[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29002-29003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13929]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-537-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

May 20, 1998.
    Take notice that on May 12, 1998, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP98-537-000 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 authorization to downsize two existing 
small volume measurement stations located in Webster and Boone 
Counties, Iowa. Northern makes such request under its 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 on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern states that it currently provides natural gas deliveries 
to Utilicorp, Inc. (UCU) at the Dennis Amman and David Junck farm taps, 
located in Webster and Boone Counties, for ultimate delivery to UCU's 
end users. It is indicated that the taps have, for over a year, been 
providing natural gas for home use only as compared to dryer bin usage 
in the past. Northern states that because the delivered gas' end use 
was changed, the pressure required and the gas volumes delivered to 
those farm taps, have been significantly lower than when the taps were 
originally installed. Northern is therefore, requesting authorization 
to downsize the Dennis Amman and David Junck farm taps, by installing a 
smaller meter and regulator, in order to maintain a lower delivery 
pressure and increase measurement accuracy of natural gas deliveries to 
UCU, for ultimate delivery to its small volume customers.
    Northern avers that deliveries of the estimated volumes to UCU at 
the downsized Dennis Amman and David Junck will be made pursuant to 
Northern's currently effective throughout service agreement(s) with 
UCU. The estimated cost to install the downsized facilities is $1,200. 
and Northern states that the facilities will be financed in accordance 
with the General Terms and Conditions of Northern's FERC Gas Tariff, 
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1.
    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 Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a 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

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authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13929 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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