[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41234-41235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15175]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP97-431-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Motion To 
Defer Review Meeting

June 11, 2002.
    Take notice that on June 5, 2002, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural) filed a motion to defer the meeting to be held in 
June 2002 to review Natural's procedures for posting and allocating 
capacity in its system. Natural proposes that the meeting be deferred 
for one year, with the deferred review meeting to be held prior to the 
end of June 2003.
    On October 26, 2000, the Commission issued an order \1\ accepting 
with modifications a Stipulation and Agreement (Settlement) filed by 
Natural that adopted procedures to govern the posting and awarding of 
firm capacity on Natural's system. Article IV of that Settlement 
provides that a meeting is to held between 17 and 19 months after the 
effective date of the tariff sheets implementing the Settlement to 
review how the capacity award procedures are working. That provision 
would require that the meeting be held before the end of June 2002.
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    \1\ 93 FERC ] 61,075 (2000), reh'g denied, 94 FERC ] 61,310 
(2001).
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    In its motion to defer the meeting, Natural states that no 
significant issue regarding the operation of its capacity award 
procedures has arisen over the 18 months that the procedures have been 
in effect, and that Natural does not believe that there is any need for 
the review meeting at this time. Natural states that pursuant to the 
Commission's order approving the Settlement, Natural

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is required to provide the parties and Commission Staff with extensive 
information one week prior to the meeting. Natural states that it will 
provide this information to the parties by June 17, 2002. Natural 
further states that if, after reviewing the information, any party 
concludes that the meeting should be held prior to June 2003, that 
party should advise Natural within 30 days of receiving the 
information, and Natural will convene the meeting promptly. Natural 
states that it has contacted the active parties in this docket, and 
that its proposal reflects the comments of those parties.
    Any person desiring to respond to Natural's motion should file an 
answer with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Section 385.213 of 
the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed 
on or before June 20, 2002. Copies of the 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..gov (Call 202-208-2212 for assistance). Answers 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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-15175 Filed 6-14-02; 8:45 am]
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