Southwest Gas Corporation; Notice of Petition of Southwest Gas Corporation for a Declaratory Order and Expeditious Treatment of Petition, 32315 [E5-2798]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 105 / Thursday, June 2, 2005 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05–354–000] Southwest Gas Corporation; Notice of Petition of Southwest Gas Corporation for a Declaratory Order and Expeditious Treatment of Petition May 27, 2005. Take notice that on May 24, 2005, Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest), filed in Docket No. RP05–354–000, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), a petition for a declaratory order requesting that the Commission clarify General Terms and Conditions (GT&C) section 20.8 of El Paso Natural Gas Company’s Tariff. Southwest states that GT&C section 20.8 requires that shipper endeavor to take gas ratably through the gas day and to keep variations in hourly takes to the minimum feasible. Southwest avers that El Paso and its shippers disagree on the meaning of this tariff section and that the uncertainty is creating planning uncertainty and possibly delaying El Paso’s construction of necessary infrastructure improvements. Southwest asks the Commission to clarify that GT&C section 20.8 does not constitute a fixed obligation of shipper to take 1⁄24 ratably throughout the gas day, nor does it limit daily firm service rights by imposing an inflexible uniform hourly service limitation. Southwest further requests expeditious action, including a shortened notice and answer period, so that the Commission’s ruling can be obtained by June 30, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. VerDate jul<14>2003 16:54 Jun 01, 2005 Jkt 205001 A person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. A person must file with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this petition. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken; but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission’s Rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the petition provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time June 3, 2005. Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2798 Filed 6–1–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 32315 sheets reflecting Williston Basin’s rates approved in the April 19, 2005 Commission Order for the period August 1, 2004 through April 18, 2005. Williston Basin further states that it is also filing revised tariff sheets in Appendix B, reflecting the rates set forth by the April 19, 2005 Commission Order to be effective April 19, 2005. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Linda Mitry, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E5–2782 Filed 6–1–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [Docket No. RP00–107–007] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing May 25, 2005. Take notice that on May 19, 2005, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (Williston Basin) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in Appendix A and B to the filing. Williston Basin states that Appendix A of the filing contains revised tariff PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EC05–84–000, et al.] FirstEnergy Corp, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings May 25, 2005. The following filings have been made with the Commission. The filings are listed in ascending order within each docket classification. E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP05-354-000]


Southwest Gas Corporation; Notice of Petition of Southwest Gas 
Corporation for a Declaratory Order and Expeditious Treatment of 
Petition

May 27, 2005.
    Take notice that on May 24, 2005, Southwest Gas Corporation 
(Southwest), filed in Docket No. RP05-354-000, pursuant to Rule 
207(a)(2) of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), a petition for a declaratory order 
requesting that the Commission clarify General Terms and Conditions 
(GT&C) section 20.8 of El Paso Natural Gas Company's Tariff.
    Southwest states that GT&C section 20.8 requires that shipper 
endeavor to take gas ratably through the gas day and to keep variations 
in hourly takes to the minimum feasible. Southwest avers that El Paso 
and its shippers disagree on the meaning of this tariff section and 
that the uncertainty is creating planning uncertainty and possibly 
delaying El Paso's construction of necessary infrastructure 
improvements. Southwest asks the Commission to clarify that GT&C 
section 20.8 does not constitute a fixed obligation of shipper to take 
\1/24\ ratably throughout the gas day, nor does it limit daily firm 
service rights by imposing an inflexible uniform hourly service 
limitation. Southwest further requests expeditious action, including a 
shortened notice and answer period, so that the Commission's ruling can 
be obtained by June 30, 2005, or as soon thereafter as possible.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated 
below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or 
protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve 
motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    A person does not have to intervene in order to have comments 
considered. A person must file with the Secretary of the Commission, as 
soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of 
or in opposition to this petition. The Commission will consider these 
comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken; but the 
filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to 
the proceeding. The Commission's Rules require that persons filing 
comments in opposition to the petition provide copies of their protests 
only to the party or parties directly involved in the protest.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at https://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time June 3, 2005.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2798 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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