[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18623-18624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8794]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM96-1-015, et al.]


Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipeline; Notice of Compliance Filing

April 4, 2001.
    Docket numbers: RP01-290-000, RP01-289-000, RP01-297-000, RP01-
295-000, RP01-339-000, RP01-294-000, RP01-334-000, RP01-300-000, 
RP01-284-000, RP01-342-000, RP01-345-000, RP01-331-000, RP01-322-
000, RP01-303-000, RP01-346-000, RP01-360-000, RP01-349-000, RP01-
324-000, RP01-282-000, RP01-367-000, RP01-302-000, RP01-343-000, 
RP01-326-000, RP01-340-000, RP01-309-000, RP01-308-000, RP01-352-
000, RP01-313-000, RP01-285-000, RP01-299-000, RP01-306-000, RP01-
325-000, RP01-358-000, RP01-287-000, RP01-286-000, RP01-338-000, 
RP01-301-000, RP01-369-000, RP01-283-000, RP01-336-000, RP01-327-
000, RP01-304-000, RP01-288-000, RP01-366-000, RP01-277-000, RP01-
307-000, RP01-337-000, RP01-344-000, RP01-357-000, RP01-347-000, 
RP01-329-000, RP01-368-000, RP01-341-000, RP01-354-000, RP01-321-
000, RP01-351-000, RP01-296-000, RP01-311-000, RP01-310-000, RP01-
363-000, RP01-291-000, RP01-328-000, RP01-335-000, RP01-365-000, 
RP01-356-000, RP01-353-000, RP01-333-000, RP01-312-000, RP01-362-
000, RP01-319-000, RP01-348-000, RP01-364-000, RP01-318-000, RP01-
280-000, RP01-281-000, (Not Consolidated); Algonquin LNG, Inc., 
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, ANR Pipeline Company, ANR 
Storage Company, Black Marlin Pipeline Company, Blue Lake Gas 
Storage Company, Canyon Creek Compression Company, Clear Creek 
Storage Company, L.L.C., Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Columbia 
Gulf Transmission Corporation, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation, Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership, Dauphin Island 
Gathering Partners, Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C., Discovery Gas 
Transmission LLC, Dominion Transmission, Inc., East Tennessee 
Natural Gas Company, Egan Hub Partners, L.P., El

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Paso Natural Gas Company, Florida Gas Transmission Company, Garden 
Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, Granite State Gas Transmission Inc., Great 
Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, Gulf South Pipeline 
Company, LP, Gulf States Transmission Corporation, High Island 
Offshore System, L.L.C., Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., K N 
Wattenberg Limited Liability Company, Kansas Pipeline Company, Kern 
River Gas Transmission Company, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas 
Transmission LLC, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.L.C., Michigan 
Gas Storage Company, Mid Louisiana Gas Company, Midcoast Interstate 
Transmission, Inc., Midwestern Gas Transmission Company, Mississippi 
Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation, Mojave Pipeline Company, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Nautilus 
Pipeline Company, L.L.C., Northern Border Pipeline Company, Northern 
Natural Gas Company, Northwest Pipeline Company, Overthrust Pipeline 
Company, Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C., Paiute Pipeline Company, 
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Petal Gas Storage Company, 
Questar Pipeline Company, Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company, 
Sabine Pipe Line LLC, Sea Robin Pipeline Company, Southern Natural 
Gas Company, Southwest Gas Storage Company, Steuben Gas Storage 
Company, Stingray Pipeline Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, TransColorado Gas 
Transmission Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Trunkline Gas 
Company, Trunkline LNG Company, Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co., U-T 
Offshore System, L.L.C., Venice Gathering System, L.L.C., Viking Gas 
Transmission Company, WestGas InterState, Inc., Williams Gas 
Pipelines Central, Inc., Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline 
Company, Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd., Young Gas Storage 
Company, Ltd.

    Take notice that the above-referenced pipelines made filings in 
compliance with Docket No. RM96-1-015, Order No. 587-M.\1\ The tariff 
sheets implement Version 1.4 of the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) 
Standards accepted by the Commission in Order No. 587-M and are 
proposed to become effective May 1, 2001.
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    \1\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Order No. 587-M, 65 FR 77285 (Dec. 11, 2000), FERC Stats. 
& Regs. Regulations Preambles [Jul. 1996-Dec. 2000] para.31,114 
(Nov. 30, 2000).
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    On November 30, 2000 at Docket No. RM96-1-015, the Commission 
issued Order No. 587-M to amend Sec. 284.12(b) of its regulations to 
incorporate Version 1.4 of the GISB standards. The business practices 
and standards contained in Order 587-M make additions and revisions to 
Version 1.3 of the standards, which had previously been incorporated by 
reference. Among other things, Order No. 587-M adopted the business 
practices and electronic communications standards created by GISB on 
August 31 and November 15, 1999. Order No. 587-M requires pipelines to 
adopt Version 1.4 of the GISB Standards and to implement these 
provisions by May 1, 2001.
    Any person desiring to become a party a proceeding must file a 
separate motion to intervene or protest in each docket.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filings should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Secs. 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance 
with Sec. 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to 
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. This 
filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). Comments, protests, and 
interventions 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. 01-8794 Filed 4-9-01; 8:45 am]
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