[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25281]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-752-000]
Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation; Notice of Application
September 18, 1997.
Take notice that on September 12, 1997, Distrigas of Massachusetts
Corporation (DOMAC), 75 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109,
filed in Docket No. CP97-752-000 an application for a limited-term
certificate of public convenience and necessity, for the period
commencing on November 1, 1997 and ending on March 31, 1999, requesting
authority to install certain temporary air injection equipment at its
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Everett, Massachusetts.
DOMAC states that there are likely to be several instances during
the period from November 1, 1997 through March 31, 1999 when it will be
necessary to air stabilize higher than usual BTU content LNG cargoes
through the use of additional air injection facilities. According to
DOMAC, there are limits to the amount of higher-BTU content LNG that it
can stabilize using its existing permanent air injection capacity,
particularly when a higher-BTU cargo is received followed at a short
interval by a subsequent cargo. Accordingly, DOMAC seeks authority to
install and operate temporary air injection facilities in preparation
for such expected receipts.
DOMAC states that the limited-term certificate requested in this
application will neither affect, nor require modification to, its
August 1, 1990, Operating Agreement with Commonwealth Gas Company and
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before October 9, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
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 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 review of the matter finds
that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment and grant of
certificate 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 DOMAC to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25281 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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