96-22731. Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47118]
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[FR Doc No: 96-22731]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-747-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

August 30, 1996.
    Take notice that on August 27, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Applicant), P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, Nebraska 68103-0330, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-747-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to construct and operate a new delivery point, under 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000,\1\ all as more 
fully set forth in the request for authorization on file with the 
Commission and open for public inspection.
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    \1\ See, 20 FERC para. 62,410 (1982).
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    Applicant proposes to construct a new delivery point to accommodate 
natural gas deliveries to Emmetsburg Municipal Gas Works (Emmetsburg), 
a local distribution company, for redelivery to AG Processing Inc. 
(AGP) at their new facility located in Palo Alto County, Iowa. 
Applicant states that the new delivery point will accommodate natural 
gas deliveries for industrial consumption under its existing 
transportation rate schedules and service agreements. Applicant holds a 
blanket transportation certificate pursuant to Part 284 of the 
Commission's Regulations issued in Docket No. CP86-435-000.\2\ The 
estimated total volume proposed to be delivered is expected to result 
in an increase in Applicant's peak day deliveries of 3,350 Mcf per day 
and 796,000 Mcf on an annual basis.
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    \2\ See, 37 FERC para. 61,268 (1986).
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    The estimated cost to install the delivery point is $74,000. 
Applicant states that Emmetsburg will reimburse Applicant for the cost 
of these facilities. Applicant states that construction of the proposed 
delivery point is not prohibited by its existing tariff and that it has 
sufficient capacity to accommodate the service proposed herein without 
determent or disadvantage to Applicant's other customers.
    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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22731 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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