[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-91]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
[FE Docket No. 98-98-NG]


Boston Gas Company; Order Granting Long-Term Authorization To 
Import Natural Gas From Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice that it issued DOE/FE Order No. 1445 (Order 1445) on 
December 17, 1998, granting Boston Gas Company (Boston Gas) 
authorization to import at Bailyville, Maine, up to 43,200 Mcf per day 
of natural gas from Canada for a period of eight years commencing 
November 1, 1999, through March 31, 2007. This gas will originate from 
natural gas fields off the east coast of Canada near Sable Island. The 
proposed Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline is the transportation 
facility that will deliver the gas from Nova Scotia to the United 
States pipeline grid in Massachusetts.
    Boston Gas, a Massachusetts local distribution company, intends to 
use the imported gas, to be purchased from Imperial Oil Resources 
Limited (Imperial), as part of its supply portfolio. The import will 
replace western Canada gas supplies acquired from Imperial pursuant to 
DOE/FE Opinion and Order No. 552 (Order 552), issued November 27, 1991 
(1 FE para. 70,503). Boston Gas requests Order 552 be terminated 
November 1, 1999, to coincide with the effective date of Order 1445.
    Order 1445 may be found on the FE web site at http://
www.fe.doe.gov., or on our electronic bulletin board at (202) 586-7853. 
It is 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, SW, Washington, DC 
20585-0334, (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, DC, December 22, 1998.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum, 
Import and Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-91 Filed 1-4-99; 8:45 am]
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