[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-518]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-123-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
January 11, 1996.
Take notice that on December 27, 1995, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 S. 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed in
Docket No. CP96-123-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act for a blanket certificate authorizing the automatic
abandonment of certain small volume meter stations (farm taps), all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern states that it is requesting the Commission to expand the
automatic authorizations under its blanket certificate to include
abandonment authority in certain instances, that would allow Northern
to remove, and report the removal of facilities, when service has not
been provided through a farm tap for 12 months or longer, or when a
written request has been received from a customer requesting the
removal of a farm tap.
Northern states further that on average, it receives requests to
abandon approximately 40 farm taps per year and that the requested
authorization expansion would relieve Northern of an administrative
burden.
Any person desiring to be heard or any person desiring to make any
protest with reference to said application should on or before February
1, 1996, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance
with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be
taken but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Northern to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-518 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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