[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10894]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 96-07-NG]


Office of Fossil Energy; BC Gas Utility Ltd.; Order Amending 
Authorization To Import and Export Natural Gas From and to Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of order.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy of the Department of Energy gives 
notice that it has issued an order to BC Gas Utility Ltd. amending the 
natural gas import and export authorization granted by DOE/FE Order 
No.1149 (1 FE para. 71,240). Order 1149-A extends the term from May 1, 
2000, through April 30, 2002, and increases the annual limit from 5 
billion cubic feet (Bcf) to 6 Bcf. Under the import/export arrangement, 
Canadian natural gas will be imported through the existing pipeline 
facilities at Sumas, Washington, and Eastport, Idaho, for storage at 
the Jackson Prairie Storage Field in Washington State, and then 
exported back to Canada.
    This order is available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export Activities docket room, 3E-033, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 
20585, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours of 
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2000.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum 
Import and Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 00-10894 Filed 5-1-00; 8:45 am]
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