[Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP04-575-000]

 
Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Duke Energy Trading and 
Marketing, L.L.C.; Notice of Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of 
Limited Waivers

September 7, 2004.
    Take notice that on September 1, 2004, pursuant to Rule 207 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest) and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. 
(DETM) tendered for filing a Joint Petition for Expedited Grant of 
Limited Waivers.
    Northwest and DETM petition the Commission for a grant of a limited 
waiver, to the extent required, of: (i) Certain of Northwest's capacity 
release tariff provisions; and (ii) the Commission's Order No. 636-A 
policy regarding the ``tying'' of gas delivery contracts to released 
transportation capacity. Northwest and DETM state that the requested 
waivers will enable them to permanently transfer DETM's portfolio of 
Northwest transportation capacity and dependent gas delivery contracts 
to DETM's Prearranged Replacement Shipper or to some other third-party 
replacement shipper who may prevail in the capacity release bidding 
process. Northwest and DETM further request expedited action on the 
requested waivers, so that the transportation releases may be made 
effective no later than November 1, 2004.
    Northwest states that copy of this filing has been served on 
Northwest's jurisdictional customers and upon affected State regulatory 
commissions.
    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.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://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 http://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 standard time on September 14, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-2172 Filed 9-13-04; 8:45 am]

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