65 FR 62 pg. 16903 - Regulation of short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services; Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services; Order Denying Stay
Type: NOTICEVolume: 65Number: 62Page: 16903
Docket number: [Docket Nos. RM98-10-003; RM98-12-003]
FR document: [FR Doc. 00-7799 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Sub Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. RM98-10-003; RM98-12-003]
Regulation of short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services; Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services; Order Denying Stay
Issued March 24, 2000.
Before Commissioners: James J. Hoecker, Chairman; William L. Massey, Linda Breathitt, and Curt Hebert, Jr.
On February 9, 2000, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued a final rule1that amended the Commission's open access regulations to grant a waiver for a limited period of the price ceiling for released capacity transactions of less than one year.2The waiver takes effect on March 26, 2000. On March 15, 2000, Indicated Shippers and the Independent Petroleum Association of America filed a motion to stay the effective date of the waiver pending the Commission's consideration of the order and rehearing and any subsequent judicial review.
Footnotes:
1 Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas Transportation Services and Regulation of Interstate Natural Gas Transportation Services, 63 FR 10156 (Feb. 25, 2000), III FERC Stats. Regs. Regulations Preambles ¶ 31,091 (Feb. 9, 2000).
2 18 CFR 284.8 (i).
The Administrative Procedure Act provides that an agency may stay an action "when justice so requires."3The Commission finds that justice does not require the issuance of a stay, and denies the motion.
Footnotes:
3 5 U.S.C. 705 (1994).
The Commission orders: The motion for stay is denied.
By the Commission.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-7799 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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