[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14811]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-562-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

May 29, 1998.
    Take notice that on May 20, 1998, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company, (Applicant), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota, 58501, filed in Docket No. CP98-562-000 a 
request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for 
approval to utilize an existing tap to effectuate natural gas 
transportation deliveries to Montana-Dakota Utilities for ultimate use 
by additional end-use customers in McCone County, Montana, under 
Applicant's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-487-000, 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Applicant submits that it was authorized to acquire and operate 
this tap pursuant to the Commission's Order dated February 13, 1985, in 
Docket Nos. CP82-487-000, et al. Applicant proposes herein to utilize 
this existing tap to effectuate additional natural gas transportation 
deliveries to Montana-Dakota for other than right-of-way grantor use. 
Applicant states that it plans to provide natural gas transportation 
deliveries to Montana-Dakota for ultimate use by additional end-use 
customers under Applicant's Rate Schedule FT-1 and/or IT-1.
    Applicant asserts that the estimated additional volume to be 
delivered is 330 Dkt per year and that the proposed service will have 
no significant effect on Applicant's peak day or annual requirements. 
Applicant further asserts that capacity has been determined to exist on 
Applicant's system to serve this natural gas market.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days of the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), a motion to intervene 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 activities 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 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14811 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]
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