[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74568-74569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00619]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-28-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

December 16, 2003.
    Take notice that on December 8, 2003, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP04-28-000 an application, as supplemented on December 11, 
2003, pursuant to Northern's blanket authority granted on September 1, 
1982, at Docket No. CP82-401-000 and sections 157.205, 157.208, and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations for authorization to replace, 
modify, and operate various pipeline facilities in Iowa, all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the

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Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern proposes to: (1) Operate and replace by abandoning in 
place approximately 2.6 miles of its Grinnell 10-inch diameter branch 
line with 16-inch diameter pipeline located in Polk County; (2) up-rate 
the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) on approximately 30 
miles of the Des Moines B-Line in Boone, Dallas and Polk counties, and 
to operate this segment of pipeline at the higher MAOP; (3) 
hydrostatically test approximately 7.7 miles of the existing Des Moines 
16-inch diameter beginning at Northern's Ogden compressor station in 
Boone County; and (4) install overpressure protection on its existing 
Des Moines B-Line at the Des Moines 1D Town Border Station.
    Northern estimates that it will spend $4,064,000 of internally 
generated funds to construct the new pipeline facilities, collectively 
known as the Pleasant Hill project. Northern states that it needs to 
construct and operate the proposed Pleasant Hill facilities in order to 
meet its firm contractual obligations of 96,000 MMBtu equivalent of 
natural gas per day to MidAmerican Energy Company (MidAmerican).\1\
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    \1\ Northern Natural Gas Company, 103 FERC ] 62,028 (2003).
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    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Reporting for Northern, 
1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398-7103 or 
Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7138.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.fed.gov using 
the ``eLibrary'' 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 for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. 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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's procedural rules (18 CFR 855.214) 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.
    Comment Date: January 6, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E3-00619 Filed 12-23-03; 8:45 am]
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