[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69270-69271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33234]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP99-83-001]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in 
FERC Gas Tariff

December 10, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 1, 1998, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the following revised tariff 
sheets, with a proposed effective date of November 2, 1998:

Substitute Original Sheet No. 155A
Substitute Original Sheet No. 155B
Substitute Original Sheet No. 155C
Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 160A

    Eastern Shore states that on October 9, 1998, it submitted a filing 
to comply with the Commission's Order No. 587-H issued July 15, 1998 in 
Docket No. RM96-1-008 (the Order). The Order required pipelines to 
adopt Version 1.3 of the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) standards 
dealing with intra-day nominations and nomination and scheduling 
procedures. In addition, the

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Order established November 2, 1998 as the date for implementation of 
the regulations regarding intra-day nominations.
    Eastern Shore further states that in the November 6 Order, the 
Commission found that, although it had generally complied with Order 
No. 587-H, Eastern Shore (i) incorrectly changed the GISB version 
number from 1.2 to 1.3 for several GISB Standards previously 
incorporated into Eastern Shore's tariff, (ii) failed to incorporate 
verbatim or by reference GISB Standards 1.3.2 (v), 1.3.2 (vi), and 
1.2.8 through 1.2.12, (iii) failed to include bumping notice procedures 
consistent with those in its OFO provisions, and (iv) did not address 
the issue of waiver of daily ``non-critical'' penalties.
    Eastern Shore states it was directed in the November 6 Order to 
file revised tariff sheets to rectify the exceptions listed above. The 
revised tariff sheets referenced above are being filed to comply with 
items (i), (ii) and (iii) above. With respect to item (i) above, no 
action is necessary as the Commission rejected such proposed tariff 
sheets as moot. With respect to item (ii) Eastern Shore has added 
appropriate language to Sheet No. 160A to incorporate by reference GISB 
Standards 1.3.2 (v), 1.3.2 (vi) and 1.2.8 through 1.2.12. With respect 
to item (iii) Eastern Shore has revised Sheet Nos. 155A and 155B, 
respectively, to include bumping notice procedures consistent with 
those in its OFO provisions. In regard to item (iv) above, waiver of 
``non-critical'' penalties, Eastern Shore respectfully requests an 
additional fifteen days within which to complete a review of its tariff 
and respond to this item.
    Eastern Shore states that copies of its filing has been mailed to 
all firm customers, interruptible customers, and affected state 
commissions.
    Any person desiring to protest this filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed as 
provided in Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests 
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate 
action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to 
the proceedings. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission 
and are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33234 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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