98-33148. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69069]
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[FR Doc No: 98-33148]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-93-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

December 9, 1998.
    Take notice that on November 30, 1998, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP99-93-000 a request 
pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's 
Regulations (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
for authorization to abandon two farm taps in Carbon County, Montana, 
under Williston Basin's blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-
487-000, et al., pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully 
set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Williston Basin proposes to abandon by removal the facilities, 
located on its Lovell-Billings transmission line in Carbon County, 
because they are no loner being used. Williston Basin does not foresee 
any use for these taps in the future. It is stated that Williston Basin 
was authorized to acquire and operate the taps in 1985 for deliveries 
to Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota), a local distribution 
company, which in turn served end-use customers. It is asserted that 
Montana-Dakota now serves the customers through its distribution system 
and consent to the proposed abandonment.
    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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33148 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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