Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56925-56926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28426]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-15-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 19, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 13, 1998, Northern Natural Gas Company, 
(Applicant), P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, Nebraska, 68103-0330, filed in 
Docket No. CP99-15-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212, 
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212, and 157.216) for approval to upgrade an 
existing delivery tap for service to Alliant-IES (Alliant), under 
Applicant's blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-401-000, 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Applicant proposes to upgrade an existing delivery tap, located in 
Hamilton County, Iowa, to accommodate increased natural gas deliveries 
to Alliant under currently effective throughput service agreements. 
Applicant states that the upgrade includes the replacement of the 
existing meter and regulators with no anticipated ground disturbance. 
Applicant asserts that Alliant has requested the upgrade of the 
existing delivery point to provide increased natural gas service to the 
Ellsworth #1 town border station to serve additional interruptible 
volumes. Applicant further asserts that the estimated peak day volume 
at the upgraded delivery point will change from 650 MMBtu to 1040 MMBtu 
and that the estimated annual volume at the upgraded delivery point 
will change from 76,000 MMBtu to 96,444 MMBtu. It is indicated that the 
total estimated cost to upgrade this delivery point is $25,000, which 
Alliant will reimburse Applicant.
    It is asserted by Applicant that the proposed activity is not 
prohibited by Applicant's existing tariff and that Applicant has 
sufficient capacity to accommodate the changes proposed herein without 
detriment or disadvantage to any of Applicant's other customers.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days of the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), a motion to

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intervene 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 
activities 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 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28426 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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