98-29233. Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-24-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 27, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 19, 1998, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, 
filed a request with the Commission in Docket No. CP98-24-000, pursuant 
to Sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to abandon in place, 
approximately 1.3 miles of the Issaquah Lateral authorized in blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-433-000, all as more fully set 
forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Northwest proposes to abandon in place the portion of the Issaquah 
Lateral which was authorized to be abandoned by sale in Docket No. 
CP97-657-000. Northwest received approval to abandon by removal the 
first 407 feet of the Issaquah Lateral and appurtenant facilities, and 
to abandon only the remainder of the Issaquah Lateral (Docket No. CP98-
656-000), amounting to approximately 1.3 miles of 6-inch pipeline, by 
sale to Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (Puget). Northwest reports that after 
extensive negotiations, Puget and Northwest have been unable to 
finalize an agreement for the sale of the lateral. Northwest further 
reports the lateral has been taken out of service in conjunction with 
the authorized removal of the first 407 feet of the Issaquah Lateral. 
Northwest continues that the remaining pipeline was packed with 
nitrogen and capped at each end in conjunction with the abandonment by 
removal of the first 407 feet of the lateral, and no further 
disturbance of ground or incurring costs would be required for the 
proposed abandonment in place.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the 
Commission has issued this notice, 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If 
no protest is filed within the allowed time, the proposed activity 
shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the tine 
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 NGA.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29233 Filed 10-30-98; 8:45 am]
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