[Federal Register: October 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 200)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Parts 161, 250, and 284

[Docket Nos. RM98-10-000 and RM98-12-000]

 
Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services and 
Interstate Natural Transportation Services; Extension of Time

    Issued: October 8, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time.

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SUMMARY: On July 29, 1998, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (63 FR 42982, August 11, 1998) 
proposing an integrated package of revisions to its regulations 
governing interstate natural gas pipelines to reflect the changes in 
the market for short-term transportation services on pipelines. The 
date for filing comments is being extended at the request of several 
Trade Associations of regulated pipelines and interested parties.

DATES: Comments shall be filed on or before January 22, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, 202-208-0400.

Notice of Extension of Time

October 8, 1998.
    On October 2, 1998, the American Gas Association, the Interstate 
Natural Gas Association of America, the Natural Gas Supply Association, 
the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Process Gas 
Consumers Group and American Iron and Steel Institute, and National 
Association of Consumer Advocates (Petitioners) filed a joint motion 
for an extension of time within which to file comments, in response to 
the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) issued July 29, 
1998, in Docket No. RM98-10-000.
    Contemporaneously with that Notice, the Commission issued a Notice 
of Inquiry (NOI) in Docket No. RM98-12

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addressing a broad number of regulatory issues. The NOI also referenced 
the New York Public Service Commission's Petition for Rulemaking 
Proceeding (Petition), docketed RM98-11-000 regarding rate design. The 
Commission noted that the concerns raised by New York are similar to 
the issues raised by the Commission in the NOI, and therefore, should 
be discussed by commenters in the NOI proceeding, Docket No. RM98-12-
000.
    In their motion, Petitioners state that the NOPR, Petition, and NOI 
embrace a vast number of issues that will affect the interstate gas 
transportation market and create, if promulgated, a comprehensive 
change in the current way of doing business. The motion also states 
that because the NOPR and the NOI raise and request comment on legal, 
policy, operational, and economic issues, additional time is requested 
to prepare and file comments. On October 6, 1998, the Edison Electric 
Institute filed an answer in support of the Petitioners motion.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time of the filing of comments on in the above-docketed proceedings is 
granted to and including January 22, 1999.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-27805 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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