97-25140. Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-751-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 17, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 12, 1997, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-751-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon by removal 
certain obsolete facilities at the Warden Meter Station located in 
Grant County, Washington, under Northwest's blanket certificate issued 
in Docket No. CP82-443-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northwest proposes to remove the obsolete 2-inch positive 
displacement meter at the Warden Meter Station, which has been shut-in 
since 1992, in order to allow easier access to perform routine 
maintenance on the remaining facilities since there is limited space in 
the existing meter building. Northwest states that appurtenant piping 
will be installed as auxiliary facilities under 18 CFR Section 2.55(a) 
so the former meter run can be used as a meter by-pass line when 
necessary.
    Northwest states that removing the 2-inch positive displacement 
meter will not change the design capacity of the Warden Meter Station 
since it originally was installed only to measure lower flows than the 
remaining 3-inch turbine meter could accurately measure and the 
capacity of the meter station still will be limited by the existing 
regulators.
    Northwest further states that the cost of removing the 2-inch 
positive displacement meter at the Warden Meter Station is estimated to 
be approximately $2,000.
    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 Sec. 157.250 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25140 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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