[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25136]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-767-000]


Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of 
Application

September 15, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 4, 1998, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Corporation Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, 
suite 1600, Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed a request with the 
Commission in Docket No. CP98-767-000 pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for (1) permission and approval to 
abandon up to 12.6 miles of pipeline looping over a three-year period, 
and (2) for temporary and permanent authorization to construct and 
operate an approximately equivalent amount of replacement pipeline, 
over the same three-year period, in Itasca, Aitkin, and St. Louis 
Counties, Minnesota, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is open to the public for inspection.\1\
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    \1\ Great Lakes states that this filing may also be reviewed on 
its website at: http://www.greatlakesgas.com/transport/floodwood.htm
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 Great Lakes requests permission and approval to abandon, over a 
period ending March 31, 2001, up to 12.6 miles of 36-inch diameter pipe 
between Great Lakes' mainline valves 4-3 and 4-4. Great Lakes also 
proposes to construct and operate, over a period also ending March 31, 
2001, an approximately equivalent length of 36-inch diameter pipe to 
replace segments of mainline pipe abandoned between mainline valves 4-3 
and 4-4. Great Lakes also requests temporary authority to engage in 
certain preconstruction activities such as using an offsite contractor, 
storage yards, and preparing ice access roads. Great Lakes states that 
it would spend approximately $250,000 to remove old pipeline segments 
and approximately $12,237,000 to construct the new pipeline facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 6, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 Great Lakes to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25136 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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