[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 205 (Monday, October 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63239-63240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27087]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-9-000]


Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

October 17, 2000.
    Take notice that on October 10, 2000, Granite State Gas 
Transmission, Inc. (Granite State), 300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, 
Massachusetts 01581, filed in Docket No. CP01-9-000 a request pursuant 
to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to 
abandon certain facilities, located in York County, Maine, under 
Granite State's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-515-000, 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request that 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).
    Granite State proposes to abandon three facilities in Biddeford, 
Maine. First, Granite State requests authority to abandon a farm tap, 
the Southern Maine Medical Station (Southern Maine Station), located in 
York County, Maine. Granite State states that a local distribution 
company affiliate, Northern Utilities, Inc. (Northern Utilities), has 
already constructed facilities to serve those customers located behind 
the Southern Maine Station. Granite State, therefore, proposes to 
abandon and remove the Southern Maine Station, because it is no longer 
necessary to provide service and is duplicative of facilities owned and 
operated by Northern Utilities. Granite State declares that it will 
continue to provide natural gas service to Northern Utilities via other 
existing facilities in order to enable Northern Utilities to continue 
serving the load behind the Southern Maine Station. Granite State 
asserts that customers behind the Southern Maine Station will see no 
diminution in service.
    Second, Granite State proposes to abandon and remove facilities 
known as the Biddeford Industrial Station (Biddeford Station), located 
York County, Maine. Granite State declares that it has previously 
constructed a new station at this location under Docket No. CP98-96. 
Therefore, Granite State asserts that the Biddeford Station facilities 
are not longer needed to provide service and are duplicative of the 
newly constructed facilities. Granite State states that service to 
customers behind the Biddeford Station will continue to be provided by 
Northern Utilities and will be unaffected by the proposed abandonment.
    Third, Granite State proposes to abandon a third station, Five 
Points Station, also located in York County, Maine. Granite State 
declares that the Five Points Station, which is connected to Northern 
Utilities, is currently located within the path of a road construction 
project. Granite State proposes to remove, but not replace the Five 
Points Station. Granite State asserts that customers currently served, 
via Northern Utilities, will continue to be served by Northern 
Utilities by providing service to these customers with natural gas from 
other points of interconnect with Granite State, including the 
Biddeford Station. Granite State states that these customers will be 
wholly unaffected by grant of this application.
    Granite State asserts that the proposed abandonments of the 
Southern Maine, Biddeford, and Five Points Stations will not affect 
Granite State's revenues. Granite State states that the combined

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net book value of all three of these stations is $21,856.42. Granite 
State declares that Northern Utilities has consented to the proposed 
abandonments and also will continue to serve all customers located 
behind the three stations proposed to be abandoned.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
George Simmons, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Granite State Gas 
Transmission, Inc., 300 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, Massachusetts 
01581, phone: (508) 836-7265.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instance notice by the Commission, file pursuant to 
Rule 214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion 
to intervene or notice of intervention and, pursuant to Section 157.205 
of the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a 
protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed 
therefor, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized 
effective the day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a 
protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time 
allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as 
an application for authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural 
Gas Act. Beginning November 1, 2000, comments and protests may be filed 
electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-27087 Filed 10-20-00; 8:45 am]
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