[Federal Register: August 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 164)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
[FE Docket No. 93-34-NG]

 
TransCanada Pipelines Limited; Order Amending Long-Term 
Authorization To Import and Export Natural Gas From and to Canada

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Order.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice that on August 19, 1999, it issued DOE/FE Order No. 
795-A (Order 795-A) which amends TransCanada PipeLines Limited's 
(TransCanada) natural gas import and export authorization granted April 
30, 1993 by DOE/FE Order No. 795 (1 FE para. 70,787). The amendment 
permits TransCanada to increase the volumes of natural gas it is 
authorized to import and export from and to Canada from 1,405,000 Mcf 
per day to 1,717,000 Mcf per day for the remaining authorization term 
through November 1, 2005. The additional gas will be imported near 
Noyes, Minnesota, for storage in the United States and subsequent 
export back to Canada. The gas is transported by the pipeline system of 
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership across northern 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to two export points on the 
international boundary near St. Clair and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. 
The gas will be sold by TransCanada to its customers in eastern Canada. 
In all other respects the terms and conditions

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of the previous authority would remain unchanged.
    Order 795-A may be found on the FE web site at http://
www.fe.doe.gov, or on our electronic bulletin board at (202) 586-7853. 
It is also available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import & Export Activities docket room, 3E-033, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585-0334, (202) 586-9478. The docket room is open between the hours 
of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, August 19, 1999.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum 
Import & Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-22004 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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