[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1403]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-142-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
January 15, 1999.
Take notice that on January 7, 1999, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed
in Docket No. CP99-142-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205,
157.212 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216) for authorization to
operate an existing delivery point upgraded pursuant to the emergency
provisions of Part 284 Subpart I of the Commission's Regulations; and
for authorization to upgrade eight existing delivery points, including
the delivery point upgraded pursuant to the emergency provisions, to
accommodate incremental natural gas deliveries to UtiliCorp United,
Inc. (UCU) 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 the Commission and
open to public inspection.
Northern states that the upgrade of the Farmington 1B TBS,
installed pursuant to emergency regulations, was required due to
extreme winter weather conditions and fear of facility failure in order
to assure the protection of approximately 2,180 residential customers
served by this station.
Northern states that it also requests authorization to further
upgrade the Farmington 1B TBS and seven other existing delivery points
and appurtenant facilities, all located in Iowa, Nebraska and
Minnesota, to accommodate incremental natural gas deliveries to UCU
under currently effective throughput service agreement(s). All
construction activities will be confined to within the existing TBS
yards. Northern states that UCU has requested the proposed upgrades in
order to provide incremental natural gas service to the existing
delivery points.
The estimated incremental volumes proposed to be delivered to UCU
at the upgraded delivery points are: 1,185 Dth on peak day and 142,687
Dth annually at Arnolds Park 1 TBS; 182 Dth on peak
day and 20,621 Dth annually at North Bend 1A TBS;
242 Dth on peak day and 26,531 Dth annually at Eagle
1 TBS; 1,632 Dth on peak day and 177,814 Dth
annually at Elkhorn 1A TBS; 285 Dth on peak day and
30,601 Dth annually at Valley 1A TBS; 85 Dth on
peak day and 8,379 Dth annually at Mead 1 TBS; 184
Dth on peak day and 19,892 Dth annually at Waverly
1 TBS and 408 Dth on peak day and 59,554 Dth
annually at Farmington 1B TBS.
The total cost to upgrade facilities at the Farmington
1B TBS under the emergency regulations was
approximately $1,150 which will be paid for by UCU in accordance with
Section 284.264(a)(6)(ii) of the Commission's Regulations. Northern
states that the total estimated cost to further upgrade the Farmington
1B TBS and seven other existing delivery points is
$922,000 which will be financed in accordance with the General Terms
and Conditions of Northern's FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No.
1.
Northern states that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its
existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the
proposed changes without detriment or disadvantage to Northern's other
customers. The total volumes to be delivered to the customer after the
request do not exceed the total volumes authorized prior to the
request.
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 385.214) 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. 99-1403 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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