04-25910. Cascade Natural Gas Corporation; Order Granting Authority To Import Natural Gas From Canada

AGENCY:

Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION:

Notice of order.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) gives notice that it issued DOE/FE Order No. 2046 granting Cascade Natural Gas Corporation authority to import up to 7.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually from Canada, over a term of four years that began on November 1, 2004. The natural gas will be imported under a Gas Transaction Agreement with Nexen Marketing.

This Order may be found on the FE Web site at http://www.fe.doe.gov (select gas regulation). It is also available for inspection and copying in the Office of Natural Gas Regulatory Activities Docket Room, 3E-033, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0334, [phone]. The Docket Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Issued in Washington, DC, November 17, 2004.

R.F. Corbin,

Manager, Natural Gas Regulatory Activities, Office of Global Supply and Security, Office of Fossil Energy.