[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6365-6366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3639]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-168-000]
Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application
February 13, 1996.
Take notice that on February 1, 1996, Northwest Pipeline
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108,
filed in Docket No. CP96-168-000 an application pursuant to Section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Section 9 of the Alaskan Natural Gas
Transportation Act (ANGTA), and Part 157 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations, for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity authorizing Northwest to abandon
transportation of natural gas for Pacific Interstate Transmission
Company (PITCO) under Rate Schedule T-1 in Northwest's FERC Gas Tariff,
Third Revised Volume No. 1, in order to effectuate PITCO's conversion
from Part 157 to Part 284 transportation service, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Northwest also requests a waiver of any tariff provisions which
could interfere with PITCO's replacement Part 284 services being
implemented with the same capacity rights and priorities as its former
Rate Schedule T-1 service. Specifically, Northwest requests waiver of
Sections 12.3, 17.5(c), 25.3 and 26 of the General Terms and Conditions
and
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Section 1 of Northwest's Rate Schedule TI-1.
Northwest states that, under a certificated Rate Schedule T-1
agreement, it currently receives up to 243,467 MMBtu per day on a firm
basis and up to 60,867 MMBtu per day on a best-efforts basis for
PITCO's account from Pacific Gas Transmission Company at Stanfield,
Oregon and delivers these volumes, less fuel, to Ignacio, Colorado for
PITCO's account. Northwest further states that the term of this
transportation agreement extends through October 31, 2012, and
thereafter, as long as PITCO has the right to purchase Canadian gas
under any extension of its contract with Northwest Alaskan Pipeline
Company.
Northwest states that a letter agreement with PITCO dated December
12, 1995 sets forth the conditions upon which Northwest and certain of
its shippers can support the conversion of PITCO's Section 7(c) service
to a Part 284 service. Northwest states that, to effect the conversion
of PITCO's transportation service according to the provisions set forth
in the letter agreement, it and PITCO propose to terminate the
effective Rate Schedule T-1 service agreement and implement two
replacement open-access agreements:
(1) a Part 284 Rate Schedule TF-1 firm transportation agreement to
provide a contract demand of 243,467 MMBtu per day from a primary
receipt point at Stanfield to a primary delivery point at Ignacio; and
(2) a Part 284 Rate Schedule TI-1 transportation agreement to
provide for 60,867 MMBtu per day of interruptible transportation at
maximum rate from Stanfield to Ignacio to replace the best-efforts
service currently available under PITCO's Schedule T-1 service
agreement.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before March 5, 1996, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 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 Natural Gas Act (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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are
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 unnecessary for Northwest to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-3639 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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