[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1014-1015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-321]


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[Federal Register: January 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-144-000, et al.]

 

Trunkline Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificates Filings

December 28, 1993.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. East Tennessee Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP94-144-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1993, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252-2511, 
filed in Docket No. CP94-144-000 a request pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of 
the Commission's Regulations to increase the capacity of an existing 
delivery point in Hamilton County, Tennessee for Chattanooga Gas 
Company (Chattanooga), an existing transportation customer, under East 
Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000, 
pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    East Tennessee proposes to replace the existing two 2-inch meter 
tubes with 6-inch meter tubes and install electronic gas measurement 
equipment on the Chattanooga Volunteer Ordinance Delivery Point 
(Ordinance point) in Hamilton County, Tennessee to increase its 
capacity to approximately 35,000 dth of natural gas per day for 
delivery of natural gas to Chattanooga under Rate Schedule FT-A. 
Chattanooga has agreed to reimburse East Tennessee for the cost of 
these facilities which are estimated to cost $90,487, it is stated. 
East Tennessee states that the total quantities to be delivered to 
Chattanooga after the construction of these facilities to increase 
capacity would not exceed the total authorized quantities and the 
changes proposed are not prohibited by East Tennessee's tariff. East 
Tennessee has sufficient capacity in its system to accomplish the 
increased delivery of natural gas at the Ordinance point without 
detriment or disadvantage to any of East Tennessee's other customers, 
it is stated.
    Comment date: February 11, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

2. Avoca Natural Gas Storage

[Docket No. CP94-161-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1993, Avoca Natural Gas Storage 
(Avoca), a general partnership with an office at One Bowdoin Square, 
Boston, Massachusetts 02114, filed an application in Docket No. CP94-
161-000 pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and part 157 and 
subpart G of part 284 of the Commission's Regulations. The part 157 
application requests a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing Avoca to develop, construct and operate natural gas storage 
and related facilities. Avoca also seeks a blanket certificate, under 
part 284, authorizing self-implementing firm and interruptible storage 
services, with pregranted abandonment authority.
    Avoca is a general partnership formed for the purpose of 
developing, constructing and operating a natural gas storage facility. 
Avoca is composed of four partners, including:
    (1) JMC Avoca, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of J. Makowski 
Company, a developer of gas-fired power generation, natural gas supply, 
transportation and storage projects;
    (2) ET Storage, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equitrans, Inc., 
the interstate pipeline subsidiary of Equitable Resources, Inc.;
    (3) NGC Storage, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natural Gas 
Clearinghouse, an independent gas marketer and an owner and operator of 
numerous gas gathering and processing facilities; and,
    (4) Trillium Gas Storage, Inc., a subsidiary of Union Gas Limited, 
an integrated natural gas company in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, 
providing storage, distribution and transmission service.
    Avoca proposes to develop several storage caverns by leaching 
underground salt deposits. The storage caverns will be located near 
Avoca, New York. Avoca's facilities will be connected to the H-C or 400 
Line of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company.
    The Avoca facility will offer a total storage capacity of 6.72 Bcf 
and 5.0 Bcf of working gas capacity. The storage capacity is proposed 
to be made available in three phases:
    (1) Phase I--2 Bcf will be available beginning January 1, 1996;
    (2) Phase II--an additional 2 Bcf will be available beginning 
January 1, 1997; and,
    (3) Phase III--an additional 1 Bcf will be available beginning 
January 1, 1998.
    Avoca says that it has been marketing its proposed project to the 
general natural gas industry since June 1993. It notes that one 
customer, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., has signed a Firm 
Storage Precedent Agreement for 550,000 Dth (.55 Bcf) of the Phase I 
capacity. Avoca proposes to offer the remaining 1.45 Bcf of the Phase I 
capacity during an open season. The open season will be between January 
31, 1994 and February 28, 1994. Additional open seasons are proposed 
for Phases II and III.
    Avoca filed a pro forma tariff containing the terms and conditions 
for firm and interruptible storage services. Avoca will allow customers 
to inject their maximum contract quantities over any consecutive 
twenty-day period and withdraw their maximum contract quantity over any 
consecutive ten-day period.
    Avoca is proposing market-based pricing for its storage services. 
Bids for capacity will be evaluated on a net present value formula as 
described in the pro forma tariff. Avoca says that because it lacks 
market power, the Commission should allow it to negotiate market-based 
rates with its customers.
    Finally, Avoca has filed an Applicant-Prepared Environmental 
Assessment covering the development of the storage caverns and the 
construction of the related facilities.
    Comment date: January 18, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before the comment date, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate and/or permission and approval 
for the proposed abandonment are required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if 
the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal hearing is 
required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
    G. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of the 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-321 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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