Standards For Business Practices Of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the Commission's regulations to require interstate natural gas pipelines to follow standardized procedures for critical business practices--nominations; allocations, balancing, and measurement; invoicing; and capacity release--and standardized mechanisms for electronic communication between the pipelines and those with whom they do business. The proposed regulations incorporate by reference the proposed standards submitted by the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB) in response to the Commission's October 25, 1995 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR). 60 FR 55504 (Nov. 1, 1995). GISB and others in the natural gas industry have requested expedited processing of this proposed rule. Accordingly, pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Commission is providing notice of its request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing of this proposed collection of information by May 24, 1996.