Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

Take notice that on July 16, 2004, Viking Gas Transmission Company (Viking) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed below to be effective August 15, 2004:

Tenth Revised Sheet No. 5

Third Revised Sheet No. 5H.01

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5A

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 5I

Eighth Revised Sheet No.5B

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 39

Seventh Revised Sheet No.5C

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 63

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5D

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 65

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5E

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 66

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5F

Eighth Revised Sheet No. 90

Seventh Revised Sheet No. 5G

Third Revised Sheet No. 100

Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 5H

Viking states that the purpose of the filing is to remove all references to the Gas Research Institute (GRI) and related surcharges from Viking's Tariff, to reflect the elimination of the GRI surcharges in accordance with the terms and conditions of the GRI Settlement Agreement approved by the Commission in 1998. Viking also is making minor housekeeping changes to its Statement of Rates as a result of the deletion of the GRI surcharge.

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 in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). 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.

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