Parachute delivery point. 
Northwest will remove the turbine meters and appurtenances, including 
the meter building, but due to the expenses involved in removing the 
meter building's cement foundation and the underground piping, 
Northwest will abandon these in place. Northwest will continue to 
retain and maintain the station site since the Barrett Meter Station is 
still in operation. Removing the meter facilities will not cause any 
ground disturbance at the station site and the cost if estimated at 
$15,500.
    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 protest to the 
request. If not 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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9739 Filed 4-13-98; 8:45 am]
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