[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26955]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP97-156-004]


Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing

October 6, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 30, 1997, Viking Gas Transmission 
Company (Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, 
First Revised Volume No. 1, the following actual tariff sheets:


Third Revised Sheet No. 40
First Revised Sheet No. 41A
Third Revised Sheet No. 49
Second Revised Sheet No. 51
Third Revised Sheet No. 87 (incorporating Standard 4.3.6)
Fourth Revised Sheet No. 87 (incorporating Standards 1.2.5, 1.2.7, 
1.3.7, 1.3.24-1.3.31, 1.3.33, 1.3.34, 5.3.22)


    For Sheet No. 87 that incorporates Standard 4.3.6, Viking proposes 
an effective date of August 1, 1997. For the remaining sheets including 
Sheet No. 87 that incorporates Standards 1.2.5, 1.2.7, 1.3.7, 1.3.24-
1.3.31, 1.3.33, 1.3.24, and 5.3.22, Viking proposes an effective date 
of November 1, 1997.
    Viking states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with the 
Letter Order issued by the Office of Pipeline Regulation, Rate Review 
Branch II, on June 11, 1997. The June 11, 1997 Letter Order directed 
Viking to file actual tariff sheets when it filed to comply with Order 
No. 587-C, Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas 
Pipelines, Docket No. RM96-1-004, FERC Regulations Preambles 
para.31,050 (1997), issued on March 4, 1997.
    Order No. 587-C required pipelines to make pro forma tariff filings 
to implement the GISB practices and standards by May 1, 1997. Viking 
filed prop forma tariff sheets when it made its May 1, 1997, filing to 
comply with Order No. 587-C.
    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, in accordance with Section 385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. All such protests should 
be filed in accordance with Section 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 proceeding. Copies of this filing are 
on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-26955 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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