[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 14191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4046]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP06-221-000]


Duke Energy Marketing America, LLC, Gas Transmission Northwest 
Corporation, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation, Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company and Transwestern 
Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of 
Limited Waivers

March 14, 2006.
    Take notice that on February 15, 2006, as clarified March 10, 2006, 
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, Duke Energy Marketing America, LLC (DEMA), Gas Transmission 
Northwest Corporation (GTN), El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso), 
Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Northwest), Questar Southern Trails 
Pipeline Company (Questar Southern Trails), and Transwestern Pipeline 
Company, LLC (Transwestern) (collectively, Petitioners) tendered for 
filing a Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of Limited Waivers.
    DEMA, GTN, El Paso, Northwest, and Transwestern jointly petition 
the Commission for a grant of a limited waiver, to the extent required, 
of (i) the Commission's Order No. 636-A policy regarding the ``tying'' 
of non-jurisdictional gas transmission and gas commodity contracts to 
released transportation capacity, (ii) the applicable capacity release 
tariff provisions of the Petitioners, and (iii) any and all other 
waivers deemed necessary by the Commission.
    The Petitioners state that the requested waivers will enable DEMA 
to effectuate the permanent transfer of two portfolios of DEMA assets 
consisting of Commission-regulated transportation capacity, associated 
upstream Canadian pipeline capacity, and various related gas supply and 
delivery contracts to DEMA's Prearranged Replacement Shipper or to some 
other third-party replacement shipper who may prevail in the capacity 
release bidding process. Petitioners further request expedited action 
on the requested waivers, so that the transportation releases may be 
made effective no later than May 1, 2006.
    The Petitioners state that copies of their filings have been served 
on their jurisdictional customers and upon affected state regulatory 
commissions.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated 
below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or 
protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve 
motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on March 20, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-4046 Filed 3-20-06; 8:45 am]
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