[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13989-13990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM96-1-012]


Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines; Notice Establishing Docketing Procedures for Filing of OBA 
Notification

March 17, 1999.
    This notice establishes the docketing procedures pipelines must 
follow in making filings to comply with the Commission's order issued 
December 17, 1998,\1\ in Docket No. RM96-1-012, requiring pipelines to 
file by April 1, 1999, a statement regarding compliance with Section 
284.10(c)(2)(i) of the Commission's regulations.\2\
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    \1\ Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, 85 FERC para. 61,371 (1998).
    \2\ 18 CFR 284.10(c)(2)(i).
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    In Order No. 587-G, the Commission adopted Section 284.10(c)(2)(i) 
of its regulations, which requires each interstate pipeline to enter 
into operational balancing agreements (OBAs) at all points of 
interconnection between its system and the system of another interstate 
or intrastate pipeline.\3\

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In the December 17, 1998, order, the Commission established April 1, 
1999, as the date by which pipelines are required to comply with this 
regulation and further required each interstate pipeline to file by 
April 1, 1999, a statement as to how it has complied with the OBA 
requirement.
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    \3\ Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Order No. 587-G, 63 FR 20072 (Apr. 23, 1998), III FERC 
Stats. & Regs. Regulations Preambles para. 31,062 (Apr. 16, 1998).
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    In making their filings to comply with the December 17, 1998 order, 
each pipeline must file using the docket number under which they filed 
to comply with Order No. 587-G.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-6994 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am]
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