[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8952-8953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4183]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-80-000]


Glacier Gas Company, North American Resources Company, Energy 
West Resources, Inc; Notice of Application

February 16, 2000.
    Take notice that on February 9, 2000, Glacier Gas Company 
(Glacier), 40 East Broadway, Butte, Montana 59701, North America 
Resources Company (NARCO), 16 East Granite, Butte, Montana 59701, and 
Energy West Resources, Inc. (Energy Resources), No. 1, First Ave. 
South, Great Falls, Montana 59403, filed in Docket No. CP00-80-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
authorization to abandon Glaciers existing interstate pipeline 
facilities by sale to NARCO and Energy Resources. The applicants 
further request a determination that the facilities will be 
nonjurisdictional gathering after the transfer. The facilities are 
located in Wyoming and Montana, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The application may be viewed on the web at 
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    The applicants seek approval and nonjurisdictional determination to 
permit: (1) Glacier to abandon its certificate responsibilities; (2) 
NARCO to acquire and operate on a nonjurisdictional basis Glacier's 
production and other assets located in the Heart Mountain Field; and 
(3) Energy Resources to acquire and operate as a nonjurisdictional 
gathering line (a) Glacier's remaining facilities, (b) additional 
facilities to be purchased from the Montana Power Company and (c) 
additional facilities to be constructed by Energy Resources.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Douglas M. Canter, Esq., McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., 1750 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006 at (202) 393-5710.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 8, 2000, file 
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) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas 
Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with

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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 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 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 own review of the matter 
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
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 Glacier, NARCO, or Energy Resources to 
appear or be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-4183 Filed 2-22-00; 8:45 am]
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