[Federal Register: January 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 14)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-142-000]

 
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

January 15, 1999.
    Take notice that on January 7, 1999, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP99-142-000 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 authorization to 
operate an existing delivery point upgraded pursuant to the emergency 
provisions of Part 284 Subpart I of the Commission's Regulations; and 
for authorization to upgrade eight existing delivery points, including 
the delivery point upgraded pursuant to the emergency provisions, to 
accommodate incremental natural gas deliveries to UtiliCorp United, 
Inc. (UCU) under Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-401-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Northern states that the upgrade of the Farmington 1B TBS, 
installed pursuant to emergency regulations, was required due to 
extreme winter weather conditions and fear of facility failure in order 
to assure the protection of approximately 2,180 residential customers 
served by this station.
    Northern states that it also requests authorization to further 
upgrade the Farmington 1B TBS and seven other existing delivery points 
and appurtenant facilities, all located in Iowa, Nebraska and 
Minnesota, to accommodate incremental natural gas deliveries to UCU 
under currently effective throughput service agreement(s). All 
construction activities will be confined to within the existing TBS 
yards. Northern states that UCU has requested the proposed upgrades in 
order to provide incremental natural gas service to the existing 
delivery points.
    The estimated incremental volumes proposed to be delivered to UCU 
at the upgraded delivery points are: 1,185 Dth on peak day and 142,687 
Dth annually at Arnolds Park <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1 TBS; 182 Dth on peak 
day and 20,621 Dth annually at North Bend <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1A TBS; 
242 Dth on peak day and 26,531 Dth annually at Eagle 
<SUP><greek-i></SUP>1 TBS; 1,632 Dth on peak day and 177,814 Dth 
annually at Elkhorn <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1A TBS; 285 Dth on peak day and 
30,601 Dth annually at Valley <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1A TBS; 85 Dth on 
peak day and 8,379 Dth annually at Mead <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1 TBS; 184 
Dth on peak day and 19,892 Dth annually at Waverly 
<SUP><greek-i></SUP>1 TBS and 408 Dth on peak day and 59,554 Dth 
annually at Farmington <SUP><greek-i></SUP>1B TBS.
    The total cost to upgrade facilities at the Farmington 
<SUP><greek-i></SUP>1B TBS under the emergency regulations was 
approximately $1,150 which will be paid for by UCU in accordance with 
Section 284.264(a)(6)(ii) of the Commission's Regulations. Northern 
states that the total estimated cost to further upgrade the Farmington 
<SUP><greek-i></SUP>1B TBS and seven other existing delivery points is 
$922,000 which will be financed in accordance with the General Terms 
and Conditions of Northern's FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 
1.
    Northern states that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its 
existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the 
proposed changes without detriment or disadvantage to Northern's other 
customers. The total volumes to be delivered to the customer after the 
request do not exceed the total volumes authorized prior to the 
request.
    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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1403 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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