[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9525]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM96-1-024]


Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines; Notice Regarding Standard Numbers for Compliance With Order 
No. 587-R

April 11, 2003.
    In Order No. 587-R,\1\ the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) amended its regulations to adopt the most recent version, 
Version 1.6, of the consensus standards promulgated by the North 
American Energy Standards Board Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) and the 
WGQ standards governing partial day recalls. In addition, the 
Commission required pipelines to file tariff sheets to reflect the 
changed standards by May 1, 2003, with an effective date of July 1, 
2003. In response to several comments on the appropriate method for 
referencing the standards, the Commission found that the pipelines 
could incorporate these standards by reference by identifying the 
number of the standard (using ``z'' as a placeholder such as 3.3.z2) 
and identifying whether the standard was adopted in Recommendation 
R02002 or R02002-2, as appropriate.
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    \1\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Order No. 587-R, 102 FERC ] 61,273 (March 12, 2003).
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    Subsequent to the issuance of Order No. 587-R, the WGQ assigned 
standard numbers to the partial day recall standards to replace the 
temporary reference numbers for the standards using the ``z'' 
placeholders. The WGQ assigned standard numbers are listed in a posting 
on the WGQ's Web site entitled ``Assignment of Standard Numbers for 
Final Actions for R02002 and R02002-2, Ratified October 31, 2002'' at 
http://www.naesb.org/Final.htm. Consequently, when incorporating 
partial day recall standards by reference, pipelines should use the WGQ 
assigned standard numbers as are listed in the Appendix to this Notice.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Appendix.--Assigned Standard Numbers for Recent Ratifications R02002 and
                                R02002-2
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                                     Recommendation
                                        temporary         WGQ assigned
          Recommendation            reference ID for    standard number
                                        standard
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R02002...........................  5.3.z1              5.3.44
                                   5.3.z2              5.3.45
                                   5.3.z3              5.3.46
                                   5.3.z4              5.3.47
                                   5.3.z5              5.3.48
                                   5.3.z6              5.3.49
                                   5.3.z7              5.3.50
                                   5.3.z8              5.3.51
                                   5.3.z9              5.3.52
                                   5.3.z10             5.3.53
                                   5.3.z11             5.3.54
                                   5.1.z1              5.1.2
R02002-2.........................  5.1.z2              5.1.3
                                   5.1.z3              5.1.4
                                   5.2.z1              5.2.3
                                   5.3.z12             5.3.55
                                   5.3.z13             5.3.56
                                   5.3.z14             5.3.57
                                   5.3.z15             5.3.58
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[FR Doc. 03-9525 Filed 4-16-03; 8:45 am]
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