[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3937-3938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1672]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP92-741-001]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application for Amended Section 3 Authorization and Request for a 
Presidential Permit

January 20, 1999.
    Take notice that on January 8, 1999, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP92-741-001 an 
application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as 
amended, and Subpart B of Part 153 of the Commission's Regulations 
thereunder, for an order amending previous authorization and 
Presidential Permit for the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
natural gas pipeline facilities in Burke County, North Dakota, for the 
import and export of up to 10,000 Mcf per day of natural gas at the 
International Boundary between the United States and Canada,\1\ all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ The original authorization and Presidential Permit were 
granted in Docket No. CP92-741-000, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company, 63 FERC para.61,179, (1993).
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    Williston Basin's application states its request to amend the 
Presidential Permit and its authorization under Section 3 of the 
Natural Gas Act in order to increase the maximum daily import and/or 
export quantity from 10,000 Mcf per day to 28,100 Mcf per day from or 
to the TransGas Limited Pipeline system in Canada. The border-crossing 
facilities have a capacity of 40,000 Mcf per day at its maximum 
allowable operating pressure of 700 psia, as indicated in Williston 
Basin's FERC Gas Tariff Sheet No. 775.
    Williston Basin avers that the 28,100 Mcf per day represents the 
line section capacity of the Portal-Tioga Line Section No. 25 as 
reflected on Williston Basin's Electronic Bulletin Board. Williston 
Basin further states that transportation services in the United States 
associated with these increased quantities will be performed and 
provided under Rate Schedules FT-1 and/or IT-1 of its FERC Gas Tariff, 
Second Revised Volume No. 1.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 10, 1999, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a 
protest in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests 
filed with the Commission will be considered by it in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to make the 
protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a 
party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any hearing 
therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held without further 
notice before the Commission or its designee on this application if no 
motion to intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the 
Commission on its on reviewed of the matter finds that permission and 
approval for the proposed abandonment is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Williston Basin to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1672 Filed 1-25-99; 8:45 am]
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