[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55235-55236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28033]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP90-1849-006]
The Washington Water Power Company; Notice of Application To
Amend Order
October 17, 1997.
Take notice that on October 10, 1997, The Washington Water Power
Company (Water Power), East 1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington
99202, filed in Docket No. CP90-1849-006, an application under Section
7 of the Natural Gas Act to amend its existing certificate to allow for
the continuation, for a limited term, of the release of a portion of
its Jackson Prairie Underground Storage Project deliverability and
capacity to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Water Power states that it first entered into an Agreement dated
July 23, 1990, entitled ``Release of Jackson Prairie Storage Capacity''
(Release Agreement) which called for the release by Water Power to
Cascade of 150,000 therms per day of firm deliverability, 55,328 therms
per day of best efforts deliverability, and 4,800,000 therms of
seasonal capacity, for a five-year term ending on April 30, 1995. Water
Power further states that the Commission issued an order on November
23, 1990, providing the necessary certificate and abandonment authority
to Water Power and Northwest Pipeline Corporation, in order to
effectuate the original release to Cascade (53 FERC para. 61,238).
Water Power explains that Water Power and Cascade sought to
continue the release of the deliverability and capacity for an
additional limited term expiring on April 30, 1998, with pregranted
abandonment (First Amendment to the Release Agreement), with the same
terms and conditions as were previously approved by the Commission. On
October 16, 1995, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. CP90-
1849-003 (73 FERC para. 61,080) amending the certificate to continue
the release for a limited term.
Water Power states that Water Power and Cascade, by means of a
Second Amendment to the Release Agreement, have elected to again
continue the release of the deliverability and capacity for an
additional three-year term expiring on April 30, 2001, with pregranted
abandonment, with the same terms and conditions as were previously
approved by the Commission. Water Power further states that this
application simply seeks an amended certificate authority to allow this
three-year extension to occur.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before November 7, 1997,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE, 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
NGA (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
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unnecessary for Water Power to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28033 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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