[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-647-001]


Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of 
Application

April 8, 1999.
    Take notice that on April 2, 1999, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, Suite 1600, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed in Docket No. CP96-647-001 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to amend 
the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued on October 
21, 1997, in Docket No. CP96-647-000, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership, 81 FERC para. 61,075, (1997). Specifically, Great 
Lakes seeks authorization to operate two recently installed compressor 
units at the manufacturer's updated nameplate horsepower rating, rather 
than the currently certificated horsepower associated with those units, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance).
    Great Lakes requests a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing it to amend the certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP96-647-000 so as to operate the two Solar Taurus 70 compressor units, 
each rated at 7,400 hp (NEMA), added as part of the 1998 Expansion 
Project, at the manufacturer's current nameplate rating of 8,330 hp 
(NEMA). Great Lakes states that one unit was installed at its St. 
Vincent Compressor Station (Compressor Station No. 1) located in 
Kittson County, Minnesota, and the other at its Farwell Compressor 
Station (Compressor Station No. 12), located in Clare County, Michigan.
    Great Lakes declares that no mechanical alterations of the units 
will be required in order to obtain the increased horsepower, which 
will be accomplished by changes in control modifications. Consequently, 
Great Lakes asserts that there will be no construction costs associated 
with increasing the rates horsepower of the two units.
    Great Lakes states that the increased horsepower will only have a 
minor impact on system capacity. Great Lakes declares that the increase 
in horsepower will nevertheless be useful for their operational 
requirements, contributing to system flexibility and efficiency, and 
will also reduce overall system fuel usage as compared to transporting 
an equivalent average day volume of natural gas.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Application should on or before April 29, 1999, filed 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance 
with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 18 CFR 385.214) 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 Commission by sections 7 
and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice because 
the Commission or its designee on this Application if no petition to 
intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the Commission 
on its own review of the matter finds that a grant on the abandonment 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9232 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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