[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25588-25589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11796]


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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

May 6, 2003.
    Algonquin Gas Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-457-000]; 
Alliance Pipeline L.P. [Docket No. RP03-432-000]; ANR Storage Company 
[Docket No. RP03-415-000]; ANR Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-441-
000]; Black Marlin Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-351-000]; Blue 
Lake Gas Storage Company [Docket No. RP03-406-000]; Canyon Creek 
Compression Company [Docket No. RP03-424-000]; Central New York Oil and 
Gas Company, LLC [Docket No. RP03-412-000]; CenterPoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-407-000]; CenterPoint Energy-
Mississippi River Transmission Corporation [Docket No. RP03-466-000]; 
CMS Trunkline Gas Company, LLC [Docket No. RP03-450-000]; CMS Trunkline 
LNG Company, LLC [Docket No. RP03-448-000]; Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company [Docket No. RP03-410-000]; Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation [Docket No. RP03-455-000]; Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company [Docket No. RP03-447-000]; Crossroads Pipeline Company [Docket 
No. RP03-456-000]; Dauphin Island Gathering Partners [Docket No. RP03-
453-000]; Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-371-000]; 
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC [Docket No. RP03-348-000]; Dominion Cove 
Point LNG, LP [Docket No. RP03-379-000]; Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
[Docket No. RP03-377-000]; East Tennessee Natural Gas Company [Docket 
No. RP03-430-000]; Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company [Docket No. RP03-
388-000]; Egan Hub Partners, L.P. [Docket No. RP03-454-000]; El Paso 
Natural Gas Company [Docket No. RP03-394-000]; Florida Gas Transmission 
Company [Docket No. RP03-361-000]; Garden Banks Gas

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Pipeline, LLC [Docket No. RP03-443-000]; Granite State Gas Transmission 
Company [Docket No. RP03-458-000]; Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited 
Partnership [Docket No. RP03-368-000]; Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. 
[Docket No. RP03-434-000]; Gulf States Transmission Corporation [Docket 
No. RP03-416-000]; Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP [Docket No. RP03-
413-000]; Gulfstream Natural Gas System [Docket No. RP03-439-000]; High 
Island Offshore System, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-418-000]; Horizon 
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-396-000] Iroquois Gas 
Transmission System LP [Docket No. RP03-420-000]; KeySpan LNG, L.P. 
[Docket No. RP03-408-000]; Kern River Gas Transmission Company [Docket 
No. RP03-374-000]; Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC 
[Docket No. RP03-372-000]; KO Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-
421-000]; Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-431-
000]; Midwestern Gas Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-400-000]; 
Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC Docket No. RP03-442-000]; Mojave 
Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-426-000]; National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation [Docket No. RP03-370-000]; Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America [Docket No. RP03-423-000]; Nautilus Pipeline Company, L.L.C. 
[Docket No. RP03-444-000]; North Baja Pipeline, LLC [Docket No. RP03-
384-000]; Northern Natural Gas Company [Docket No. RP03-350-000]; 
Northern Border Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-414-000]; Northwest 
Pipeline Corporation [Docket No. RP03-436-000]; Overthrust Pipeline 
Company [Docket No. RP03-390-000]; Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C. 
[Docket No. RP03-405-000]; Paiute Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-
404-000]; Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company [Docket No. RP03-449-
000]; Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-425-000]; PG&E Gas 
Transmission, Northwest Corporation [Docket No. RP03-403-000]; Pine 
Needle LNG Company, LLC [Docket No. RP03-428-000]; Portland Natural Gas 
Transmission System [Docket No. RP03-446-000]; Questar Southern Trails 
Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-391-000]; Questar Pipeline Company 
[Docket No. RP03-402-000]; Sabine Pipe Line LLC [Docket No. RP03-367-
000]; Sea Robin Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-452-000]; Southern 
Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. [Docket No. RP03-419-000]; Southern LNG 
Inc. [Docket No. RP03-401-000]; Southern Natural Gas Company [Docket 
No. RP03-381-000]; Southwest Gas Storage Company [Docket No. RP03-451-
000]; Steuben Gas Storage Company [Docket No. RP03-417-000]; Stingray 
Pipeline Company, L.L.C. [Docket No. RP03-445-000]; Tennessee Gas 
Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-389-000]; Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation [Docket No. RP03-435-000]; Texas Eastern Transmission, LP 
[Docket No. RP03-438-000]; Trailblazer Pipeline Company [Docket No. 
RP03-422-000]; TransColorado Gas Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-
376-000]; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation [Docket No. RP03-
429-000]; Transwestern Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-360-000]; 
Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company [Docket No. RP03-373-000]; USG 
Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-369-000]; Vector Pipeline L.P. 
[Docket No. RP03-440-000]; Viking Gas Transmission Company [Docket No. 
RP03-387-000]; WestGas InterState, Inc. [Docket No. RP03-437-000]; 
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company [Docket No. RP03-375-000]; 
Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd [Docket No. RP03-411-000]; Young Gas 
Storage Company, Ltd. [Docket No. RP03-427-000]; (Not Consolidated)
    Take notice that the above-referenced pipelines filed revised 
tariff sheets to comply with Order No. 587-R, Docket No. RM96-1-024 
issued by the Commission on March 12, 2003.\1\ These revised tariff 
sheets are to be effective July 1, 2003.
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    \1\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Order No. 587-R, 102 FERC Sec.  61,273, 68 FR 13813 
(March 21, 2003), III FERC Stats. & Regs. Regulations, Sec.  31,141 
(March 12, 2003).
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    On March 12, 2003, the Commission issued Order No. 587-R, which 
among other things, amended 18 CFR 284.12 of its regulations to 
incorporate by reference the most recent version of the standards 
promulgated by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the North American Energy 
Standards Board (NAESB), i.e., NAESB Standards Version 1.6, and the 
Wholesale Gas Quadrant's standards governing partial day recalls 
(Recommendations R02002 and R02002-2), adopted October 31, 2002.
    In Order No. 587-R, the Commission required pipelines to file 
revised tariff sheets to reflect the changed standards by May 1, 2003, 
with an effective date of July 1, 2003. The Commission directed the 
pipelines incorporating the Version 1.6 standards into their tariffs to 
include the standard number and Version 1.6. Pipelines incorporating by 
reference the partial day recall standards must refer to the standard 
number (e.g., 3.3.z2) and the Recommendation number (R02002 and R02002-
2) in which the standard is adopted. Each of the pipelines has filed to 
comply with Order No. 587-R.
    Due to the large number of pipelines that have filed to comply with 
Order No. 587-R, any party filing a motion to intervene or protest, 
must file a separate motion for each docket.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filings should 
file motions to intervene or protests with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sec.  385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and 
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. Pursuant to Sec.  
154.210, interventions and protests are due 12 days after the date of 
the filing in each docket. These filings are 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. 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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-11796 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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