[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 5759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3228]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.; Notice of Application

[Docket No. CP96-169-000]
February 8, 1996.
    Take notice that on February 5, 1996, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP96-169-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon storage and transportation service 
for suppliers under Rate Schedule S-2 of Williston Basin's FERC Gas 
Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Williston Basin states that on June 15, 1983, Montana-Dakota 
Utilities Co., now MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU), predecessor in 
interest to Williston Basin, was authorized by temporary certificate to 
store natural gas on behalf of certain of its suppliers and to provide 
incidental transportation of such gas pursuant to Rate Schedule S-2. 
Williston Basin further states that on May 25, 1984, the Commission 
issued its Order Approving Contested Settlement which granted MDU a 
permanent certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing 
the storage and transportation services proposed to be performed on 
behalf of its suppliers under Rate Schedule S-2. In addition, Williston 
Basin states that on February 13, 1985 in Docket No. CP82-487-000, et 
al., Williston Basin was authorized to acquire and operate the 
interstate pipeline facilities previously owned and operated by MDU as 
well as to provide the certificated services previously provided by 
MDU.
    It is stated that although the original certificate for the Rate 
Schedule S-2 service was limited to a maximum four-year term for 
injections into storage for each Rate Schedule S-2 service agreement, 
the May 22, 1990 Order Granting Rehearing and Denying Request for 
Clarification, 51 FERC para. 61,199, allowed the Rate Schedule 
certificate to run for each individual service contract until all of 
the gas injected into storage under that service contract was withdrawn 
from storage. It is further stated that service contract was withdrawn 
from storage. It is further stated that on November 28, 1995, the 
Commission accepted in Docket No. CP83-254-490, the termination of 
Williston Basin's final Rate Schedule S-2 service agreement. Therefore, 
Williston Basin requests abandonment of the certificate authorizing 
service under Rate Schedule S-2 effective as of the date Commission 
approval for such requested abandonment is received.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 29, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
required by the public convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave 
to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission on its own motion 
believes that a formal hearing is required, further notice of such 
hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Williston Basin to appear or be represented 
at the hearing
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-3228 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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