97-8464. Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application to Amend

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15881-15882]
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[FR Doc No: 97-8464]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-57-001]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application to Amend

March 28, 1997.
    Take notice that on March 13, 1997, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, filed in Docket No. CP96-
57-001 an application to amend its certificate of public convenience 
and necessity issued June 28, 1996 in Docket No. CP96-57-000, to delay 
abandonment of a compressor station facilities, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.

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    Specifically, Northern proposes to delay abandonment of certain 
compressor station facilities at its Owatonna compressor station and is 
requesting that the certificate issued in Docket No. CP96-57-000 be 
amended to authorize the continued operation of the Owatonna compressor 
facilities until its Peak Day 2000 certificate application pending 
Commission approval in Docket No. CP97-25-000 is granted and the new 
Owatonna compressor facilities proposed therein are installed.
    Northern states that allowing it to continue to operate the 
Owatonna units also provides backup on the system should other 
horsepower on the system go down due to routine or non-routine 
maintenance and notes that Northern would avoid the costs to abandon 
these units at this time.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 18, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 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 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 unnecessary for Northern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8464 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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