[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 67635] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-33655] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP97-563-001] Michigan Gas Storage Company; Notice of Petition To Amend December 19, 1997. Take notice that on November 25, 1997, Michigan Gas Storage Company (MGSCo), 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201, filed with the Commission, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), a petition to amend the order issued on September 19, 1997, in Docket No. CP97-563-000 to slightly modify the construction authorized in the Cranberry Lake Storage Field, Clare County, Michigan, all as more fully set forth in the application for amendment, which is open to the public for inspection. Michigan Gas Storage Company (MGSCo) notified the Commission on November 25, 1997, that MGSCo has now developed an alternative, functionally equivalent piping configuration for the Cranberry Lake Storage Field in Clare County, Michigan, which varies slightly from what the Director, Office of Pipeline Regulation authorized on September 19, 1997, in Docket No. CP97-563-000. Specifically, MGSCo states that the existing 6-inch diameter (approximately 125 feet) and 4-inch diameter (approximately 625 feet) pipe on Lateral 63 East between wells C715 and C350 is in good condition and does not need to be replaced with the originally proposed 2-inch diameter pipe. This segment of the pipe only required minor repairs to the pipe coating. Instead, MGSCo now proposes to cut and remove the 1,690 feet of existing 6-inch diameter pipe between wells C353 and C715 on Lateral 63 East, rather than replacing it with the 8-inch diameter pipe authorized in the September 19, 1997, order. MGSCo states that it can install the pig launcher at the eastern cut end of this segment. Gas would then flow westward from the storage wells along this section of lateral through 8-inch diameter pipe. MGSCo also states that gas flowing through the existing 6-inch and 4-inch diameter segment (east of the 1,690 feet of removed pipe) on Lateral 63 East would flow northward through the existing 4-inch diameter tie-line between Laterals 62 East and 63 East. MGSCo further states that these minor modifications could save $80,000 in material and labor costs, as well as avoid the cutting of trees in a 15-foot by 300-foot temporary work area. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said petition to amend should on or before December 29, 1997, 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 384.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (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. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-33655 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M