[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 227 (Friday, November 27, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62261-62266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28402]
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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
18 CFR Part 284
[Docket No. RM96-1-036]
Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines
Issued November 19, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
proposing to amend its regulations at 18 CFR 284.12 to incorporate by
reference the latest version (Version 1.9) of business practice
standards adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of the North American
Energy Standards Board (NAESB) applicable to natural gas pipelines. The
proposed standards include standards adopted in response to Order Nos.
698, 712, 717 and 682, as well as standards related to transactional
reporting, NAESB contracts, communication protocols and technical
standards. These standards can be obtained from NAESB at 1301 Fannin,
Suite 2350, Houston, TX 77002, phone: 713-356-0060, http://www.naesb.org, and are available for viewing in the Commission's Public
Reference Room.
DATES: Comments are due January 11, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. RM96-1-
036, by any of these methods:
Agency Web site: http://www.ferc.gov. Documents created
electronically using word processing software should be filed in native
applications or print-to-PDF format and not in a scanned format.
Mail/Hand Delivery: Commenters unable to file comments
electronically must mail or hand deliver an original and 14 copies of
their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce McAllister (technical issues),
Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8296. Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of the General Counsel,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8321.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes
to amend its regulations at 18 CFR 284.12 to incorporate by reference
the latest version (Version 1.9) of business practice standards adopted
by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant (WGQ) of the North American Energy
Standards Board (NAESB) applicable to natural gas pipelines.
I. Background
2. Since 1996, the Commission has adopted regulations to
standardize the business practices and communication methodologies of
interstate natural gas pipelines to create a more integrated and
efficient pipeline grid. These regulations have been promulgated in the
Order No. 587 series of orders,\1\ wherein the Commission has
incorporated by reference standards for interstate natural gas pipeline
business practices and electronic communications that were developed
and adopted by NAESB's WGQ. Upon incorporation by reference by the
Commission, interstate natural gas pipelines must comply with the
requirements contained in the standards.
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\1\ This series of orders began with the Commission's issuance
of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, Order No. 587, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,038 (1996).
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3. On July 16, 2009, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (July 16 NOPR) proposing to incorporate into the Commission
regulations by reference business practice standards adopted by NAESB's
WGQ for index-based pricing for capacity releases and for increasing
the flexibility of gas receipt and delivery points.\2\ Comments on this
notice have been received and the matter is currently pending
Commission action. These WGQ standards were filed with the Commission
September 14, 2007 and created and modified existing standards.
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\2\ Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, 74 FR 36633 (July 24, 2009), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 32,645
(July 16, 2009).
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4. On September 30, 2009, NAESB filed a report informing the
Commission that it had adopted and ratified Version 1.9 of its business
practice standards applicable to natural gas pipelines. Both this NOPR
and the July 16 NOPR are the result of a continuing effort by NAESB and
the gas industry to add additional specificity and functionality to gas
standards in several areas. For example, new or revised standards in
Version 1.9 include communication standards and protocols related to
the business practice standards dealing with index-based capacity
release, which the Commission proposed to adopt in the July 16 NOPR,
and new standards adopted in response to Order Nos. 698, 712, 717 and
682. These new and modified standards support the ability of pipelines
to redirect gas around constraints, provide additional gas quality and
transactional reporting, and create new standards for index-based
capacity release transactions and new information posting requirements
for Web sites and browsers.
II. Significant Changes and Additions Contained in the Version 1.9
Standards
A. Standards To Support Order No. 698 and Order No. 712
5. In Order Nos. 698 and 698-A, the Commission requested that NAESB
develop or modify standards for business practices: (1) For index-based
pricing for capacity release transactions; (2) to allow for increased
receipt and delivery point flexibility through the use of redirects of
scheduled quantities; and (3) to modify the existing intra-day
nomination timeline.\3\
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\3\ Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, Order No. 698, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,251 (2007), order
on clarification and reh'g, Order No. 698-A, 121 FERC ] 61,264
(2007).
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6. In response to Order Nos. 698 and 698-A, NAESB's WGQ Business
Practice Subcommittee (BPS) adopted revised standards allowing index-
based pricing for capacity release transactions,\4\ and developed a
business practice standard to allow for increased receipt and delivery
point flexibility through the use of redirects of scheduled quantities.
NAESB was unable to reach consensus on standards relating to the intra-
day nomination timeline. The July 16 NOPR addressed the business
practice standards developed by NAESB in these areas.
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\4\ These included modification of three WGQ business practice
standards, and the development of ten new WGQ business practice
standards and two new WGQ definitions. These revisions are included
in the standards presented in NAESB's September 2009 Report to the
Commission. These revisions were first discussed in another NAESB
report (submitted on September 3, 2008) in which the WGQ BPS
discussed these business practices and the record developed by the
WGQ BPS and WGQ EC as they were considered.
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7. The Version 1.9 Standards provide details on the technical
implementation \5\ of index-based pricing for capacity release, and is
coordinated with some of the changes developed to accommodate the
determinations in Order Nos. 712 and 712-A \6\ with respect to capacity
release standards.\7\
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\5\ Technical implementation is accomplished through the
identification of the data required to support the transactions,
definitions of information and mapping of those data into specific
electronic transactions. This is outlined in the WGQ Capacity
Release Related Standards section of Version 1.9.
\6\ Promotion of a More Efficient Capacity Release Market, Order
No. 712, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,271 (2008), order on reh'g, Order
No. 712-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,284 (2008).
\7\ The standards include new NAESB WGQ Definitions Nos. 5.2.4 &
5.2.5, NAESB WGQ Standard Nos. 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.26, and 5.3.61--
5.3.69 and modifications to NAESB WGQ Standards Nos. 5.3.1, 5.3.3
and 5.3.26 and complementary modifications to the related data sets.
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B. Standards To Support Order No. 717
8. In Order No. 717, the Commission amended the Standards of
Conduct for
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Transmission Providers.\8\ In response to Order No. 717, the WGQ
Business Practice Subcommittee made modifications to NAESB WGQ Standard
No. 4.3.23 related to the Transportation Service Providers'
requirements for their Informational Postings Web site. The modified
standard includes a Standards of Conduct section where information can
be posted regarding affiliate or corporate transactions as well as
posting requirements for the Informational Postings Web site.
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\8\ Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers, Order No.
717, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,280 at P 1 (2008).
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C. Posting of Gas Quality Information
9. NAESB modified Gas Quality Standards Nos. 4.3.90 and 4.3.92 and
also added a new gas quality standard.\9\ The Version 1.9 Standards
related to the posting of gas quality information includes posting and
format requirements, provisions for Transportation Service Providers to
report hydrocarbon liquid drop out measurements and Informational
Postings Web site criteria.
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\9\ As discussed below, two other new gas quality standards
failed to be adopted.
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D. Internet Communication Standards
10. NAESB made a variety of technical and clean up revisions to the
standards. Several standards were modified in response to the Sandia
National Laboratories' security assessment of the NAESB communication
standards. NAESB also modified the standards to reflect changes in the
use of software used on the Internet, including support for Adobe Flash
Player and Active X control as Internet browser plug-ins, Mozilla
Firefox as another browser option, and the removal of Netscape as a
supporting browser.
III. Discussion
11. In this NOPR, the Commission proposes to incorporate by
reference in its regulations Version 1.9 of the NAESB WGQ's consensus
standards,\10\ with two exceptions.\11\ Adoption of Version 1.9 will
continue the process of updating and improving NAESB's business
practice standards for the benefit of the wholesale gas market. The
most noteworthy of the standards are those addressing recent changes to
the Commission's regulations in Order Nos. 698 (gas-electric
coordination), 712 (capacity release), and 717 (standards of conduct),
and additional standards and revisions to standards that address
pipelines' posting of gas quality information, and Internet security
and communications.
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\10\ In its Version 1.9 Standards, the WEQ made the following
changes to its Version 1.8 standards: New Definitions Nos. 5.24,
5.25, and 11.21-11.2.5; Modified Definitions Nos. 10.2.8, 10.2.14,
10.2.24, 10.2.30-10.2.34, 10.2.37, and 10.2.38; New Standards Nos.
0.3.16, 0.3.17, 1.3.80, 4.3.94-4.3.99, 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.26, 5.3.61-
5.3.69, 10.1.10, 10.3.26, 10.3.27 11.31, and 11.32; Modified
Standards Nos. 4.1.39, 4.3.16, 4.3.23, 4.3.26, 4.3.29, 4.3.32,
4.3.33, 4.3.90, 4.3.92, 5.3.1, 5.3.3, 5.3.26, 10.2.8, 10.2.14,
10.2.24, 10.2.3-10.2.34, 10.2.37, 10.2.38, 10.3.13, 10.3.15, and
10.3.17; and miscellaneous maintenance clean-up revisions.
\11\ The Commission is continuing its past practice and is not
proposing to incorporate by reference Standards 4.3.4 and 10.3.2.,
because they are inconsistent with the Commission's record retention
requirement in 18 CFR 284.12(b)(3)(v). See, e.g., Standards for
Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, Final Rule,
Order No. 587-T, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,289 at P 5 & n.9 (2009).
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12. In addition, the Version 1.9 standards include new or revised
standards that the Commission proposed to adopt in the July 16 NOPR;
these standards included updated communication protocols and other
standards for implementing the Commission's findings on improving
index-priced capacity release transactions and flexibility to designate
receipt and delivery points adopted in response to Order No. 698. New
standards in Version 1.9 include business practices and communication
protocols for implementing asset management agreements and the removal
of the price ceiling for capacity release transactions as permitted
under Order No. 712. They also contain revisions to the posting
requirements for affiliate information to be consistent with the new
requirements of Order No. 717. In addition, they contain further
refinements to the standards for posting gas quality information on
pipeline Web sites, in particular requirements for formatting
downloadable files. Finally, they contain standards that help to better
ensure the security of Internet communications and to accommodate
software changes in Internet usage.
13. NAESB reports that two of its new gas quality standards failed
to pass as a result of a single segment failing to approve the
standard. One of the blocked standards would have required a pipeline
that currently does not post a Wobbe number \12\ to post gas quality
information on its Web site and to calculate and post a Wobbe number
when notified by a Service Requestor of its desire to begin discussing
the interchangeability of gas supplies. The other blocked standard
would have added to an existing requirement that pipelines propose an
additional requirement that three months of historical gas quality data
be downloadable based on a given date range.
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\12\ The Wobbe number or Wobbe index is named after Goffredo
Wobbe, an Italian physicist who developed a formula to compare the
characteristics of two gasses. The Wobbe index is a measure of the
physical combustion characteristics of natural gas used in the
natural gas industry to ensure that natural gas from different
sources is compatible with gas-burning equipment in a particular
service area. See Williams, Technical Background and Issues of Gas
Interchangeability, 27 (AGA Staff Paper, 2006) (http://www.aga.org/NR/rdonlyres/C9D9FB1D-E244-4B9D-9C67-5FA74C24A8E0/0/0604GASINTERCHANGEABILITYSTAFFPAPER.pdf.).
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14. The Commission does not currently require pipelines to use the
Wobbe number in calculating gas quality, and NAESB's September 30
Report shows that no consensus to approve such a requirement has been
achieved. Nor has any showing been made of a need for a nationwide
requirement for providing a Wobbe number applicable to those pipelines
whose tariffs do not require the use of a Wobbe number. Accordingly,
the Commission is not proposing to create any such requirement in this
NOPR. Issues regarding gas quality, including the use of the Wobbe
number, can be addressed in individual Commission proceedings involving
gas quality when relevant. With respect to the blocked standard
regarding downloading, the existing NAESB standards, 4.3.90, 4.3.91,
and 4.3.92, already require pipelines to provide a downloadable file,
with a standardized file format, of gas quality information for each
identified location for a three month period. We therefore see no need
for Commission intervention on the question of whether it is more
efficient for the pipeline or the shipper to select the date range from
the data provided.
15. As the Commission found in Order No. 587, adoption of consensus
standards is appropriate because the consensus process helps ensure the
reasonableness of the standards by requiring that the standards draw
support from a broad spectrum of industry participants representing all
segments of the industry.\13\ Moreover, since the industry itself has
to conduct business under these standards, the Commission's regulations
should reflect those standards that have the widest possible support.
In section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTT&AA), Congress affirmatively requires federal
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agencies to use technical standards developed by voluntary consensus
standards organizations, like NAESB, as means to carry out policy
objectives or activities.\14\
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\13\ The NAESB process first requires a super-majority vote of
17 out of 25 members of the WGQ's Executive Committee with support
from at least two members from each of the five industry segments--
Distributors, End Users, Pipelines, Producers, and Services
(including marketers and computer service providers). For final
approval, 67 percent of the WGQ's general membership voting must
ratify the standards.
\14\ Public Law No. 104-113, section 12(d), 110 Stat. 775
(1996), 15 U.S.C. 272 note (1997).
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16. The Commission proposes that natural gas pipelines be required
to implement the Version 1.9 Standards on the first day of the month
three months after a final rule is issued. Based on past practice, we
are proposing this implementation schedule to give the natural gas
pipelines subject to these standards adequate time to prepare to
implement for these changes. In addition, the Commission proposes that
pipelines be required to file tariff sheets to reflect the changed
standards two months before the implementation date.
IV. Notice of Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards
17. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-119 (section 11)
(February 10, 1998) provides that federal agencies should publish a
request for comment in a NOPR when the agency is seeking to issue or
revise a regulation proposing to adopt a voluntary consensus standard
or a government-unique standard. In this NOPR, the Commission is
proposing to incorporate by reference voluntary consensus standards
developed by the WGQ.
V. Information Collection Statement
18. The following collection of information contained in this
proposed rule has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review under section 3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(d). The Commission solicits comments on the
Commission's need for this information, whether the information will
have practical utility, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondents'
burden, including the use of automated information techniques. The
following burden estimates include the costs to implement the WGQ's
definitions and business practice standards for interstate natural gas
pipelines and electronic communication protocols. The burden estimates
are primarily related to start-up to implement these standards and
regulations and will not result in ongoing costs.
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Number of
Data collection Number of responses per Hours per Total number
respondents respondent response of hours
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FERC-549C....................................... 168 1 22 3,696
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Totals...................................... .............. .............. .............. 3,696
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Total Annual Hours for Collection (Reporting and Recordkeeping, (if
appropriate)) = 3,696.
Information Collection Costs: The Commission seeks comments on the
costs to comply with these requirements. It has projected the average
annualized cost for all respondents to be the following: \15\
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\15\ The total annualized cost for the two information
collections is $554,400. This number is reached by multiplying the
total hours to prepare a response (hours) by an hourly wage estimate
of $150 (a composite estimate that includes legal, technical and
support staff rates). $554,400 = $150 x 3,696.
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FERC-549C
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Annualized Capital/Startup Costs.......... $554,400
Annualized Costs (Operations & N/A
Maintenance).
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Total Annualized Costs................ $554,400
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19. OMB regulations \16\ require OMB to approve certain information
collection requirements imposed by agency rule. The Commission is
submitting notification of this proposed rule to OMB. These information
collections are mandatory requirements.
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\16\ 5 CFR 1320.11.
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Title: Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines (FERC-549C).
Action: Proposed collections.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0174.
Respondents: Business or other for profit, (Natural Gas Pipelines
(not applicable to small businesses.))
Frequency of Responses: One-time implementation (business
procedures, capital/start-up).
Necessity of Information: The proposals in this NOPR would, if
implemented, upgrade the Commission's current business practices and
communication standards in response to the Commission's determinations
in Order Nos. 682, 698, 698-A, 712 and 717, and would: revise standards
allowing index-based pricing for capacity release transactions and
allow for increased receipt and delivery point flexibility through the
use of redirects of scheduled quantities; create information posting
requirements for Web sites and browsers; require the posting of gas
quality information including posting and format requirements; report
hydrocarbon liquid drop out measurements; and create standards to
reflect changes in the use of software used on the Internet.
20. The implementation of these data requirements will increase the
efficiency of the capacity release market and the ability to schedule
gas around constraints, will provide additional transparency to
informational posting Web sites, will improve gas quality measurements
and will improve communication standards. The implementation of these
standards and regulations will promote the additional efficiency and
reliability of the gas industries' operations thereby helping the
Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the Natural Gas Act
of promoting the efficiency and reliability of the gas industries'
operations. In addition, the Commission's Office of Energy Market and
Regulation will use the data for general industry oversight.
21. Internal Review: The Commission has reviewed the requirements
pertaining to business practices of natural gas pipelines and made a
preliminary determination that the proposed revisions are necessary to
establish more efficient coordination between the gas and electric
industries. Requiring such information ensures both a common means of
communication and common business practices to limit miscommunication
for participants engaged in the sale of electric energy at wholesale
and the transportation of natural gas. These requirements conform to
the Commission's plan for efficient information collection,
communication, and management within the natural gas pipeline
industries. The Commission has assured itself, by means of its
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internal review, that there is specific, objective support for the
burden estimates associated with the information requirements.
22. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting
requirements by contacting the following: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Attn: Michael Miller, Office of the Executive Director, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 Tel: (202) 502-8415/Fax: (202)
273-0873, E-mail: [email protected].
23. Comments concerning the collection of information(s) and the
associated burden estimate(s), should be sent to the contact listed
above and to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503 [Attention: Desk Officer
for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, phone: (202) 395-4638,
fax: (202) 395-7285].
VI. Environmental Analysis
24. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\17\ The
Commission has categorically excluded certain actions from these
requirements as not having a significant effect on the human
environment.\18\ The actions proposed here fall within categorical
exclusions in the Commission's regulations for rules that are
clarifying, corrective, or procedural, for information gathering,
analysis, and dissemination, and for sales, exchange, and
transportation of natural gas that requires no construction of
facilities.\19\ Therefore, an environmental assessment is unnecessary
and has not been prepared as part of this NOPR.
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\17\ Order No. 486, Regulations Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 30,783
(1987).
\18\ 18 CFR 380.4.
\19\ See 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii), 380.4(a)(5), 380.4(a)(27).
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VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
25. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \20\ generally
requires a description and analysis of final rules that will have
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
In drafting a rule an agency is required to: (1) Assess the effect that
its regulation will have on small entities; (2) analyze effective
alternatives that may minimize a regulation's impact; and (3) make the
analysis available for public comment.\21\ Based on our analysis of the
requirements proposed in this NOPR, we do not think the proposed rule
will have a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
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\20\ 5 U.S.C. 601-612.
\21\ 5 U.S.C. 601-604.
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VIII. Comment Procedures
26. The Commission invites interested persons to submit written
comments on the NAESB business practice standards proposed for
incorporation by reference in this NOPR, as well as any related matters
or alternative proposals that commenters may wish to discuss. Comments
are due January 11, 2010. Comments must refer to Docket No. RM96-1-036,
and must include the commenter's name, the organization they represent,
if applicable, and their address. Comments may be filed either in
electronic or paper format.
27. Comments may be filed electronically via the eFiling link on
the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission
accepts most standard word processing formats and commenters may attach
additional files with supporting information in certain other file
formats. Commenters filing electronically do not need to make a paper
filing. Commenters unable to file comments electronically must send an
original and 14 copies of their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. For paper filings, the original and 14 copies of
such comments should be submitted to the Secretary of the Commission,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
28. All comments will be placed in the Commission's public files
and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely, as described in the
Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are
not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.
IX. Document Availability
29. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
Internet through FERC's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and in FERC's
Public Reference Room during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern time) at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.
30. From FERC's Home Page on the Internet, this information is
available in eLibrary. The full text of this document is available in
eLibrary both in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing,
and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number, excluding the last three digits of this document in the
docket number field (``RM96-1''), and in the subdocket number field
type in the last three digits (``036'').
31. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the FERC's Web
site during the Commission's normal business hours. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support by e-mail at [email protected], or
by telephone at 202-502-6652 (toll-free at (866) 208-3676) or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284
Incorporation by reference, Natural gas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
By the Commission.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission proposes to amend
part 284, Chapter I, Title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:
PART 284--CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE
NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES
1. The authority citation for part 284 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352;
43 U.S.C. 1331-1356.
2. Section 284.12 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(1)(i)
through (vii) to read as follows:
Sec. 284.12 Standards for pipeline business operations and
communications.
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) Additional Standards (General Standards, Creditworthiness
Standards and Gas/Electric Operational Communications Standards)
(Version 1.9, September 30, 2009);
(ii) Nominations Related Standards (Version 1.9, September 30,
2009);
(iii) Flowing Gas Related Standards (Version 1.9, September 30,
2009);
(iv) Invoicing Related Standards (Version 1.9, September 30, 2009);
(v) Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related Standards
(Version 1.9, September 30, 2009) with the exception of Standard 4.3.4;
(vi) Capacity Release Related Standards (Version 1.9, September 30,
2009); and
(vii) Internet Electronic Transport Related Standards (Version 1.9,
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September 30, 2009) with the exception of Standard 10.3.2.
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