[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28467-28468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13371]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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


Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines; Notice of Extension of Time

May 20, 1999.
    On April 1, 1999, the pipelines listed in the Appendix, in 
compliance with the Commission's order issued December 17, 1998,\1\ in 
Docket No. RM96-1-012, filed reports detailing their level of 
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\ The December 17, 1998, order required each 
interstate pipeline to file, a statement as to how it has complied with 
the OBA requirement, by April 1, 1999.
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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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    The referenced pipelines state they have complied with the OBA 
requirement at some, but not all, of the interconnects on their 
systems, and request, or state they require, further time to negotiate 
and finalize the required OBA agreements at the remaining 
interconnects.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that the pipelines 
listed in the Appendix are granted a further extension of time to 
comply with 284.10(c)(2)(i) of the Commission's regulations until no 
later than June 30, 1999. On or before June 30, 1999, the pipelines 
listed herein must file a statement indicating whether they are in 
compliance with section 284.10(c)(2)(i) of the Commission's 
regulations, or if they are not in compliance, a detailed statement of 
the reasons they have been unable to execute the required OBAs. If any 
further extension is needed the pipeline should provide a detailed 
justification for the request.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.


                       Appendix RM96-1-012, et al.
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              Company name                          Docket No.
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ANR Pipeline Company....................  RP98-285-002
Caprock Pipeline Company................  RP98-303-002
Colorado Interstate Gas Company.........  RP98-251-005
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation...  RP98-255-001
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners.......  RP98-343-003
El Paso Natural Gas Company.............  RP98-311-001
Florida Gas Transmission Company........  RP99-14-000
Garden Banks Pipeline, LLC..............  RP98-282-001
High Island Offshore System.............  RP98-245-003
KN Wattenberg Transmission, LLC.........  RP98-302-002
Kansas Pipeline Company.................  CP96-152-000
Mid Louisiana Gas Company...............  RP99-268-000
Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC....  RP98-287-001
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.  RP98-304-002
Norteno Pipeline Company................  RP99-279-000
Northern Natural Gas Company............  RP98-292-003

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Northwest Pipeline Corporation..........  RP98-257-003
Paiute Pipeline Company.................  RP98-321-001
Questar Pipeline Company................  RP98-263-003
Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Co......  RP98-339-001
Sea Robin Pipeline Co...................  RP99-252-001
Stingray Pipeline Company...............  RP98-307-002
Southern Natural Gas Company............  RP99-253-002
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company..........  RP97-60-011
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation..  RP98-314-003
TransColorado Gas Transmission..........  RP98-320-001
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line            RP98-344-004
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U-T Offshore System.....................  RP98-244-002
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co..  RP98-312-004
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[FR Doc. 99-13371 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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