[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27102]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-21-000]
Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
October 17, 1996.
Take notice that on October 10, 1996, Viking Gas Transmission
Company (Viking), 825 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55117, filed in
Docket No. CP97-21-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to add a new delivery point for
firm transportation services for RDO Foods Co., a North Dakota
corporation (RDO Foods) under Vikings' blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-414-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act,
all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Viking states that the new RDO Foods delivery point will be located
in Grand Forks County, North Dakota at Milepost 2204A-101+15.18 on
Viking's system. Viking states that RDO Foods has requested deliveries
of up to 1,200 Dth of natural gas per day at the Grand Forks County,
North Dakota delivery point. Viking also states that RDO Foods has
agreed to reimburse Viking for the costs of the facilities, which
consist of a two-inch hot tap, piping, valves, regulation, odorization,
measurement, and data acquisition equipment. The estimated cost of
these facilities is $144,000.
Viking further states that the total quantities to be delivered by
Viking to RDO Foods after the establishment of the new delivery point
will not exceed contract quantities, and the changes proposed are not
prohibited by Viking's tariff. Viking also states that it has
sufficient capacity in its system to accomplish delivery of gas to the
proposed Grand Forks County delivery point without detriment or
disadvantage to any of Viking's other customers.
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 385.214) 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27102 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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