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Code of Federal Regulations
Subchapter P - Regulation Under the Interstate Commerce Act
Parts 340-348
18 C.F.R. § § 340-348 (1997)
The most significant changes that have occurred to the
Commission's regulations as they relate to oil pipelines have
resulted from Congress" mandate in the Energy Polio-l Act of 1992
that the Commission adopt a simplified, generally applicable
ratemaking methodology for oii pipelines.
That methodology is
described in Order Nos. 561, 561-A, 571, 571-A, 572, and 572-A,
and implemented in the regulations that follow.
Part 340 concerns the effectiveness of suspended rate
schedules and the record keeping that they require, as well as
the refund and interest obligations that attach to any
collectlons not found to be Justified.
Part 341 relates to the requirements for preparing,
and withdrawing tariffs.
filing,
Part 342 relates to the methods that may be used to
establish initial rates, or change existing rates under the
Commission's generally applicable indexing rules.
It also
discusses the cost-of-servlce and market-based rate alternatives
to indexing.
Part 343 discusses procedural matters related to oil
pipeline proceedings under Part 342, Including.procedures for
filing interventions, protests, and complaints.
C!
Part 3 4 4 applies to the manner of submitting quotations made
by oil pipelines to the U.S. Government for services at reduced
rates as permitted by Section 22 of the ICA.
Part 346 sets forth the filing requirements for oll
pipelines that seek to establish cost-of-service rates as
permitted under Part 342.
Part 347 describes the material required to support a
request for new or changed property account depreciation rates.
Part 348 sets forth the filing requirements for oil
pipelines that seek to establish market-based rates as permitted
under part 342.
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SUBCH. TiER P--REGUi.A, TIONS UNDER THE iNTERSTA11
COMMERCE ACT
PART 340.--RATE SCHEDUI.F.~ AND
TARIFFS
A~T~oarr~: D e ~ r t m e n t o f E n e r l ~ O r ~ n l r a t i o n Act. ~1 U.S.C. ~101-T3~. m.D. 1 ~ . 48
CFR 14~; I~t,ersl~te Commerce Act,, 4~ U.5,C,
1, e.~~ . : Natural O~m Act, 15 U.B.C. '/17-71~e.
1340.1 SmJpended mt~ s e b e d u l ~ lZ~(mdun~ r~rund r~futummm~
z . , = ,sdmin.
nq(a) E f f ~ m ~ e ~ s
of ~
rate
~chedu/es. I f a i n t o m u ~ n a l o n l a ~ e d in~ ihitl&ted u n d e r s e c t i o n 15(~) of the
I n t r a s t a t e C o m m e r c e A c t h a s n o t been
concluded a n d a n o r d e r him n o t been issued by t h e C o m m i s s i o n a t t h e e x p h - ~
t i o n of t h e s u s p e n s i o n period, t h e proposed r a t e , c h e ~ .
clmmlflo~tion, or
service s h ~ l go i n t o i n effect so Ion~ as
t h e pilmline c o m p a n y c o m p l i e s w i t h &ll
of t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s of t h i s s e c t i o n .
(b) R e c e r ~ .
A n y p i p e l i n e comp a n y whcee propo=ed rate= or c h a r l ~
were suspended and h a v e gone i n t o effect pendL~r final order of the Cozzm~t~
eion p u r s u a n t to s e c t i o n 15(7) of the
I n t e m t ~ t e Commerce A c t s h a l l k e e p
a c c u r ~ t s a c c o u n t s i n d e t a i l of a l l
a m o u n t s received b y re, mort of the
r a t e s or c h a r e ~ m a d e effective a s pro~qded i n t h e C o m m l ~ o n ' s order, for
e a c h b i l l i n g period, lnoludin~ t h e foll o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n b y b f l l i n f Der~od.
and by ~pper:
(1) T h e m o n t h l y b i l l i n g d e t o ~ t ~
of p e t r o l e u m or p e t r o l e u m bY-lz~duct~
za-anepor~d to e a c h c o m d ~ e e u n d e r
the sum~ended t a r f f ~
(~) The r e v e n u e s w h i c h would r e s u l t
fl~om s u c h ~ r t a t i o n
aervtcus ff
t h e y were c o m p u t o d u n d e r the rates in
effect i m ~ e d l & t o l y lwior t o t h e d a t e
t h e propceed c h a n g e b e c a m e cffect4ve,
i f appUcable;
(3) The r e v e n u e s r u u l t i n g from s u c h
~rt&t4on
s e r v i c e s as c o m p ~ t o d
u n d e r t h e xn-opceed ~
rat4m or
charpe t h a t became effective after the
susponalon poriod; and
(4) The difference between the revenuea c o m p u t e d in pe4w4rrap~ (b)(S) and
($) of t h i s section, ff applicable.
(c) ~ / = = b . (1) a ~ p~pe.~,
t h a t c o l l e c t s charge~ p u r s u a n t to t ~
s e c t i o n s h a l l refund a t such ~
.
such a m o u n t s , and i n such m a ~ ~
m g y be requLeed by final orde~ ¢~
Commission. the p o r t i o n of any ~..'~_
a n d c h a ~ e ~ found by the C o ~
in t h a t proceedJne n o t to be ~ t l f l ~
Colrether with interest as requir~l-'~
<ox ) o, this
(2) Interest s h ~ be computed
t h e d a t e of c o l l e c t i o n u n t i l the date f u n d s are m a d e as follows:
(i) A t a n a v e r s e prime rate for e ~
c a l e n d a r q u a r t e r on a m o u n t s held 0 ~
a f t e r F e b r u a r y U. 19~. The a~liom.
&vera~e prime re,re for each ¢ a ~
quarter ~
be t h e axtthmetAc me~
t o the n e a r e s t one-hundredth of me
percent, of t h e p r i m e r a t e Values ~b.
lfmhed i n t h e F ~ g e r a / R e , r y e ~
~t~rw~ F e d e r a l Re.rye's "Selected b.
R ~ t u " (Sts, tlet~cal R e l ~ O.
15) for t h e m c e t r e c e n t three m ~
the b e ~ i n ~ i ~ of the c a l e ~
quarter, and
(fl) The interest ~Qu~-ed ~o be
under pe.,'e4rraDh (cX3XI) of this
shell be comlmunded quarterly.
($) Any ptpeltnc com]~ny requital t0
m a k e refunds ptu-euant to t h k Nctkm
s h a l l b e a r a l l c c e ~ of such
(4) If a n y rato or c l m r ~ duorit~ b
~ p h
(a) of t h i s section thM b
found n o t t o be Jtmtlfled by the C ~
~on
i s s h a r e d between two or m ~
p i p e l i n e companies, each pipeline
l m ~ w h i c h s h a r e d In the
r a t ~ or c h a r g e s is required to n ~
to the pipeline company t l ~ pul~lU
t h e tariff, n o t t e a t h a n five da~ Im~
t o tho refund ds~e ordsred by t ~ ~
m i n i o n trader paragraph (oXI) ~ t l
section.
(i) T h a t portion of the
r a ~ or o h a r e ~ a h a r ~ and
(H) The appropzdato i n t e ¢ ~ J fe
qutred in ~ r a g r a p h (cX~ of ~ ~ j
tLon for t h e ~ r i o d d u r i ~ which tim
fund~ble a m o u n t s w ~ e hel&
The pipeline c o m p e e r ~
the ~
ehLll, on the date u t ~r
C o m m i s s i o n i n i t s final ord~. m&lm~
funds w i t h i n t e r e s t to the
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5 Casz~lation of r,Lrtffs.
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"ocher filed matsrial~
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~i;~ wiu=~-,wa~ of p~opoeed ~
~om.
MI.14 Bpeolsl ipermiM/on.
M1.15 Lon~ a n d shox'~ h a u l o r ~ t e
pu~t-
i n s p e c t i o n in a c o n v e n i e n t f o r m a n d
place a t the c a r r i e r ' s p r i n c i l ~ l office
a n d o t h e r orates of t h e c a r r i e r where
businmm is c o n d u c t e d w i t h a f f e c t e d
shippers.
(8) P r o p o ~ o n ~ r a ~ m e a n s r a t e e pub~
liahed to a p p l y o n l y to t r a f f i c h a v i n g &
p r i o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n m o v e m e n t , a subsequent transportation movement, or
both.
(9) Ride ~
a n y r e , r e l a t i o n or cond i t i o n of s e r v i c e s t a t e d in t h e t a r i f f
w h i c h affects a n y r a t e or service provided b y t h e c a r r i e r .
(10) b"~bscr~er m e a n s a shipper or &
person who r e f f d l ~ l y is f u r n i s h e d &
c o p y of a l ~ r t i o n l a r t a r i f f public~tion
(includin~ r e i ~ u e s a n d a m e n d m e n t s )
b y t h e Imblishinff c a r r i e r o r a g e n t .
(11) T a r ~ f pubLq~aflon m e a n s sJl parts
of a filed tariff, i n c l u d i n g r e v i s e d p a l m
and supplements.
(12) Through r s ~ m e a ~ t h e t o r s i
r a t e s flrom p o i n t of o r i z i n to d s e t i n a lion. T h e y n ~ y be local rat4m. Joint
rata~, or a c o m b i n a t i o n of s e p a r a t e l y
established rates.
(b) O e n s ~ a p p t / c a t ~ . (1) E a c h c a r r
t
e
r m u s t publish, pust, and file w i t h
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e
Commh~on
t a r i f f pubI~'catlons
A~ruoItrl~: 4~ U.B.C. 7101-73~. 4~ U.~.C. lw h i c h c o n t a i n in c l e a r , c o m p l e t e , and
So~CZ:. ~ F R 5if;q3, Nov. 4, I ~ , unless specific f o r m all t h e rttkm a n d retntlat i o n s ffovernlng the rates and c h a z l ~
0t~erwise noted.
for s e r v i c e s p e r f o r m e d in a c c o r d a n c e
w i t h t h e tariff. ~ a r i f f s m u s t be pubt~4L0 Defluitlonm a p p U u s U o ~
lished in a f o r m a t t h a t e n s u r e s t h e t a r (a} Oe~b~/t~o~. (1) C m ~ e r m e a u s a n
i f ~ a r e r e a d a b l e a n d t h a t t h e i r torrns
oil pipeline s u b j e c t to the Commisa n d c o n d i t i o n s e r e e ~ y to u n d e r s t a n d
sJon'a Jurisdiction u n d e r t h e interst&to
a n d apply.
Commerce Act.
(3) T h e C o m m i s e l o n m a y r e j e c t , or
(2) C o n ~ r r e ~ e m e a n ~ t h e a f f r o c m e n t
m a y require modlflcstion, correction,
of a carrier to p~r~lcip~te in t h e Joint
or rsismlance of, a n y t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n
rates or r e ~ d a t i o n s published by anor o t h e r d o c u m e n t n o t in c o m p l i a n c e
o~her carrier.
w i t h t h e lsw.
(3) Loca~ rote m e a n s a r a t e for s e r v i c e
(3) All tariflb filed on or a f t e r D e c e m over the lines or r o u t e e of o n l y one c a r ber 6, 1993 m u s t c o n f o r m Co the relrularier.
lions of t h i s p a r t . ~ a ' i f f s w h i c h a r e on
(4) f~ca~ ~aflf~ m e a n s tariffls w h t c h
file ms of t h a t d a t e will n o t h a v e to be
contain o n l y local m t s e .
reissued s o l e l y to c o n f o r m to t h i s pert.
(5) Yo~t rate m e a n s a r a t e t h a t al~
(4) E a c h c a r r i e r m u s t p o s t a n d m a i n plies for s e r v i c e o v e r the l i n e s or r o u t e s
l a i n a c o m p l e t e a n d c u r r e n t s e t of all
of two or m o r e c a r r i e r s m a d e by a n
asrsement b e t w e e n t h e c a r r i e r s , ef- proposed, c u r r e n t , a n d suspended t a r i f f
~ected by a c o n c u r r e n c e o r p o w e r of aC- p u b l i c a t i o n s w h / c h I t h ~ issued or to
torney.
w h i c h i t is a I ~ r t y . T h e c a r r i e r m u s t
I d e n t i f y in i t s p o s t e d t4udff files a n y
(6) Yo~nZ Za,~/s m e a n s t a r i ~ w h i c h
t a r i f f P u b l l c a t i n n u n d e r suspension a n d
contain o n l y Joint r a t e s .
(7) Posting o r ~ t
means making a
i n v s e t / g a t l o n . E a c h c ~ T i e r m u s t afford
copy of a c a r r i e r ' s t a r i f f a v a f l a b l e d u r ~ / i n q u i r e r s r e a s o n a b l e o p p o r t u n / t y to extnff r e g u l a r business h o u r s for publi~ amine its pusted t a r i f f files.
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1841.1 Means o~fll/n8.
F/I/rigs o f ~
D u b l i c a t i o u s a n d relarval m a t m ~
m u s t be m a d e w i t h t h e
S e c r e t a r y of t h e C o m m i s s i o n . F i l i n s s
n~,de b y m a l l m t m t b e a d d r e s s e d t o t h e
F e d e r a l Eners"y R e g u l s t o r y C o m m i e sion, with the envelope clearly marked
as containing "Off Pipeline Tarifl~."
j841dt ~
(&) Number of c o p ~ . (1) C a r r i e r s m u s t
file t h r e e copies of e a c h t ~ r t f f p u b l i c a tion and a letter of transmittal.
(9) C a r r i e r s m u s t p r o v i d e a c o p y of
t h e t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n arid a n y t a r i f f
J u s t i f i c a t i o n t o e&oh s h i p p e r a n d subecrlber. C a r r i s r s must pt-ovtde theme
copies b y flret-olmm ~
or by other
m e a n s of t r s n s m i e s i o n a S r e c d u p o n i n
w r / t i n g , o n o r before t h e s a m e d a y t h e
t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n is t r a n s m i t t e d t o t h e
C o m m i s s i o n f o r filing.
(b) No~/ce period. All t a r i f f public&t l o n s ( e x c e p t f o r s u s p e n s i o n suppie~
m e n t s , a d o p t i o n notimm, a d o p t i o n s u p plemen~s, a n d t a r i f f indexes) m u s t be
filed with the Commission and p~sted
n o t l e s s t h a n 30, n o r m o r e t h a n e0. d a ~ s
p r i o r t o t h e p r o p m e d effective d a t e , u n less a d i f f e r e n t n o t i c e p e r i o d is a u t h o r ised b y t h e C o m m i s s i o n . T h e n o t i c e per i o d sh&ll b e g i n t h e f i r s t t~dl dlty a f t e r
t h e t a r / f f p u b l i c ~ t i o n is flied w i t h t h e
Comminsion and shall end on the last
d a y p r i o r t o t h e ta,r/ff p u b l i c a t i o n effective date.
(c) T r a ~
M~r--(1) Coning.
Letters of transmitt~l must describe
t h e f i l i n g ~ n d e x p l a i n a n y ch~n~es t o
the carrier'8 rates, rules, terms or condiS/one o f esrv/ce; e¢£te i f a w a l v o r is
bein~ requested, and specify the statute. section, regulation, policy or order
r e q u e s t e d t o be w a i v e d ; a n d i d e n t i f y
the t~H~s or 8uppiemont numbers and
t h e l ~ O p o ~ d effective d ~ t o of t h e t4udff
publication.
(2) C e ~ c o ~ .
Letters of m m s m i t -
tel must certify that the flline has
b e e n s e n t t o e a c h s u l m 0 r t b e r of t h e t a r iff p u b l i c a t i o n b y flmtrelmm m a i l o r
other aSreod-upon means. If thero are
no subecribem, letters of transmittal
m u s t so c e r t i f y .
(3) Aclmowledoement. C a r r l e m m
queeting acknowledgement of the receipt o f a fllin8 must s u b m i t a duplic a t e c o p y of t h e l e t t e r of t r a n s m i t t a l
m a r k e d " R e c e i p t r e q u e s t e d . " T h e re-
quest m u s t include & postage Iml~
addressed r e t u r n envelope. ~ a ~
m i s s i o n will r e t u r n one coDy o ~ . ~ .
ter of t r a n s m i t t a l ehowine the ~e~.~k~
receipt.
~'~
|S41~
F o r m o f tm4fL
(a) Form. ~ze. and ~z~e. (I) All taN.
public~ttious must. be in book, ~
p h l e t , o r l o o s e - l e a f form, S½
i n c h e s i n size, a n d p l a i n l y Printed'*".
~
legible. E r a s u r e s o r a l t e r a t i o ~ z in ~ .
i ~ will n o t be p e r m i t t e d in tsr/fr ~ "
licarioms filed w i t h t h e C o m m ~ s l o ~
poQted by t h e c a r r i e r .
- , ee
(2) All t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n s m u s t have •
m a r g i n of t/i of a n i n c h on the b i ~
edSe.
(b) Conic.riM o.f tarlfy'. All tariff ~btl.
c a t i o n s m u s t c o n t a i n t h e followlnS I~
fornuLtlon in t h e followin8 order.
(1) 7~t/e pape. T h e t i t l e ImSe of each
t4triff must c o n t s J n t h e following lnfor.
marion:
(i) T h e FF~z~ t ~ r i f f n u m b e r d e s i 8 ~
t i o n . in t h e upDer r i g h t h a n d cornee,
n u m b e r e d c o m m c u t i v e l y , a n d the
t a r i f f n u m b e r d e s i g n a t i o n of t h • tariff
t h a t is c a n c e l e d , ff a n y . u n d e r it;
(fl) The c o r p o r a t e n a m e of the es~
Her,
(111) The type of rstes, e.¢., local
Joint, o r p r o p o r t i o n a l , a n d the comm o d i t y t o w h i c h t h e t a r i f f applies, e.g..
c r u d e , p o t r o l e u m p r o d u c t , or j e t fuel;
(iv) G o v e r n i n g t a r i f f s , e.g., sezm~t~
" r u l e s a n d r e g u l & t i o u s " tariffs, if any;.
(v) T h e specific C o m m i s s i o n order
p u r s u a n t t o w h i c h t h e t a r i f f i• issued;
~ 0 T h e iusue d a t e . w h i c h m u s t be
s h o w n o n t h e l o w e r l e f t side, and the
effective thtte, w h i c h m u s t be ahowu es
t h e l o w e r r i g h t side;
(vii) The e x p i r a t i o n cl~te. If al~lies~
hie;
(viii) T h e n a m e of t h e ismaing officer
o r d u l y a p p o i n t e d official i m u i n f t ~
tariff, t h e compler.e • t c e e t a n d mailing
a d d r e s s of t h e c a r r i e r , a n d the name
~ d p h o n e n u m b e r of t h e indivtdmd re• ponsibis f o r c o m p i l i n g the t a r i f f pu~-
caUon.
(2) T ~ e
of contenM. ~ u d f ~ of morn
ths~ nine ~
i n l e n g t h m u s t contain
& t~ble o f c o n t e n t s . A t a b l e of containe"
is option¢l f o r t a r l f l b w h i c h ~ l e e
t h a n 10 p a S e s in l e n g t h .
(3) A slat of carrier• purtlclputi~ bt
Joint tariffs.
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(6) R~e: Ooesm~O ~:rfll p u b ~ .
(l) All r u l e s a f f e c t i n g t h e r a t o s o r t h e
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sffec~ing a p a r t i c u l a r i t e m o r r a t e
mnat be r e f e r r e d t o s p e c i f i c a l l y In t h a t
item or in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h a t r a t e .
(fl) E a c h r u l e m u s t be g i v e n & sep~rate i t e m n u m b e r . (e.ff., I t e m No. 1).
and the t i t l e of e a c h r u l e m u s t be
shown in d i s t i n c t i v e t y p e .
(fli) E x c e p t a8 p r o v i d e d i n |341.10,
tariffs m a y n o t i n c l u d e a n y r u l e s t h a t
~ b s t l t u t e f o r a n y r a t e s n a m e d in t h e
tariff or f o u n d i n a n y o t h e r t a r i f f .
Rule~ m a y n o t p r o v i d e t h a t t r a f f i c o f
any n a t u r e will be " t r a n s p e r t o d o n l y
by special a g r e e m e n t " o r a n y o t h e r
~ovtsion of s ~
meaning.
(iv~ Rules r n ~ be s e p a r a t e l y pub.lkhed in a g e n e r a l r u l e s t a r i f f w h e n i t
k not dseirable o r p r a c t i c a b l e t o inelude the g o v e r n i n g r u l e s in t h e r a t e
tariff. R a t e t a r i f ~ t h a t do n o t c o n t a i n
rule~ m u s t m a k e specific r e f e r e n c e , b y
FERC ~-*lff n u m b e r , t o t h e ~ o v e r n l n g
~eneral rules tariff.
(v) When J o i n t r a t e t a r i f f s r e f e r t o a
m~arate g o v e r n i n g r u l e s t a r i f f , s u c h
~eParate t a r i f f m u s t be c o n c u r r e d in b y
all Joint carr~ere.
(7) ~ m e n t
of rates. R a t e s m u s t be
stated e x p l i c i t l y in conte, o r i n d o l l a r s
ami cents, per b a r r e l o r o t h e r specified
unit. The n a m e s o r d e s i g n a t i o n s o f t h e
l~lac~ from a n d t o w h i c h t h e r a t e ~
apply m u s t be a r r a n g e d i n a simple a n d
~rn~tlc
m a n n e r . A n y r e l a t e d servperformed b y t h e c a r r i e r i n connection w i t h t h e r a t e s m u s t be c l e a r l y
identified a n d e x p l a i n e d . D u p l i c a t i v e o r
conflicting r a t e s f o r t h e s a m e s e r v i c e
are l~rohibited.
~.~] P.oufi~. R o u t i n g o v e r w h i c h t h e
" ' ~ aPPly m u s t be s t a t e d so t h a t the
aetr~., routes m a y be a s c e r t a i n e d . T h i s
~ e be a c c o m p l i s h e d b y s t a t i n g t h a t
~.~te~
apply via all routes of the
- - , n e t except us o t h e r w i s e s p e c i f i c a l l y
(9) ~.~o~
of a b O ~ o n s
and
~ation~. and note references must
~,~"usd
a t the end o f each t o ~ f f
-'-,zCatlon. U.B. P o s t a l Service s t a t e
abbrevigtlous and other commonly
u s e d a b b r e v i a t i o n s n e e d n o t be explained.
(10) C/~nOeA to be ~
in terb7 or
~QpIGz~mt, (1) All t a r i f f publlcatious
must identify where c ~
have been
m a d e in e x i s t i n g r a t e s o r c h a r e ~ .
rules, r e e u l a t l o u s o r lwacticos, o r c l a ~
s l f l c a t i o rm. O n e of t h e f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r
d s e ~ n a t l o n s o r u n i f o r m e~ymbois m u s t
be u s e d t o d o s l g n a t e the c h a n ~ :
I
R
M
4
M
H
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ICl
(fl) R e i s s u e d i t e m s m u s t i n c l u d e i n
t h e s q u a r e o r b r a c k e t s t h e n u m b e r of
the tariff supplement where the item
w a s f i r s t i s s u e d o r a m e n d e d . If t h e l e t t e r d e e i g n a t l o n is used, t h e n u m b e r o f
t h e s u p p l e m e n t m u s t be s h o w n t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e l e t t e r . Whe refer&noes
m u s t be e x p l a i n e d a t t h e e n d o f t h e t a r lff. For example: "[R2] Reissued ~rom
Bupplement No. 2, effective [Jl~cify
date]."
(fli) T h e s y m b o l s a n d l e t t e r d e s / S ~ t t i o u s c o n t a i n e d in p s r s t T a p h (bXl0Xi)
of t h i s s e c t i o n m u s t n o t be u s e d f o r a n y
other purpose.
(iv) W h e n t h e s a m e c h a n g e is m a d e i n
a l l o r i n s u b e t a n t i & l l y a l l r&t~6 i n a
tariff, a tariff supplement, or a tariff or
t a r i f f s u p p l e m e n t pe4re, t i ~ t f a c t a n d
t h e n a t u r e of t h e c h a n g e m u s t be indic a t o d in d i s t i n c U v e t y p e a t t h e t o p o f
the title pete of the i~ue. or at the top
of each p a ~ , u appropadate. For example: " A l l r a ~ m in t h i s iseue a r e increased," or "All rates on this pete are
reduced unless otherwise indicated."
(v) W h e n z t a r i f f p u b l i c . i o n t h a t
cancels a previous tariff publication
d o e s n o t i n c l u d e p o i n t s o f o r i g i n o r dost i n a t i o n , o r r a t e s , rules, o r r o u t e s t h a t
w e r e c o n t a i n e d in t h e p r i o r tm-iff p u b l i cation, the new tariff publication must
indicate the cancellation. If such omiss i o u s e f f e c t c h a n ~ e s in ~
or services, t h a t f a c t m u s t be i n d i c a t e d b y t h e
use of t h e s y m b o l s p r e s c r i b e d i n p a r a g r a p h (bXl0Xl) of t h i s s e c t i o n .
(11) T a r i f f ~ b l i c ~ t l o n s m u s t be c o n secutlvely numbered.
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(c) Loose./my tariffs. (I) P a s e s of
l o o s e - l e a f t ~ d f r s m u s t be c o n s e c u t i v e l y
numbered. Each ~
must show at the
t o p of t h e lmge the nLme o f t h e i s s u i n g
c a r r i e r , t h e lmge n u m b e r , a n d t h e
F E R C t a r i f f n u m b e r . E a c h Imge m u s t
show at the bottom of the page the
i s s u e d~te, t h e e f f e c t i v e d a t e , t h e n a m e
of the i s s u i n g officer o r d u l y a p p o i n t e d
official issuing the tar/if, the completo
s t r e e t a n d m a i l i n g a d d r s ~ of t h e o a r r i e r . a n d t h e n a m e a n d Dhone n u m b e r
of t~e i n d i v i d u a l r e s p o n a i b l e f o r c o m piling the tariff publication.
(2) C h a n g e s a n d a d d i t i o n s t o looesl e a f t a r i f f s m u s t be m a d e b y r e p r i n t i n g
the ~e
UlZ)n w h i c h t h e chs~pD o r a d d i t i o n is m a d e . a n d d e s i g n a t i n g Zhe
c h a n g e d ImWo a s & r e v i s e d 9 a g e . F o r exa m p l e : " F f ~ t re~fBed pe~e I c ~ n c e l s
O r i g i n a l PaSe I , " o r " S e o o n d r e v i e s d
pe~e 2 c a n c e l s F i r s t r e v i s e d ~
2."
W h e n a r e v i s e d t~tio p a g e i s issued, t h e
f o l l o w i n g n o t a t i o n m u s t be shown:
of t h e d a t e s h o w n . " When P a S s s .
vised o r a d d e d t o t h e tariff, o ~ u
s u p ~ l e m o n t s a r e issued, the c ~
s h e e t m u s t be revised to list all ~ "
r e n t l y e f f e c t i v e revised I~e4gee aud CUr.
Dlemente T h e l i s t in n u m - ~ - ,
"~W
of &ll a d d e d o r i g i n a l a n d revised o r ~
m u s t follow t h e s t a t e m e n t : , ~ q
.
a n d r e v i s e d p a g e s a n d suppleme.;'_~'~
s ~1
n a m e d below c o n t a i n all changeeu uf~ot h e o r i g i n a l t a r i f f t h a t a r e in effect ~n
t h e d a t e h e r e o f . " F o r example:
10 . . . . . . . . . . . .
t51
. . . . . . . . . . .
(7) T h e o n l y loose-leaf t a r i f f sul~l~
merits t h a t m a y be Issued a r e adoi~/oa
s u p p l e m e n t s , s u s p e m d o n suPPlement&
and cancell&tfon eupDlement~
Orisinal tariff effec~tve [ ~ , / ~ d,ue].
($) W h e n o ~
a n d additions req u i r e a d d i t i o n a l p~ges, t h e a d d i t i o n a l
p a g e s m u s t be g i v e n t h e s a m e n u m b e r
w / t h a l e t t e r suffLt. F o r o]~mple:
"Original ~
4-A," or "Original page
4--B." When, for e x a m p l e , " O r i g i n a l
~ g e 4-A" /s c h a n g e d , i t m u s t be d o n e
b y i s s u i n g **Flrst r e v i s e d ~
4--A,"
which must cancel "Original ~
4-
|84L4men~~ent8
f o r .-,tend.
(a) S u p j ~ m e n t ~ to mrlHs. (1) S u l ~ l ~
m e n t e i r e l i m i t e d t o one effective ssgp l e m e n t p e r tariff, e x c e p t f o r caaeella.
t / o n , p o s t p o n e m e n t , a d o p t i o n , correet/on~ a n d s u s p e n s / o n s u l ~ l e m e n t &
(2) I t e m n u m b e r s t h a t a r e canceled
a m e n d e d m u s t be identified and
b r o u g h t f o r w a r d w i t h t h e I t e m title in
the current
supplement.
Reissued
i t e m s f r o m p r i o r s u p p l e m e n t h m u s t be
h r o m r h t f o r w a r d in t h e c u r r e n t s u l ~ e m e n t a n d r e f e r e n c e d w i t h t h e symbols
In I341.3(bXIOXI). C a n c e l l a t i o n of a a
i t e m b y s u p p l e m e n t m u s t be m a d e by
b r i n g i n g f o r w a r d t h e i t e m n u m b e r with
a n a d d e d c a p i t a l l e t t e r suffix i n a l ~ bettcal sequence. For example: "Item
4 4 ~ A cs~nc~hD I t e m 446." I f a canceled.
w i t h d r a w n , o r e x p i r e d i t e m ill Imbssq u e n t l y r e i R u e d , i t m u s t be republJahed u n d e r t h e s a m e i t e m number
with the next letter suff~
Co) C o ~ c e U ~ o n n , Z ~ e m e ~ . C a n e s l l ~
t i o n s u p p l e m e n t l m u s t b e filed when
Wzlffs are canceled without reissue.
(o) p o : ~ . , e . ~
~ u l ~ / ~ a e ~ . Supl/em e n t e p o s t p o n i n g t h e effective d a t e of
p e n d i n g t a r i f f f i l i n g s m u s t be filed
p r i o r t o the proposed e f f e c t i v e d a t e of
t h e filing. A p u s t p o n e m e n t s u p p l e m e n t
m a y n o t p o s t p o n e t h e effective date for
m o r e t h a n 30 d a y L
Ae ~
(4) W h e n & r e v i s e d ~
is i s s u e d
whtch omit~ ra~ or rules published on
t h e pa~e w h i c h i t c a n c e l s , a n d s u c h
rates or rulm are pubUshed on another
lZ~e. the revised ~e
must refer to the
pe4~e o n w h i c h t h e r a t e s o r r u l e s will be
foun& Subesquentiy ~
p~res of
t h e s a m e n u m b e r m u s t o m i t t h e refe r e n c e insof~" us tlu~t I ~ r t ~ o u h t r ms.tt o r is c o n c e r n e d .
(5) A d d i t i o n a l Imges t o & l o o s e - l e a f
t a r i f f m u s t be n u m b e r e d b e g i n n i n g
w i t h t h e n e x t e u c c e ~ l v e pe4re n u m b e r
~%er t h e l a s t p e t e a n d m u s ~ be desis~ated as "Original page --."
(6) T h e loese-lesX ~
~
~t
foll o w s t h e t i t l e p s ~ e /8 k n o w n us •
" c h e c k s h e e t " a n d m u a t be d e a i s u a t e d
a s " O r i g i n a l ps&,e 1." W h e n t h e orlgi.nal
t a r i f f is flied, t h e o h e o k s h e e t m u s t
show the number of ~
c o n t a i n e d in
t h e t a r i f f . F o r e x a m p l e : " P a g e s 1 t o 150.
i n c l u s i v e , of t h i s t a r i f f a r e effective us
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carrier m u s t be filed t o p r o v i d e t h e no, c o ~ e q u h ~ in l~,1.6.
(e) Correc~o~ .~upr~ementJ. C o r r e c t i o n
supplements must be filed to correct
typo~raphical o r c l e r i c a l e r r o r s . T h r e e
correction e u p P l e m e n t s a r e p e r m i t t e d
per tariff.
(O ~ o .
,supplement. A s u s p e n sion s u p p l e m e n t m u s t be filed f o r e a c h
suspended t a r i f f o r s u s p e n d e d ~
of •
tariff w i t h i n 30 d a y s of t h e i s s u a n c e o f
• suspension o r d e r . T h e s u s p e n s i o n s u p plement m u s t be s e r v e d o n a l l subecziber~ The s u D p l e m e n t m u s t i n c l u d e t h e
date it is issued, & r e p r o d u c t i o n of t h e
ordering p s r , ~ r a p h s of t h e s u s p e n s i o n
order, a s t a t e m e n t t h a t t h e t a r i f f o r
portion of t h e t a r i f f was s u s p e n d e d
until the d ~ t s s t a t e d in t h e e u s p e n s i o n
order, & r e f e r e n c e t o t h e d o c k e t n u m ber u n d e r w h i c h t h e m~spemdon o r d e r
was issued, a n d a s t a t e m e n t t h a t the
previous t s r l f f p u b l i c a t i o n r e n ~ J n s i n
effect.
[~ FR ~
NOV. 4, 1 ~ . ms ~
by
o ~ ~"-A.~
Au~'. & ~ ;
Ix41& Caaeetktlon or
C&rrieru m u s t e~ncol p r i o r
vhen t h e ~
are ralmue~ When a
is c a n c e l e d i n w h o l e o r i n p e r t b y
• eupplement, t h e sups01ement m u s t
~how w h e r e t h e r ~ e 8 w i l l be f o u n d
thereafter o r w h ~ t r ~ t e s will t h e r e a f t e r
a ~ l y . / f the s e r v i c e in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
the tariff is n o l o n g e r in i n t e r s t a t e
C~mmerce, t h e t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n m u s t
so 8 ~ t e .
Adoption rule~
(a) C~nge in name oS c~rrisr or monm~ P o[ prowler,S. The carrier must not ~ the C o m m i s s i o n w h e n t h e r e is:
(1) A c h a n g e i n t h e l e g a l n a m e of t h e
carrie~
(2) A t r a n s f e r of a l l of t h e c a r r i e r ' s
~ro~ertise; o r
(3) A o h ~ m ~ i n o w n e r s h i p of o n l y &
i~r~on of the c a r r i e r ' s p r o p e r t y .
~o) N o t ~ J h ~ t ~ . T h e c a r r i e r m u s t p r o nottce o f t h e s e o c c u r r e n c e b y ta=•u Publication, f i l e d a s s o o n a s p o s ~ b l e
out no l&ter t h a n 30 d a y s f o l l o w i n g
r ~ h Occurrence. T h e f i l i n g o f a d o p t i o n
~tic~ and adoption supplements teS t e s no n o t i c e period.
by FERC OSEC
(e) Complete ~ l o ~ o n . (I) W h e n a c a ~
rim" o l u m p s f t s l ~ l
name, or when
o w n e r e h i p of a l l & c a r r i e r ' s p r o p e r t i e s
is t r s n ~ e r r e d , t h e a d o p t i n g u s r r l e r
m~mt f i l e and po6t an a d o p t i o n notice,
n u m b e r e d i n i t s o w n F E R C T a r i f f serise, r e a d i n ~ a s follows:
[te~l ~
of a d o ~ z g c a ~ ] hereby
• doPt8 and m~keQ It8 own ell tmriff lmbllcaI~o~ of [name o! ¢dopt~ c~rk, r], effecUve
Ida].
(2) T h e a d o p t i n K c a r r i e r m u s t c o n c u r r e n t l y file a c o n ~ o u t J v e l y n u m b e r e d
s u p p l e m e n t t o e a c h of t h e a d o p t e d c a r Her's tariffs covered by the adoption
n o t i c e , r e a d i n g us follows:
Effective [d~e J ~
o~ ~ l o p ~ notice]
thM tariff publfcstJon Ix~une the tarh~ of
the [ / ~ zmme o! ¢doi~n# cm~er] u ]~. lm
adoption no~oe FBRC No. [ w ~ e r ] .
(8) T h e s u p p l e m e n t s i M u e d u n d e r t h i s
section may contain no other matter,
a n d must r e f e r t o J341,8.
(4) The a d o p t i n ~ can-let m u s t t r a n s fer into its ~
TZa-lff m ~ i e s the r a t ~
&pplyiz~ l o c e J l y o n t h e adolW,e d
T h e t r a n s f e r m u s t be made w i t h i n 80
ds~v8 of t h e f l l i n 8 o f t h e a d o p t i o n not i c e s Lnd s u p p l e m e n t s . T h e a d o p t i n 8
c e r r i s ~ m u s t ~lve ~0 d a y s n o t i c e Ls p r o v i d e d f o r i n J341.2(b).
(d) P ~
~ o p ~ o n . (1) W h e n t h e o w n e r e h i p of a p o r t i o n o f a c a r r i e r ' e p r o p e r t i s e is t r a n s f e r r e d t o a n o t h e r u s r r i e r
t h e a d o p t i n g c a r r i e r m u s t file a n d p o e t
sm a d o p t i o n n o t i c e , n u m b e r e d in i t s
o w n F E R C T a r i f f series, c o n t a i n i n g the
s t a t e m e n t a s follows:
The [ z ~ ,tame o! ~
c~der] hereby
adopU and m • k u it8 own. the tAz.Jf~ of
[~o,d ~
of lo,w~ o ~ . r ] for trammor~aUon movemen~ [de~ri~ ~ P~RC ~ v q
zm~er. ~ .
~mZ ~ o ~
~],
effec~lv~ [date o ~ ] .
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t
08/08/2005 in D o c k e t # :
(2) W h e n & p o i n t o n the transferred
portion of a carrier's properties will
continue to remain a point on the
f o r m e r o w n e r ' s line, & r e f e r e n o e m u s t
be p r o v i d e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e
n a m e of t h a t p o i n t , e x p i s ~ i n ~ t h e
common Junction point.
(8) T h e f o r m e r o w n e r m u s t l m m e dimly.file a conseoutively numbered
s u p p l e m e n t t o e a c h o f i t s taMffs covered by the adoption notice, readin~ as
follows:
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Effective [date o/'adol~en notice) this tariff
became the ~arlff of (/ega~ name of ados~mg
c,zrr/m-] for trannpor~Uon movements [fdm~
ordpin and datinatio~ ~n~z). effective
[date of adop~o~], as per i ~ adoption notice
FERC No. [ezm~er].
(4) The a d o p t i o n s u p p l e m e n t s issued
under t h i s s e c t i o n m a y c o n t a i n no
o t h e r m a t t e r , a n d m u s t r e f e r to |341.6.
(5) R a t e s a p p l y i n g l o c a l l y o n the
t c a n s f e r r e d p o r t i o n m u s t be t r a n s f e r r e d
i n t o t h e F E R C ~ - i f f s e r i e s of t h e
a d o p t i n g c a r r i e r w i t h i n 30 d a y s of t h e
f i l i n g of t h e a d o p t i o n n o t i c e s a n d s u p plemente. The adopting carrier must
file a n d p o e t i t s t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n a s
p r o v i d e d f o r in |~U.~(b). W h e r e r a t e s
are transferred from terif~ of the
former owner to tarif~ of the adopting
c a r r i e r , t h e a d o p t i n g c a r r i e r m u s t cet~blish the rates in its tariffs and the
former owner must cancel the corr~ponding ratce in its ~tril~ effective
on the same date. The former owner
m u s t r e f e r e n c e the F E R C T a r i f f n u m b e r of t h e adop~in~ c a r r i e r f o r r a t ~ a p p l y i n g there&ft~r.
IS4LV C o n e u s w m o e ~
C o n c u r r e n c e s m u s e be m a i n t a i n e d a t
c a r r i e m ' offices a n d p r o d u c e d u p o n request. Canesllatious or chang~ to conc~rrencea affecting FERC tarifl~ must
be s h o w n i n t h u s e t a r i f f s .
|~41~ Tormimd oral otbe~ mfvi~L
Carriers must publish in their
r~lex ~ o v e r n i n g s u c h m a t t e r s
as
p r o r a t i o n i n g of c a l ~ C l t y , d e m u r r a g e .
odorization, car~er liability, quality
bank, reconaignment, in-tranait transfers, s t o r a g e , l o a d i n g a n d u n i o a ~ n g ,
g&thering,
torminalling,
b&tching.
blending, commingling, and connection
policy, and all other charges, services,
sections as indicated in ~ p h s
C0~
(c)0 a n d (d) of t h i s s e c t i o n a n d
show as to each tariff:
-~
(1) The F E R C T a r i f f number;,
(3) T h e full n a m e o f t h e ~
rier or agent;
($) T h e t y p e of t a r i f f o r deecrlpUoB
t h e t r a f f i c t o w h i c h i t applies, i~cl~d.
i n • o r i g i n a n d d e s t i n a t i o n pOints; and
(4) W h e t h e r t h e t a r i f f c o n t e l ~ nLt~
f o r t r a n s p o r ~ t i o n b y m o d e other t ~ a
pipeline.
(b) The ]irst section. T h e first sectl~
of • t a r i f f i n d e x m u s t c o n t a i n a l i s t ~
a l l tm~tflk in w h i c h t h e c a r r i e r is am lai.
t i l l c a r r i e r . T h e l i s t m u s t be
a l p h a b e t i c a l l y a n d o r l ~ n i ~ d mthla
t h e f o l l o w i n g c&togorice, in order.
(1) S p e c i f i c c o m m o d i t y tariffs;
(2) G e n e r a l commodity t&rlf~; ~
(3) M i s c e l l a n e o u s t a r i f f . Such m
r u l e s a n d services.
(c) T~e ~
s e c ~ o , . The second
t i o n of a ~
i n d e x m u s t contain a
l i s t of a l l t a r i f f s i n w h i c h the Carrier
a d e l i v e r i n g c a r r i e r , a r r a n g e d in t ~
m a n n e r d e s c r i b e d in t h e first eectl~
t h e t a r i f f index. T h i s section m ~ a l l
include those t~rlf~s in which the ¢~,
r i e r is a n i n t e r m e d i a t e carrier.
(d) The ff~rd ~ e c ~ . The third
of • t a r i f f i n d e x m u s t contain • c a ~
pleto l i s t of t h e FERC Tariff num~m
of t h e c a r r i e r ' s own effective tarlf~
i n n u m e r i c a l order.
(e) ~ P l ~ m w ~ .
The index remit be
k e p t c u r r e n t b y supplements eumbmd
c o n s e c u t i v e l y . T h e mal~lemenW may Ihmued q u a r t e r l y . A t a minimum, t ~
i n d e x m u s t be r e i ~ n s d every
years.
(f) Tft/~ page. The t i t l e p e ~ of mob
i n d e x a n d s u p p l e m e n t m u s t contain tM
issue d&te.
m~poln~.
which in any way increase or decrease
t h e a m o u n t t o be p a i d o n a n y s h i p m e n t
or which incrce~ or decrmme the value
o~ c e r v i c o t o t h e s h i p p e r ,
|KLI
lndmt e( tarlf~
(a) In ~ z z ~ . F a c h c a r r i e r m u s t p u b lish u a supezate tariff publication
under its ~
Tariff numbering system, & complete index of all effective
t a r i f f s t o w h i c h i t Is • ~ y ,
either as
initial, lntormediate, or delivering carr . e r . T h e i n d e x m u s t be a r r a n g e d i n
(a) A p p ~ c a ~ l ~ . (1) A carrier mS
provide i n It8 t a r i f f t h a t e z ~ t l ~ ram
b e t w e e n pointm n a m e d in the tarlff~dB
be a p p l i e d t o t n u ~ p o r t a U m
m e n t o f r o m intermedia~e ~
n o t n a m e d i n t h e tLrlff to m m ~
t i n ~ U o n p o i n t s , a n d from namul
points to intermed~te
p o t n t s no~ n a m e d in the t~lff.
(2) A c a r r i e r m u s t file • tariff pM~
c a t i o n a p p l i c a b l e to the t r a m ~ q ~
m o v e m e n t s w i t h i n 30 d a ~ of ~ ~
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is to be u s e d o n a c o n t i n u o u s blmls f o r
more t h a n 30 d a y s .
Co) Intermediate p o ~ t c o . h o s t e l rate
~ula~on~-~l)
lnhnmedh~
origin
l~nt~. T h e r a t e f o r s e r v i c e p r o v i d e d t o
• published d e s t i n a t i o n p o i n t f r o m a n
origin p o i n t n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y n a m e d in
the tariff, b u t l o c a t e d i n t e r m e d i a t e t o
lmblished
origin
and
dcetination
pointh, m u s t be the s a m e as the pub.
[lshed r a t e fl~om t h e n e x t m o r e d i s t a n t
origin point. A p p l i c a t i o n of t h i s provi,don is s u b j e c t t o t h e following:.
(i) L" b r a n c h o r d i v e r g i n g l i n e s ore~te
two or m o r e " n e x t m o r e d i s t a n t "
point~, t h e c a r r i e r m u s t a p p l y t h e r a t e
which r e s u l t s i n t h e l o w e s t c h a r g e .
(fl) If t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t is located b e t w e e n t w o p u b l i s h e d o r i g i n
~otnts. t h e c a r r i e r m u s t a p p l y t h e r a t e
which r e s u l t s in t h e h i g h e r c h a r g e .
(fli) If t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t is between m o r e t h a n t w o p u b l i s h e d o r i g i n
~int~ due to b r a n c h or d i v e r g i n g lines,
the c a r r i e r m u s t e l i m i n a t e a l l s u c h
points except t h a t f r o m w h i c h t h e lowest charge is a p p l i c a b l e .
(iv) If t h e r e te In a n y o t h e r t a r / f f &
Commodity r a t e f r o m t h e p r o p o ~ d intermed/ste o r i g i n p o i n t t h a t is &ppllc~ble to the ~ n e m o v e m e n t , t h e c a r r i e r
Should n o t a p p l y t h i s r u l e f r o m s u c h
inter~lediate p o i n t .
(2) Intermediate dew,breton points. T h e
rate for service p r o v i d e d f r o m a p u b liahed origin p o i n t t o a d e s t i n a t i o n
~olnt not s p e c i f i c a l l y n a m e d in t h e t a r iff, but l o c a t e d i n t e r m e d i a t e t o p u b li~hed origin a n d d e s t i n a t i o n p o i n t s ,
must be the s a m e a s t h e p u b l i s h e d r a t e
to the next m o r e d i s t a n t d e s t i n a t i o n
I~int. A p p l i c a t i o n of t h i s p r o v i s i o n is
~bJect to t h e following:
(i) If b r a n c h o r d i v e r g i n g l i n e s c r e a t e
two or m o r e **next m o r e d i s t a n t "
~ i n ~ , the c a r r i e r m u s t a p p l y t h e r a t e
-mc~ results in t h e l o w e s t c h a r g e .
¢a(ii~
) I f the i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t is lo• ~ i between t w o p u b l i s h e d d e s t i n a ~ ~Oin~. t h e c a r r i e r m u s t a p p l y t h e
'.~. which r e s u l t s i n t h e h i g h e r c h a r g e .
t~ui) If t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t is bet ~ . n. more t h a n t w o p u b l i s h e d des~on
p o i n t s d u e t o b r a n c h o r di~,~n~. lines, t h e c a r r i e r m u s t e l l m i ~ . l d l Such p o i n t s e x c e p t t h a t f l ~ m
C~ the lowest c h a r ~ is a p p l i c a b l e .
(iv) If t h e r e is i n a n y o t h e r t a r i f f a
commod/t~y r a t e t o t h e lz~opesed i n t e r m e d i a t e d n s t i n a t i o n p o i n t t h a t is a p p l i oable to t h e u x n e m o v e m e n t , t h e cecrier should not apply the provisions of
this rule to such intermediate point.
(8) l ~ e
origin a n d d e . ~ n a ~ o n
pob~. Both ~ p h s
(bX)) a n d (bX2)
of t h i s s e c t i o n m a y a p p l y in C o n n e c t i o n
w i t h the s a m e r a t e . In t h i s I n s t a n c e ,
beth r e g u l a t i o n s should be mind t o sutabHsh r a t , ~ fl~om i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t s
of o r i g i n t o i n t e r m e d i a t e p o i n t s of destlnation.
(a) B a ~ f o r reYectton. T h e C o m m i s s i o n DUty r e j e c t t ~ d f f l m b l i c a t i o n s o r
any other material submitted for filing
t h a t fail t o C o m p l y w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t e s e t f o r t h in t h i s ~
or violate
any statute, or any rewulation, policy
or order of the Commission.
Co) N w , ~ / n o a n d . o ~ / n o ~ y ~ l i cc~oz~. T h e F E R C T a r i f f n u m b e r ae~
nighed t o a t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n t h a t h ~
b e e n r e j e c t e d m a y n o t be u s e d a g a i n .
T h e t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n filed i n i t s p l a c e
must bear the following notation:
framed in lieu of [identifT/ the reJert~ tariff
ps~],
r e J ~ d by the Conunk~on.
1841.11 I n f o r m a l s u b m ~ s l o n s .
Carriers may informally submit tarlif p u b l i c a t i o n s o r r e l a t e d m a t e r i a l for
s u g K e s t i o n e o f S t a f f p r i o r to t h e f i l i n g
of t h e t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n s w i t h t h e C o m mission.
| 3 4 L 1 5 W l t h ~ . a w s l o f propomK]
l~bllcatlone.
(a) Proposed t a r l / [ publ/caflons. A p r o p o s e d t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n w h i c h is n o t
y e t e f f e c t i v e m a y be w i t h d r a w n a t a n y
time by notice to the Commiss/on,
made by a letter addres~d to the Secretary of the Commission with a cert i f i c a t i o n t h a t a l l sulmcribere h a v e
been notified by copy of such withdrawal.
(b) Tariff publieatlon~ that are ~ e c t
to ~ n ~ t ~ t o n .
A tariff publication
t h a t h a s b e e n p e r m i t t e d t o b e c o m e eff e c t i v e s u b j e c t t o i n v e s t i g a t i o n n m ~ be
withdrawn at any time by notice to the
CommlMion, made by a letter addrmmed t o t h e S e c r e t a r y . S u c h l e t t e r
m u s t i n c l u d e a c o p y of t h e l r e v i o n s
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t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n t o be r e i n s t a t e d u p o n
w i t h d r a w a l of t h e t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n
under investig&tion. The letter must
also include & certification that all
subscribers have been notified by copy
of s u c h n o t i c e o f w i t h d r a w a l . S u c h
w~thdr&wal s h a l l be e f f e c t i v e i m m e d i , t o l y u p o n t h e s u b m i s s i o n of t h e not i c e , u n l e s s & specific effective d ~ t e is
set forth in the notice, and must have
t h e f o l l o w i n g effects:
(1) A n y p r o c e e d i n ~ w i t h r e s p e c t t o
s u c h t a r i f f p u b l i c a t i o n s h a l l be t o r m i m~ed;
(2) T h e p r e v i o u s t a r i f f r a t e s h a l l be
reinstated; and
(3) A n y &mounte c o l l e c t e d u n d e r t h e
withdrawn tariff publication which are
in e x c e s s o f t h e ~ e v i o u s t a r i f f r a t o
b e r e f u n d e d w i t h i n 80 d a y s of t h e
withdrawal with interest as calculated
b y |340.1 of t h i s c h a p t e r .
(c) Nwnber/ng and ~
t~flyf~Ua~ion~. T h e F E R C T a r i f f n u m b e r u si~ned to a tariff publication whioh has
b e e n w i t h d r s w n m a y n o t be u s e d a 4 r a i ~
T h e t a r i f f D u b l i c a t i o n filed in l t e p l a c e
m u s t b e a r t h e followin~ n o t a t i o n :
I ~ u e d in lieu of [Ide~fl~ ~
08/08/2005 in D o c k e t # :
~thdm~
t~ro
ifj'~lWathm] which was w / t ~ l r a w ~
I~4L~4 8pec/al~ m .
(a) Procedure. A p p l i c a t i o n s for w a i v e r
of t h e n o t i c e a n d t a r i f f r e q u i r e m e n t s o f
s e c t i o n 6(3) of t h e i n t o r e t a t e C o m m e r c e
A c t m u s t be filed b y t h e c a r r i e r c o n currently with the ~
publication
being proposed. The letter of t~n~nltt a l m u s t i d e n t i ~ t h e f i l i n g em r e q u e s t i n g a w ~ i v e r u n d e r s e c t i o n 6(3) o f t h e
I n t e r e l ~ t o Commerce A c t . T h e &ppllcation must state in detail any unusual
c~rcumstamce or emerpncy situation
t h a t mzpporta t h e r e q u e s t e d w a i v e r . I f
the application requute pe~on
to
make changes in Joint tariffs, it must
s t ~ t o t h a t i t is m a d e o n b e h a l f of a l l
c a r r i e r s p a r t y t o the propesed c h a n ~ .
Tariff publications issued on short notics must contain the followin~ stW~
m e n t o n t h e 'Is_tie PN~m:
lmmed on [fn~rt mm~m'] d~m notice under
a~thorl~y of 18 C I ~ ~11.14. ~
~
~ub]/oation is condi~ion~Uy aooepted subJeot ~o
rofUnd pendin~ • SOday review period.
Co) Conditio,~ a c c e p t w ~ ~
to re-
~mf. To permit short-noties filings to
become effective as requested, the tar-
iff p u b l i c a t i o n s filed c o n c u r r e n t l y wit~ s p e c i a l p e r m i m i o n r e q u e s t s for sh0~t
( I r a t h a n 30 d a y s ) n o t i c e will be
d e e m e d c o n d i t i o n a l l y a c c e p t e d for flL
i n f . s u b j e c t t o r e f u n d , u n t i l the C c ~
m i s s i o n h u h a d a full 30-day revie~
r t o d i n w h i c h t o p r o c e s s t h e filing.
f u n d s will be c o l l e c t e d w i t h interest ta
c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d l n ~ t o |340.1 of t ~
c h a p t e r . The refund o b l i g a t i o n ~11
a u t o m a t i c a l l y t e r m i n a t e w i t h no
f u n d s d u e a t t h e e n d of t h e full 3 0 ~
n o t i c e p e r i o d a b e e n t a n o r d e r to
c o n t r a r y l u u e d b y t h e Commiss/om
(c) O r u n ~ z 0 a u ~ n ~ / c Pe,mm/o~.
s p e c i a l p e r m i u s i o n r e q u e s t e d will be
d e e m e d a u t o m a t i c a l l y g r a n t e d at t ~
e n d o f t h e t u l l 30-day n o t i c e Period a~
s e n t a n o r d e r d e n y i n g s u c h requemt.
(a) l ~ e J ~ .
/or tel/el/tom ~c~ t
Cszriere m&y file r e q u e s ~ for reliC
from the provisions of section 4 of LIR
~ t e r e t a t e Commerce Act in order
chm1~ & ~reater amount for a a~or~
distance over the same line or route ta
the same direction, or to c h e r n
er compensation as a through rata
the N m ~ l ~ t o of t h e i n t e r m o d t ~
r a t ~ s . S u c h r e q u e s t will be deemed
g r a n t e d unlmm t h e Commission de,din
t h e r e q u e s t w i t h i n 30 d a y s of the flll~
(b) lnformo~on reqntred to be ~
&
r e q u e s t f o r s e c t i o n 4 relief must c ~
t a i n t h e followin~ i n f o r m a t i o m
(1) T h e m u n e s of t h e cart/era f0r
w h i c h t h e r e l i e f is b e i n g requeet~L
(2) "Fhe FF_,B,C t a r i f f numbers wh/e~
contain the rates or ~
referral m
i n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n , a n d iden~iflusfl0n d
all the l~icular
&nd m~tad ~
~m
q~on
dollncatinlr orilrln and dm~
tination points.
($) An &ccurste sad complete
m e n t a,ivin~ the bea~s and res~mnJR
w h y o e c t i o n 4 r e l i e f is ~ .
(4) A s t a t e m e n t t h a t the J o s ~ nU~
for l o n g e r t i u m for s h o r t e r hauls 0mr
t h e s a m e l i n e o r r o u t e are
compenm~ery.
(5) A m ~ p ~howinf ~ e 0 1 p e ~ ml !
o r i e i n a n d d ~ t i n a t i o n potn~ I~..q~
t i o n a n d o t h e r p e r t i n e n t infonmmo~
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(c) ~
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t i o n 4 r e l i e f m u s t be filed concurnm~
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zfltb the t a r i f f l m b l l c a t l o n f i l i n g cetabll~J~g those rate~. The t r a n s m i t t a l
Mger m u s t i d e n t i f y the f i l i n g a s re¢~e~t~ s e c t i o n ~ relief.
(d) Tariff statement. T a r i f f l m b l i ~ filed c o n t a l n i ~ such r a t c e s h a l l
~alnly s t a t e on the t i t l e ~
of the
lmblic~t~on t h a t the rates contflned t h e r e i n c o n t r a v e n e s e c t i o n 4 of
~e I n t e m t a t e C o m m e r c e Act.
(e) .q~ndh~ through rate~. W h e n a
em'ier a g ~ r e g a ~ intermediate ra|~m
to make up t h r o u g h rate~, it m a Y
~ n d the resultlng t h r o u g h r a t e to the
l a t e s t 0.5 whole cent.
| ~..I
F.4t~Mk~inl b~lUal mtee.
A carrier mu t jusu
an mlt
rate
for new u r v i c e by:
(&) F i l i n g cost, revenue, and throughput. d a t e eul~port/ng such r a t e u required by p a r t 346 of t h i s o l m p ~ or
CO) F i l i n g a sworn ~ [ l d a v i t t h a t the
r a t e is a g r e e d to by a t l e a s t one non-aff i l i a t e d Derson who i n t e n d s t o use the
service i n que~Aon, proz~ded t h a t ff a
~a-otest t o the i n i t i a l r a t e i s filed, t h e
c a r r i e r m u s t c o m p l y w i t h Ima'agraph (a)
of t h i s section,
[Order ~ I . M FR ~P/9, Nov. 4, ~
u
amended a t ~ FR Wig, Nov, 16, I N ]
342--OIL PII UNE RATE
(&) P a t e c/umges. A r a t e c h a r g e d by a
I 'IHOOOI.OGIES AND PROCEc a r r i e r m a y be changed, a t a n y time,
0UlES
Al~iicabllit~.
~I Generalrule.
i~mtblishl~ initial rate~
m Iffilumg.
t~.( Other rate changing n m t h o d o l o ~
avw0ar~: b U.8.C. 5~143; ~ U.S.C. 7101Order ~ 1 , ~ F R ~71e, Nov. 4, I ~ ,
~
noted.
i n g o t .
(t) Except ms provided in p a r a g r a p h
~} of this section, rate ~
b y oll
~/l~lines shall be governed b y t h i s
tort.
~,. ~ceo~on for t~e ~ n ~ A / ~ k a
.. t~e. This part s h a l l not a p p l y to
~¢ ,Trans-Kluka P i p e l i n e a u t h o r i z e d
~ae ~Alaska
P i p e l i n e Author°
~ o n Act (43 U.S.C. 1651. e~ ~ . ) or to
~ ~ e l l n e d e l i v e r i n g oil d i r e c t l y or
~I~V
to the T r a n ~ A l a s k a Pipe-
~z
t~e Commleslon under the
(~)'u~a~..
Commerce Act.:
~ t ~ ~t_ establish i t s i n i t / a l r a t e s
ta~ "~o Such Act p u r s u a n t to |~42.2;
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make any c h a n g e i n e x i s t i n g
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te by the Commimion.
t o a level which does n o t e a c ~ d t h e
c e i l i n g level c e t a b l i s h e d by lma~4~tph
(d) of t h i s section, upon c o m p l h m c e
with the applicable ~
and n o t i c e
r e q u i r e m e n t ~ and w i t h l m a ~ ' a p h CO) of
t h i s section. A filing u n d e r t h i s ~ c t i o n
proDcning to change a r a t e t h a t Is
u n d e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n and e n b | e c t to refund, m u s t t a k e effect s u b j e c t to refund.
Co) In.formatlon Teqz~rsd to be , f l ~ t with
rate changes. The c a r r i e r m u s t c o m p l y
w i t h paxt ~A of t h i s c h a p t e r .
(1) C a r r i e r s m u s t specify in t h e i r lettere of t r a n s m i t t a l r e q u i r e d i n | M l ~ ( c )
of t h i s c h a p t e r t h e r a t e echedule to be
c h a i n e d , the p r o l z ~ e d new r a t e , t h e
p r i o r r a t e , a n d the a p p l i c a b l e c e i l i n g
level for t h e m o v e m e n t . No o t h e r r a t e
i n f o r m a t i o n is required Zo ao0oml~my
t h e proposed r a t e c h a n ~ .
(2) On March 31.19~, o r c o n c u r r e n t l y
w i t h i t s first indexed r a t e c h a n g e f i l i n g
made on or after J a n u a r y I,
w h i c h e v e r f i r s t occurs, carriers m u s t
file a verified copy of a s c h e d u l e for
c a l e n d a r y e a r s l l ~ a n d 1994 c o n t a i n i n g
the i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e d by p a ~ 790 of
t h e 1995 e d i t i o n of FERC F o r m No. 6. If
a c t u a l d a t a are n o t a v a i l a b l e for cale n d a r y e a r 1994 w h e n t h e r a t e oh&nee
f i l i n g is made, the i n f o r m a t i o n for Calo
e n d a r y e a r 1904 m u s t be c o m p r l ~ d of
the most recently available actual data
a n n u a l i ~ d for the y e a r 1994. A schednie
c o n t a i n i n g t h e i n f o r n ~ t i o n comprised
of a c t u a l d a t a for c a l e n d a r y e a r 1994
m u s t be filed n o t l a t e r t h a n M a r c h 81,
1996. Thereafter. c a r r i e r s m u s t file lzaffe
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the prot~t, a verified statement that
t h e I z m t m t o r h a s a s u l ~ t a n t i a l econ o m i c I n t e r e s t in t h e t a r i f f f i l i n g in
q u e s t i o n m u s t be filed.
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e s t a b l i a h e d lZZrsuant t o | ~ $
of t h i s
chapter must allege reuonable grounds
f o r eJmerting t h a t t h e rltte v t o l a t ~ t h e
a p p l i c a b l e c e i l i n g level, o r th&t t h e
r a t e i n c r e a s e is so m a b s t a n t l a l l y i n exc e ~ of t h e a c t u L l ooet l n c r e ~
inm l r r e d b y t h e csa-rier t h a t t h e ra~e is
unjust and ~n~ble0
or that the
r a t e d e c r e a s e is so e m ~ t 4 m t i a l l y l e ~
than the actual cmt deeream incurred
by the carrier ~t
t h e r a t e is u n j u s t
and unrea~nable.
(2) Rate~ e~abL~hed under |342.4(c) of
t h ~ c J ~ a ~ . A w o t e s t or comp]alnt
filed st, alust z rate lwopoeed or mtabfished under |~.~4(c) of ~
chapter
m u s t a l l e ~ r ~ m o n a b l e L,r o u n d a f o r u ~
s e t t i n g t h a t t h e m ~ Is so s u ~ t a n t ~ U l y
in exce~ of the acttml coat incre~
i n c u r r e d b y t h e c a r r i e r t h a t t h e r a t e Is
unjust and unreachable.
(3) Non-rote ~ J .
A protest or comp l a i n t f i l e d s ~ J n s t a c a r r i e r ' s oper&Uons o r p r a t t l e ,
other than r~tes,
m u s t alleKe r e u o n ~ b l e K r o u n d s f o r a s serUng that the operations or practices
violate & proration of the Intemtato
Commerce Act, or of the Commlmlon's
reeulttlous.
(4) A l ~ o t e ~ t o r c o m p l a i n t t h a t doe~
not meet the requirements of parag r a p h Co) (I), (2), o r ($) o f t h i s mection,
w h i c h e v e r is a p p l i c a b l e , will be dismimed.
spom~
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mcClon 15(7) o f t h e I n t e r s t a t e C o m m e r c e A c t m u s t be filed n o t l a t e r t h a n
15 d s ~ a f t e r t h e f i l i n g o f a t a r i f f lmblic a t i o n . I f t h e cm~rler s u b m i t s a s e p a r a t e l e t t e r w i t h t h e filing, p r o v i d i n g a
t e l e f a x n u m b e r ~ud c o n t a c t p e r s o n , a n d
requesting all l~otute to be telefaxed
to the carrier by • lz-otu~nt, any prote~t m u s t be so t e l e f a x e d t o t h e pipel i n e &t t h e t i m e t h e p r o t e s t ~ filed
with the Comml~on.
Only persons
w i t h & e u b ~ t a n t l a l e ~ o n o m i c Int~a~est In
t h e t a r i f f f i l i n g m a y file a p r o t e e t t o &
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s t a t e m e n t w h i c h m u s t c o n t a i n • re4~
son~bly detailed description of the nature and substance of the pro~utant's
s u b s t a n t i a l e c o n o m i c ln~eree~ i n t h e
t a r i f f fllin~.
',b) Responses. The c a r r i e r m a y file a
response to & ~rot~t no later than 5
days from the filing of the iwot~t.
(c) C ~ o .
~ o ~ . C o m m ~ s t o n action, i n c l u d i n g a n y h e a r i n ~ o r o t h e r
W o c e e d i n ~ , o n a p r o t ~ t will be l i m ited to the luuce raised in such In~
t e s t . I f a f i l i n g is protusted, before the
e f f e c t i v e d a t e of t h e t a r i f f l m b l i c ~ i o n
o r w i t h i n 30 d a ~ of t h e t a r i f f filing,
w h i c h e v e r is litter, t h e C o m m i s s i o n
will d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r t o r a n d
the
tariff and instate a formal i n Q
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(d) T ~
of ~ , e ~ o n .
Withdrawal of the protmt, or prorate, that
e ~ u s e d the i n i t i a t i o n o f a n i n v e ~ t i s ~ tton &utonmtically terminatu the investigation.
[Order ~ 1 , ~ FR fJ4W0. Nov. 4, 19R, u
amended by Ordor f~I-A, ~ Fig ~
Aug. 8.
1~4&4 P r o e e d m ~ u n e o m p ~ J n t ~
(a) ~ .
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r e s p o n s e to & c o m p l a i n t filed p o r m m n t
t o s e c t i o n 13(1) of t h e I n t e r s t a t e C o m m e r c e A c t n o l a t e r t h a n 80 d a y s a f t e r
the filing of such comphtint.
(b) C o m m t ~ o n acffon. C o m m i s s i o n a c t4on, i n c l u d i n g a n y h e a r i n g s o r o t h e r
p r o c e e d l n s ~ , o n & c o m p l a i n t will be
l i m i t e d t o t h e i u u e e r a i s e d i n the c o m plaint.
~a4~ Requir~ neptlatioaa
The Commission or other decisional
authority n~v require pm'tisl to enter
t n t o good f a i t h n e g o t i a t i o n s t o s e t t l e
oil pipeline rate matters. The Commis-
sion will r e f e r a l l p r o r a t e d r a t e f l l i n ~
~o & s e t t l e m e n t | u d ~ e p u r s u a n t t o
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in z o o d
talth is & sround for decision s~inst
the l ~ r t y so ~alling to pe,rtteipe.te o n
a n y Issue t h s t is t h e subJeo~ o f n e g o t i a t i o n b y othe~ I ~ r U ~ .
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344.2 Manner of mal~flCtlng quotatAo~.
Atrmoarrv: 42 U.& ~01-73~; 4~ U.8.C. 14t.
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m a r i o n , t h e d i s c l o s u r e of which wc~d
e n d a n g e r t h e n a t i o n a l security.
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t h e submltt~tl o f t h e quot~tion or t4~
d e r t o t h e F e d e r a l d e p a r t m e n t or
c y f o r w h o s e a c c o u n t t h e quotatieu er
t e n d e r is offered o r the propeeed
ices a r e t o be rendered.
(b) Pff~7 m duplicate. All q u o ~ o m
o r t e n d e r 1 m u s t be filed in dul~icat¢
One o f t h w e c o p i m m u s t be signed tad
b o t h eopiee m u s t c l e a r l y indicate t ~
n m n e a n d official t i t l e of the olIl~
executing the document.
(c) Piling procedure. Both copies m m
be filed w i t h a l e t t e r of trsmmit¢l/"
w h i c h p r o m i n e n t l y l n d l c a t m that t h
f i l i n g is i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h ee~tl0a II
of t h e I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Act, Ttt
f i l i n g m u ~ be filed w i t h the 8eeret~
o f t h e C o m m l ~ i o n . T h e envelope m m
be m a r k e d u cont~Anin8 "Off l~pelae
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t i e r w h i c h r e q u e ~ a a receipt for thet~
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o~te a n d i n c l u d e & p o s t ~ - p a i d .
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d&to o f r e o e i l ~ b y t h e Commimioa wm
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,146--01L PIPEUNE COST-OFJMCE RUNG REQUIREMENTS
sa~ ~ t e n t
of f l U ~
for cost-of-sarvico
m~ ~
in support ot lrd~lal rates or
daWeinrat~
L~e~r~: 4~ U.B.C, T101-73~,, 49 U.B.C.
~ App.U.8.C. 1-85.
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A carrier that s e e k s t o eM.abllsh
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~ P m w m n t to |342A(a)of this chaiP
~ m0r~ •o carrier d e s c r i b e d i n | ~ L 0 ( b )
leaks to e s t a b l i s h o r o b z z ~ r a t ~
revenue, a n d t h r o u g h p u t
rt/ng such rates, other than
Nn~mt to a C o m m i M l o n - a p p r o v e d
s~mt.
m u s t file:
,~} A letter of t r a n s m i t t a l w h i c h
!
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~41~(c) and 343.4(a) of ~h~
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(a} Baze a n d test perlode defined. (I)
F o r a c a r r i e r w h i c h h a • b e e n in overat.ion f o r a t l e a s t 12 m o n t h s :
(l) A b ~ e p e r i o d m u s t c o n s i s t of 12
c o n s e c u t i v e m o n t h s of a c t u a l experience. T h e 12 m o n t h s of e x p e r i e n c e m u s t
be adjusted to elind,mte nonr~urr/ng
i t e m s ( e x c e p t m i n o r a c c o u n t s ) . T h e filing carrier may include appropriate
n o r m a l i z i n g a d j u s t m e n t s i n l i e u of n o n recurri~ items.
(fl) A t e ~ t period m u s t c o n s i s t of a
b a s e period adJustod f o r c h a l i c e in reve n u e 8 a n d oust8 w h i c h a r e k n o w n a n d
are me~surable w/th reasonable accuracy at the time of filing and which
will b e c o m e e f f e c t i v e w i t h i n n i n e
m o n t h s a f t e r t h e l a s t m o n t h of a v n i ] a b l e a c t u a l experienus u ~
i n the
filing. F o r g o o d c a u s e s h o w n , t h e C o m m i s s / o n m a y a l l o w r e a s o n a b l e dev/ation from the prescribed test period.
(2) F o r a c a r r i e r w h i c h h a • l~m t h ~
12 m o n t h s ' e x p e r i e n u s , t h e t e s t p e r i o d
m a y con~flet o f ]2 c o ~ u t J v e
month~
end/ng n o t m o r e t h a n o ~ year f~rom
the f i l i n g d a t e . F o r e o o d c ~ u s e s h o w n ,
t h e C o m m i s a / o n m&y a l l o w r e a s o n a b l e
d e v i a t i o n h ~ m t h e l n ~ o c r i b e d t e s t pe-
riod.
(8) F o r a c ~ r r i o r w h i c h is e ~ t a b l i s h i n ~
r a t e s f o r n e w serv/ce, t h e t e s t p e r i o d
will be b a s e d o n a 1 2 - m o n t h l~roJoction
of ~
and revenue.
(b) Cost-of-~'vtce nmmm.j Jchedule.
s c h e d u l e m u s t contoAn t h e follow-
ins information:
(l) T o t a l c a r r i e r c o s t o f Bervioe f o r
the teat peHo<L
fJ) Throughput for the test l~riod in
both barrels and barrel-miles.
(3) F o r f i l i n g s p u m u a n t t o |~12.4(a) of
this chLpter, the schedule must include
t h e lz'opused rates, t h e r a t ~ w h i c h
w o u l d be perm/tted under 1342.8 of t h / s
c h a p t e r , a n d t h e r e v e n m m t e be re@fiscal f r o m b o t h s e t s o f r a t ~ s .
(c) Content oi s ~ m m M . A n y oust-ofservice rate fillnlr m u s t include supp o r t i n g statements c o n t ~ d z ~ t h e foll o w i n g / n f o r m a t i o n f o r t h e t e s t period.
(1) ~
A-~ota~ corot of s e r ~ , ~ .
This statsment mtmt summ~ise the
t o t a l c o s t of s e r v i c e f o r a o a r r i e r (opera t i n g a n d m a i n t e n a n c e expense, depreciation and amortisaUon, return, and
taxes) developed from Statement4 B
through G described in ~ p h s
(c)
(2) t h r o u g h (7) of t h i s s e c t i o n .
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t i o n s a n d ret/remen~ f~'~,~,~ ~et ~,~
h a l c c e t of n e t a d d l t l o ~ ' tan~.
~t,ions. including s a h u d m A n d w
~upplies and expenses, outside services,
o p e r a t i n g lhel a n d p o w e r , a n d off l o ~ e s
and shortages; maintenance, including
s~tlarius a n d w ~ .
s u p p l i e s a n d expenmm, o u t s i d e services, a n d m a i n t e nance and n~terlals; administrative
and general, including salaries and
w a ( ~ s , s u p p l i e s a n d expenses, o u t s i d e
• e r v t c u s , r e n t a l s , penJdons a n d b e n e f i t s ,
i n s u r a n c e , o ~ t u t l t y a n d o t h e r losses,
and pipeline taxes; and depreciation
and amortization.
(3) 3 ~ m e n ~ ~ - - o ~ r a f f re~uru on r a t e
ba~e. T h / s s t a t e m e n t m u s t s e t f o r t h t h e
rate base for return purpo~m fl~m
S t a t e m e n t ~, in p a r a g r a p h (cXS) o f t h i s
s e c t f o n a n d m u s t a l s o st4tte t h e
claimed rate of return and the appiication of the claimed rate of return to
the overall rate l~ae. The claimed rate
of r e t u r n m u s t c o n s i s t o f a w e i g h t e d
co~t of c ~ p i t a l , c o m b i n i n g t h e r a t e of
r e t u r n on d e b t c a p i t e J a n d t h e r e a l r a t e
of r e t u r n o n e q u i t y c~pitAl. I t e m s u s e d
in t h e c o m p u t & t i o n s o r d e r i v e d o n t h i e
statement must include deferred urninp. equity ratio, debt ratio, weighted
c o s t o f c a p i t a l , a n d c o s t a of d e b t a n d
equity.
(4) Statement D--/ncome ~ e &
statement must set forth the inoome
t a x c o m p u t a t i o n . I t e m s u s e d in t h e
computations or derived on this statem e n t m u s t s h o w : r e t u r n a l l o w a n c e , int e r e s t exlmnes, e q u i t y r e t u r n , ' a n n u a l
a m o r t i z a t i o n o f d e f e r r e d e a r n i n g s , dep r e c l a t i o n o n e q u i t y AFUDC, u n d e r f u n d e d o r o v e r f u n d e d A D I T ~mort/s&t i o n a m o u n t , t e n a b l e i n c o m e , t a x factor, and income ~ allowance.
(5) ,Ytot.~ent ~ a t s
~.
This statement must set forth the return rate
base. I t e m s u s e d i n t h e c o m p u t ~ t i o n a
o r d e r i v e d o n t h i s s t a t e m e n t m u ~ t inc l u d e b e ~ 0 n u i ~ b a l a n c e s of t h e r a t e
b M e a t D e c e m b e r 31. 1~3. w o r k i n g c a p i t a l ( i n c l u d i n g m & t o r i a ~ a n d supplies.
p r e I ~ y m e n t e , a n d oil i n v e n t o r y ) , a c c r u e d depreci&tlon o n c a r r i e r p l a n t , a c c r u e d d e p r e c i a t i o n on r i g h t e of w a y .
and accumulated
deferred income
~4
o~ p l a n t addltiolm, erilr/~j~4`~m:~ c~t
ais for deprecIAt/on. A ~ ' ~ ~ ~ c ~
de]a~ciation adjustment, o~
ael~awclatien a c c r u a l s addsd'~n~.,
w a y . n e t c h a r g e for retiremen~htaw
a c c r u e d d e p r e c i a t i o n , a c t . . . . . ~ rr~
f e r r o d i n c o m e te.xes, ch~m~U~nt~.
i n ~ c a p i t a l (including m a , . ~ " . ~
supplie~, Pretm~mente, an~ofl~,,
t o r y ) , a c c r u e d deferred earnS'-' ~ "
n u a l a m o r t i z a t i o n of a C c r u ~ ' ~ . . ~.
n g s , write-up.
a n d a m o r t i z a t l o n ~~" ~~ et e~~
reaatren ibe~e
(6) $~h~nen~ F--affowance ~ e d d u r ~ cwnm~.~ou ~ h ~ ~
m e n t m u s t set. f o r t h the co~.,-~'~.
o f a l l o w a n c e s for funds ~ ' ~
construction (AFUI~)includinl'~
AFUI)C
commenci'1984 a n d f oAr es aucmhmyaer ayr of
A ~ ~e
AFUDC d e p r e c i a t i o n for the years I I
t h r o u g h t h e t e s t year.
(7) Statement ~ - r e w a u ~ . ~
m e n t m u s t s e t f o r t h the g r c ~ reVeme
f o r t h e a c t u a l 12 m o n t h s of e x ~
a s c o m D u t e d u n d e r both the
effective r a t e s a n d the proposed r m t
f f t h e p r e s e n t l y effective ratez are I
a t t h e m s , m u m ceilini~ rate e ~
1/shed u n d e r |342.4(a) of this c h a ~ .
t h e n g r o s e r e v e n u e s m u s t also be m ~
p u t e d a n d s e t f o r t h as if the
rar~m w e r e effective for the 12
period.
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Oeder f~e.el F R 3s81 July ~ ~
PART 347--OIL FIPEU~
DEPRECIATION
Atrmom-rY: 42 U.6.C. 7101-7J~ @ gee
49 App. U.6.C. 146.
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o//l/me. Pilins of • m ~
for new or chansod p r o p e ~
d e p r e c i a t i o n r a t e s m u s t be m s O ~
t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e C o m m i m ~
m p mad, by r r ~ l m ~ t ~ _ ' ~ . ~
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~muim~on w i t h t h e e n v e l o p e c l e a r l y
m~.ked as c o n t a i n i n g " O i l P i p e l i n e Defecation l~tes."
(b) ~
o f cop~es. C a r r i e r s m u s t
~e three p a p e r c o p i e s of e a c h r e q u e s t
eith , t t e n d ~ n t i n f o r m a t i o n i d e n t i f i e d
t~ p a r ~ r a ~ h s (c) t h r o u g h (e) o f t h i s
~tlon.
(c) l'rmumdtLal i e t ~ . Letters of trans• dttal must give • general d u c r i p t i o n
of the c h a n g e i n d e p r e c i a t i o n r a t e s
being proposed in t h e filing. L e t t e r s of
u~mittel must also certify that the
letter of tranmnlttJLl ( n o t i n c l u d i n g t h e
Zaf0rm&tion t o be p r o v i d e d , a s i d e n t i Bed in p a r a g r a p h s (d) a n d (e) of t h i s
section) has been s e n t t o e a c h s h i p p e r
md to each sutmcriber. If t h e r e a r e n o
mbecribem, l e t t e r s o f t r a n s m i t t a l m u s t
w gate. Carriers requesting acknowled~emest of t h e r e c e i p t o f & f i l i n g b y
must s u b m i t a d u p l i c a t e c o p y of
the letter of t r a n s m i t t a l m a r k e d " R e eel,S requested." T h e r e q u e e t m u s t i n clmdea p o l t s g e lmAd, self-addrmmed ret~n envelope.
(d) gffee~venm~ of O r g y
account
~l~ectaflon rate~. (1) T h e lzroposed dePrtciatisn r a t e s b e i n g c e t a b l i a h e d in
first i n s t a n c e m u s t be u s e d u n t i l
t~y are e i t h e r a c c e p t e d o r m o d i f i e d b y
t~¢ Commission. l ~ t e s i n effect a t t h e
time of the proposed r e v i s i o n m u s t c o n t~ue to be used u n t i l t h e p r o p o s e d reVbed r a t ~ a r e a p p r o v e d o r m o d i f i e d b y
the Commission.
(2) When lliing f o r a p p r o v a l of e i t h e r
Or changed p r o p e r t y a c c o u n t de~ormastionrates, a c a r r i e r m u s t p r o v i d e
tJon in s u f f i c i e n t d e t a i l to f u l l y
~/no~,aud J u s t i f y i t s p r o p o s e d r a t e s .
tton to be provided. The intlo~ in p m m g r a p h s (eX1) t h r o u g h
of this section m u s t be p r o v i d e d a s
;mcation for d e p r e c i a t i o n c h a n g e s .
additions, and deletions
.~
to ~ese d a t a e l e m e n t s s h o u l d be m a d e
W ~flect the i n d i v i d u a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s
~m
Carrier e p r o p e r t i e s a n d oper(e~,'~AnY i n f o r r r ~ t i o n i n ]:z~w4~phs
I ~ ~rOugh (5) of t h i s s e c t i o n , t h e rel~'~t of which w o u l d v i o l a t e s e c t i o n
~ t ' of the I n t e r s t a t e C o m m e r c e A c t .
k0 ~ be Provided in a form&t t h a t will
,~ect Individual s h i p p e r s .
~ ,
brief S u m m a r y r e l a t i n g to t h e
~
principles o n w h i c h t h e pro~e~reciation r a t e s a r e b a s e d (e.g..
w h y t h e e c o n o m i c life o f t h e pipeline
s e c t i o n is leas t h e n t h e p h y s i c a l life).
(2) An e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e o r g a n i z a tion, ownership, and operation of the
pipeline.
(3) A t a b l e of t h e p r o p o s e d dePrsci&tion rate~ by account.
(4) A n e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e a v e r a ~ r e m a i n i n g life o n • p h y s i c a l b a s i s a n d o n
a n e c o n o m i c bnsin.
(5) T h e f o l l o w i n g specific b a c k g r o u n d
d a t a m u s t be s u b m i t t e d a t t h e t i m e of
concurrently with any request for
t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of, o r m o d i f i c a t i o n
to, d e p r e c i • t i o n r a t e s f o r cLrriers. If
t h e i n f o r m a t i o n l i s t e d is n o t &pplico,ble. i t m a y be o m i t t e d f r o m tiae filing:
(1) U l ~ t o - d a t e e n g l n e s r l n g m a p s of
t h e p i p e l i n e i n c l u d i n g t h e l o c a t i o n of
a l l g a t h e r i n g f a c i l i t i e s , t r u n k l i n e facilities, t e r m i n a l s , i n t e r c o n n e c t i o n s
with other pipeline systems, and interconnections
wtth
refineries/plants.
Maps must indicate the direction of
flow.
(li) A b r i e f d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e c a r rier's operstions and an estin~te of
a n y m a j o r n e a r - t e r m a d d i t i o n s o r retirements including the estimated
costs, location, reason, and probable
y e a r of t r a n s a c t i o n .
(ill) T h e p r e e n s d e p r e c i a t i o n r a t e s
being used by account.
(iv) F o r t h e m o s t c u r r e n t y e a r a v a i l &hie a n d f o r t h e t w o p r i o r y e a ~ . a
b r e a k d o w n o f t h e t h r o u g h p u t (by t y p e
of p r o d u c t , i f applicalfle) r e c e i v e d w i t h
s o u r c e (e.g. n a m e of well, p i p e l i n e c o m pany) at each receipt point and
t h r o u g h p o t delivered a t e a c h d e l i v e r y
point.
(v) T h e d a i l y a v e r a g e c ~ p a c i t y (in
b a r r e l s p e r d a y ) a n d t h e actmL1 a v e r a g e
c a p a c i t y (in b a r r e l s p e r d a y ) for t h e
m o s t c u r r e n t y e a r . b y line s e c t i o n .
(vi) A l i s t o f s h i p m e n t s a n d t h e i r u so~iatod receipt points, delivery points,
a n d v o l u m e s (in b a r r e l s ) b y t y p e of
p r o d u c t (where a p p l i c a b l e ) for t h e m o ~ t
current year.
(vii) F o r e a c h p r i m a r y c a r r i e r a c count, the latest month's book balancce for gross plant and for accumulated reserve for depreciation.
(viii) A n e s t i m a t e of t h e r e m a i n i n g
life o f t h e s y s t e m ( b o t h g a t h e r i n g a n d
t r u n k lines) i n c l u d i n g t h e b a s i s f o r t h e
estimate.
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(ix) F o r c r u d e oil. • l i s t of t h e fields
o r a r e a 8 f r o m w h i c h c r u d e oil is obtained.
(x) If the p t " o l x ~ d e p r e c i • t i o n r a t e
a d j u s t m e n t is b a s e d o n t h e r e m a i n i n g
p h y s i c a l life o f t h e DroI~rties, • complete, o r u p d a t e d , if a p p l i c a b l e , S e r v i c e
L i f e D a t a F o r m ( F E R C F o r m No. '/3)
t h r o u g h t h e m e e t c u r r e n t ye&r.
(xi) E s t i m a t e d e a l v a g e v a l u e of p r o p e r t i e s b y account~
[50 Fit 50147. Nov. 16, 1904. a8 amended a~ 00
FI~ 3 ~ Jan. 4. 1 ~ ]
PART 3,18--OIL PIPELINE APPUCATIONS FOR MARKET POWER DETERMINATIONS
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of ap~l~on
for • market
power de~rmina~lon.
~.~ Procedure.
A t r m o m ~ : ~ U.8.C. 7101-7~. 40 U.8.C.
4~ A ~ U~.C. 1-116.
1848.1 C o n t e n t o f 8 p l ~ u s ~ l o n t o t •
marm~ i~N~ d e a e ~
(a) If. u n d e r J34~4(b) of thls ch&pter.
a carrier seeks to establish th~ it
l a c k 8 8 i f r n i f l c a n t m a r k e t p o w e r i n the
market in which it l~opoees to charge
marke~-bued r ~
it m u s t file and
Izrovide a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r math • d e t e r mln&tion. An •pplic&tion must incinde
• s t a t e m e n t o f ~ o e i t i o n a n d t h e Inform a t i o n r e q u i r e d b y pea-s&raph (c) o f
this sectio~
(b) T h e c&rrier's s t a t e m e n t o f p o s i t i o n r e q u i r e d b y p a r s g r a p h (•) o f
section must include an executive summ a r y o f i t e s t a t e m e n t o f prod•ion a n d &
s t a t e m e n t of m a t e r i a l f ~ t s i n a d d i t i o n
to its complete statement of pcoitio~
The s t a t e m e n t of m a t e r i a l f a c t e m u s t
include citation to the supportinK
~temente,
exhibits, affidavits, and
l~eparod tNtimony.
(o) The e s n t e r m u s t inolm4e w i t h i t e
application the following lnforn~tion:
(1) ~
~
~ .
s t a t e m e n t m u s t d e s c r i b e the
~raphio m~rkets in which the earrier
s e e k s t o e s t a b l i a h t h a t i t l a c k s significant m • r k e t p o w e r . T h e c a r r i e r m m ~
include the o ~
n m r k e t a n d t h e (lee~fon
market related to the esrvico
for which it l~opo~m to oharp marketbased rates. The e t 6 t e m e n t must explain w h y t h e c a r r i e r ' s m e t h o d f o r se-
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l e c t i n g t h e g e o g r s D h i c market~ laa~
pro~rtate.
(2) 3tGLement B--Prodt4ct r~r~et ,,.
s t a t e m e n t m u s t i d e n t i f y the p r ~ ' ~
m a r k e t o r m a r k e t s for which ~
riot seeks to establish that it lac~"
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