[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69268-69269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33288]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket Nos. 97-70-NG; 98-86-NG; 98-87NG; 98-88-NG; 98-90-NG; 98-91-
NG; 89-49-NG; 98-89-NG; 98-95-NG; 93-85-NG; and 86-43-NG]


Office of Fossil Energy; Niagara Mohawk Energy (Formerly Plum 
Street Energy Marketing, Inc.); Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc.; Pemex Gas Y 
Petroquimica Basica; Energy West Resources, Inc.; Equitable Energy 
L.L.C.; Idaho Power Co.; Megan-Racine Associates, Inc.; Tristate 
Pipeline, L.L.C.; Statoil Energy Services, Inc.; Granite State Gas 
Transmission, Inc.; Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Orders 
Granting, Amending, and Vacating Authorizations to Import and/or Export 
Natural Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
gives notice that it has issued Orders granting, amending, and vacating 
various natural gas, including liquefied natural gas, import and export 
authorizations. These

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Orders are summarized in the attached appendix.
    These Orders may be found on the FE web site at http://
www.fe.doe.gov., or on the electronic bulletin board at (202) 586-7853.
    They are also available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export Activities, Docket Room 3E-
033, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20585, (202) 586-9478. The Docket Room is open between the hours 
of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 1998.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum, 
Import and Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

                 Appendix.--Orders Granting, Amending, and Vacating Import/Export Authorization
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                                                             Two-Year Maximum
                Date                                    -------------------------
 Order No.     issued   Importer/exporter FE Docket No.     Import      Export               Comments
                                                            volume      volume
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1303-A.....   11/03/98  Niagara Mohawk Energy            ...........  ..........  Name change.
                         Marketing, Inc. (Formerly Plum
                         Street Energy Marketing,
                         Inc.), 97-70-NG.
1433.......   11/06/98  Numac Energy (U.S.) Inc., 98-86- 50 Bcf.....  ..........  Import from Canada over a two-
                         NG;.                                                      year term beginning on
                                                                                   October 15, 1998, and ending
                                                                                   October 14, 2000.
1435.......   11/12/98  Pemex Gas Y Petroquimica                  160 Bcf         Import and export up to a
                         Basica, 98-87-NG;.                                        combined total, including
                                                                                   LNG, from and to Canada and
                                                                                   Mexico, beginning January 1,
                                                                                   1999, and ending December 31,
                                                                                   2000.
1436.......   11/12/98  Energy West Resources, Inc., 98-          30 Bcf          Import and export up to a
                         88-NG;.                                                   combined total from and to
                                                                                   Canada, over a two-year term
                                                                                   beginning on the date of
                                                                                   first delivery.
1437.......   11/18/98  Equitable Energy, L.L.C., 98-90- 100 Bcf....  100 Bcf...  Import from Canada and Mexico,
                         NG.                                                       and export to Canada and
                                                                                   Mexico, over a two-year term
                                                                                   beginning on December 1,
                                                                                   1998, and expiring on
                                                                                   November 30, 2000.
1438.......   11/19/98  Idaho Power Co., 98-91-NG;.....            1 Bcf          Import and export up to a
                                                                                   combined total from and to
                                                                                   Canada, over a two-year term
                                                                                   beginning on the date of
                                                                                   first delivery.
461-A......   11/19/98  Megan-Racine Associates, Inc.,   ...........  ..........  Authority vacated
                         89-49-NG.
1439.......   11/19/98  Tristate Pipeline, L.L.C., 98-   100 Bcf....  400 Bcf...  Import and export from and to
                         89-NG.                                                    Canada, over a two-year term
                                                                                   beginning on the date of
                                                                                   first delivery.
1440.......   11/27/98  Statoil Energy Services, Inc.,            110 Bcf         Import and export up to a
                         98-95-NG.                                                 combined total from and to
                                                                                   Canada, over a two-year term
                                                                                   beginning on December 8,
                                                                                   1998, through December 7,
                                                                                   2000.
857-A......   11/27/98  Granite State Gas Transmission,  ...........  ..........  Order amending import point
                         Inc., 93-85-NG.                                           from Highwater, Quebec, and
                                                                                   North Troy, Vermont, to
                                                                                   Pittsburg, New Hampshire,
                                                                                   opposite East Hereford,
                                                                                   Quebec.
187-B......   11/27/98  Granite State Gas Transmission,  ...........  ..........  Order amending import point
                         Inc., 86-43-NG.                                           from Highwater, Quebec, and
                                                                                   North Troy, Vermont, to
                                                                                   Pittsburg, New Hampshire,
                                                                                   opposite East Hereford,
                                                                                   Quebec.
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[FR Doc. 98-33288 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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