Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6417]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-237-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

March 11, 1999.
    Take notice that on March 5, 1999, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP99-237-000 a 
request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for 
authorization to abandon the South Byron supply lateral pipeline 
located in Big Horn County, Wyoming. Williston Basin makes such request 
under its blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-487-000, et 
al., pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully 
set forth in the request on file with the Commission. The filing may be 
viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-
208-2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, Williston Basin proposes to abandon the 3.77 mile 
South Byron supply lateral pipeline that consists of 3.16 mile of 4-
inch pipeline .07 mile of 7-inch pipeline and .54 mile of 8-inch 
pipelines. It is stated that the South Byron supply lateral pipeline 
consists of various vintage sections of pipeline, which are 
deteriorated and prone to leaks.
    It is indicated that the South Byron supply lateral pipeline was 
previously used to transport gas received from a producer in the South 
Byron Field, but that the producer no longer delivers gas into the 
South Byron supply lateral pipeline. Williston Basin avers that the 
shipper who previously purchased the gas received through the South 
Byron supply pipeline has informed Williston Basin that its gas 
purchase contract with this producer was terminated, effective March 1, 
1999.
    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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-6417 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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