[Federal Register: April 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 69)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM96-1-015, et al.]
Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipeline; Notice of Compliance Filing
April 4, 2001.
Docket numbers: RP01-290-000, RP01-289-000, RP01-297-000, RP01-
295-000, RP01-339-000, RP01-294-000, RP01-334-000, RP01-300-000,
RP01-284-000, RP01-342-000, RP01-345-000, RP01-331-000, RP01-322-
000, RP01-303-000, RP01-346-000, RP01-360-000, RP01-349-000, RP01-
324-000, RP01-282-000, RP01-367-000, RP01-302-000, RP01-343-000,
RP01-326-000, RP01-340-000, RP01-309-000, RP01-308-000, RP01-352-
000, RP01-313-000, RP01-285-000, RP01-299-000, RP01-306-000, RP01-
325-000, RP01-358-000, RP01-287-000, RP01-286-000, RP01-338-000,
RP01-301-000, RP01-369-000, RP01-283-000, RP01-336-000, RP01-327-
000, RP01-304-000, RP01-288-000, RP01-366-000, RP01-277-000, RP01-
307-000, RP01-337-000, RP01-344-000, RP01-357-000, RP01-347-000,
RP01-329-000, RP01-368-000, RP01-341-000, RP01-354-000, RP01-321-
000, RP01-351-000, RP01-296-000, RP01-311-000, RP01-310-000, RP01-
363-000, RP01-291-000, RP01-328-000, RP01-335-000, RP01-365-000,
RP01-356-000, RP01-353-000, RP01-333-000, RP01-312-000, RP01-362-
000, RP01-319-000, RP01-348-000, RP01-364-000, RP01-318-000, RP01-
280-000, RP01-281-000, (Not Consolidated); Algonquin LNG, Inc.,
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, ANR Pipeline Company, ANR
Storage Company, Black Marlin Pipeline Company, Blue Lake Gas
Storage Company, Canyon Creek Compression Company, Clear Creek
Storage Company, L.L.C., Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Columbia
Gulf Transmission Corporation, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation, Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership, Dauphin Island
Gathering Partners, Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C., Discovery Gas
Transmission LLC, Dominion Transmission, Inc., East Tennessee
Natural Gas Company, Egan Hub Partners, L.P., El
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Paso Natural Gas Company, Florida Gas Transmission Company, Garden
Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, Granite State Gas Transmission Inc., Great
Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership, Gulf South Pipeline
Company, LP, Gulf States Transmission Corporation, High Island
Offshore System, L.L.C., Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., K N
Wattenberg Limited Liability Company, Kansas Pipeline Company, Kern
River Gas Transmission Company, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas
Transmission LLC, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.L.C., Michigan
Gas Storage Company, Mid Louisiana Gas Company, Midcoast Interstate
Transmission, Inc., Midwestern Gas Transmission Company, Mississippi
Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC, Mississippi River Transmission
Corporation, Mojave Pipeline Company, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Nautilus
Pipeline Company, L.L.C., Northern Border Pipeline Company, Northern
Natural Gas Company, Northwest Pipeline Company, Overthrust Pipeline
Company, Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C., Paiute Pipeline Company,
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Petal Gas Storage Company,
Questar Pipeline Company, Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company,
Sabine Pipe Line LLC, Sea Robin Pipeline Company, Southern Natural
Gas Company, Southwest Gas Storage Company, Steuben Gas Storage
Company, Stingray Pipeline Company, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, TransColorado Gas
Transmission Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company, Trunkline Gas
Company, Trunkline LNG Company, Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co., U-T
Offshore System, L.L.C., Venice Gathering System, L.L.C., Viking Gas
Transmission Company, WestGas InterState, Inc., Williams Gas
Pipelines Central, Inc., Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline
Company, Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd., Young Gas Storage
Company, Ltd.
Take notice that the above-referenced pipelines made filings in
compliance with Docket No. RM96-1-015, Order No. 587-M.\1\ The tariff
sheets implement Version 1.4 of the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB)
Standards accepted by the Commission in Order No. 587-M and are
proposed to become effective May 1, 2001.
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\1\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, Order No. 587-M, 65 FR 77285 (Dec. 11, 2000), FERC Stats.
& Regs. Regulations Preambles [Jul. 1996-Dec. 2000] para.31,114
(Nov. 30, 2000).
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On November 30, 2000 at Docket No. RM96-1-015, the Commission
issued Order No. 587-M to amend Sec. 284.12(b) of its regulations to
incorporate Version 1.4 of the GISB standards. The business practices
and standards contained in Order 587-M make additions and revisions to
Version 1.3 of the standards, which had previously been incorporated by
reference. Among other things, Order No. 587-M adopted the business
practices and electronic communications standards created by GISB on
August 31 and November 15, 1999. Order No. 587-M requires pipelines to
adopt Version 1.4 of the GISB Standards and to implement these
provisions by May 1, 2001.
Any person desiring to become a party a proceeding must file a
separate motion to intervene or protest in each docket.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filings should
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in
accordance with Secs. 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules and
Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in accordance
with Sec. 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and
are available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. This
filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). Comments, protests, and
interventions may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of
paper. See, 18 CFR 385,2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's web site at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-8794 Filed 4-9-01; 8:45 am]
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