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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2006 / Notices

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. Comments, interventions

and protests to the applications must be

filed on or before the comment date.

Also in this proceeding, initial

comments to the Offer of Settlement

must be filed on or before the comment

date, and reply comments on the Offer

of Settlement, if desired, must be filed

on or before the reply comment date.

Anyone filing an initial or reply

comments on the settlement, motions to

intervene or protests must serve a copy

of those documents on the applicants.

However, on or before the reply

comment date, it is not necessary to

serve comments, motions to intervene or

protests on persons other than the

applicants.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of comments,

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 comments,

protest or intervention to the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comment Date: March 31, 2006.

Reply Comment Date: April 10, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3446 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER06–398–000; ER06–399–

000]

Duquesne Keystone, LLC; Duquesne

Conemaugh, LLC; Notice of Issuance

of Order

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March 3, 2006.

Duquesne Keystone, LLC and

Duquesne Conemaugh, LLC

(collectively, the Duquesne Group) filed

an application for market-based rate

authority, with accompanying rate

schedules. The proposed market-based

rate schedules provide for the sale of

energy, capacity and ancillary at marketbased rates. The Duquesne Group also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, the Duquesne

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Group requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by the Duquesne Group.

On March 2, 2006, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Tariffs and Market

Development—West, granted the

request for blanket approval under part

34. The Director’s order also stated that

the Commission would publish a

separate notice in the Federal Register

establishing a period of time for the

filing of protests. Accordingly, any

person desiring to be heard or to protest

the blanket approval of issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability by

the Duquesne Group should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211,

385.214 (2004).

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest is April 3, 2006.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition by the deadline above, the

Duquesne Group is authorized to issue

securities and assume obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the Duquesne Group,

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of the Duquesne Group’s

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Copies of the full text of the Director’s

Order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Order may also be viewed

on the Commission’s Web site at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary

link. Enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the docket

number filed to access the document.

Comments, protests, and interventions

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

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‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3450 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–69–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Petition

March 3, 2006.

Take notice that on February 27, 2006,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80944, filed a petition for

Exemption of Temporary Acts and

Operations from Certificate

Requirements, pursuant to Rule

207(a)(5) of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207(a)(5)), and section 7(c)(1)(B) of

the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.

717(c)(1)(B)), seeking approval of an

exemption from certificate requirements

to perform temporary activities related

to drilling a test well and performing

other activities to assess the feasibility

of developing an underground natural

gas storage facility in Pinal County,

Arizona, all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.

Enter the docket number excluding the

last three digits in the docket number

field to access the document. For

assistance, contact FERC at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,

(202) 502–8659.

Any questions regarding the petition

should be directed to Richard

Derryberry, Director, Regulatory Affairs,

El Paso Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box

1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado

80944, phone (719) 520–3782 or fax

(719) 667–7534.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before the comment date

stated below, file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

a motion to intervene in accordance

with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

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