[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51573-51574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25787]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-786-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under blanket 
Authorization

September 22, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 15, 1998, Northern Natural Gas 
Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-
1000, filed in Docket No. CP98-786-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon 90 small 
volume measuring stations, located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South 
Dakota and Wisconsin, under Northern's 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 that is on file with 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern proposes to abandon 90 small-volume measuring stations

[[Page 51574]]

located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. 
Northern states that the end-users have requested the removal of these 
measuring stations from their property. Northern also states that the 
stations will be abandoned and removed in accordance with all 
applicable environmental laws and regulations, and that the sites will 
be restored in accordance with the desires of the landowners.
    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 285.214) 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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25787 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M