[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6005]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP03-298-000]


Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of 
Request for Emergency Waiver

March 7, 2003.
    Take notice that on March 6, 2003, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes) filed a request for emergency waiver 
of its tariff to be effective during the curtailment period resulting 
from a recent force majeure event on Great Lakes' system. Great Lakes 
declared force majeure on its system because of a major failure on one 
of its compressor units located at a Shelvin, Minnesota compressor 
station. The event resulted in curtailment of firm transportation 
service offered under Great Lakes' FERC Gas Tariff.
    Great Lakes states that it provides firm transportation to shippers 
some of which serve communities and industrial customers that have no 
other natural gas pipeline facilities accessing their areas (sole 
source customers) and that curtailment of these customers could 
potentially result in adverse consequences to these shippers.
    Great Lakes states that under section 11.4 of the general terms and 
conditions of its Tariff, all Category A firm shippers are curtailed 
equally pro-rata based upon scheduled nominations. Great Lakes states 
further that its Tariff does not address service to a shipper serving a 
sole source customer except insofar as that shipper meets the 
definitions for Category A.
    Great Lakes states that the requested waiver will permit Great 
Lakes to ensure service to those communities and industrial customers 
whose supply must be delivered by means of Great Lakes' facilities and 
that the waiver will have a de minimus impact on the remaining shippers 
whose capacity is affected by the force majeure event and whose 
capacity is curtailed.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing 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 sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's rules 
and regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in 
accordance with section 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. This filing is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Comments, protests and 
interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    Comment Date: March 14, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-6005 Filed 3-12-03; 8:45 am]
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