[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1393-1394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-457]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-162-000, et al.]

 

NGC Energy Resources Limited Partnership, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

January 3, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. NGC Energy Resources Limited Partnership.

[Docket No. CP94-162-000]

    Take notice that on December 22, 1993, NGC Energy Resources, 
Limited Partnership (NER), located at 13430 Northwest Freeway, suite 
1200, Houston, TX 77040, filed in the above-referenced docket, pursuant 
to section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717(b) and Rule 
207(a)(2) of the Commission's rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 
385.207, a Petition for Declaratory Order Disclaiming Jurisdiction over 
certain facilities acquired from Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that NER entered into an agreement with Northern under 
which Northern will sell NER the ``Bear Paw'' facilities located in 
Blaine, Chouteau and Hill Counties, Montana, and interconnecting with 
the pipeline owned by Many Islands Pipe Lines (Canada) Limited at the 
Montana/Saskatchewan border. NER will acquire approximately 500 miles 
of various diameter gathering lines along with three compressors 
totaling 13,600 horsepower.
    It is further stated that NER requests that the Commission declare 
the entire Bear Paw system to be gathering facilities under section 
1(b) of the NGA. NER also states that Northern has filed an application 
in Docket No. CP94-130-000 to authorize the abandonment and sale of 
these facilities to NER.
    Comment date: January 24, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Questar Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP94-159-000]

    Take notice that on December 23, 1993, Questar Pipeline Company 
(Questar) of 79 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 filed in 
Docket No. CP94-159-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to abandon minor pressure regulating facilities under the 
blanket authorization issued by the Commission in Docket No. CP82-491-
000 pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Questar proposes to abandon its Huntington District Regulator 
Station (HU0005 DRS) located adjacent to its six-inch Jurisdictional 
Lateral (J.L.) No. 44 located in Emery County, Utah, used in 
conjunction with providing gas service to Mountain Fuel Supply Company 
(Mountain Fuel), Questar's local distribution company affiliate. 
Questar states that the facilities to be abandoned at the HU0005 DRS 
comprise approximately 100 feet of three, four and six-inch piping and 
one pressure regulating valve assembly. Questar states that the 
investment associated with the facilities to be abandoned is $15,129. 
Questar states that because these facilities function solely to reduce 
delivery pressures for individual downstream sales and transportation 
delivery meter stations, no actual deliveries were made directly 
through these facilities. Questar states that following abandonment, 
the 3-inch Huntington Tap will remain in service. Questar states that 
because Mountain Fuel will continue to deliver to its customers via 
individual meter and regulating stations along the length of J.L. No. 
44, there will be no abandonment of gas service to Mountain Fuel or its 
customers as a result of granting it permission to abandon the HU0005 
DRS.
    Comment date: February 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership

[Docket No. CP94-143-000]

    Take notice that on December 20, 1993, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, suite 1600, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed in Docket No. CP94-87-000, a request 
pursuant to Secs.  157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations 
and Great Lakes' blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP90-2053-000 
pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
construct and operate a new delivery point near Chippewa Township, 
Isabella County, Michigan, to provide Midland Cogeneration Venture 
Limited (MCV) the flexibility and the security of a second delivery 
point to receive natural gas transported by Great Lakes, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Great Lakes states that MCV is an existing shipper to whom it 
provides firm transportation service of up to 80,000 Mcf of gas per day 
under Part 284 of the Commission's regulations. Great Lakes states that 
it currently receives the gas at its Emerson Receipt Point, located in 
Great Lakes' Western Zone, and delivers gas to MCV through the Chippewa 
Meter Station on Great Lakes' mainline. Great Lakes states that the 
design capability of the Chippewa Meter Station has now been exceeded 
and that MCV has requested it to construct and operate a new delivery 
point (Midland Meter Station) to provide flexibility and the security 
of a second delivery point. Great Lakes states that the Midland Meter 
Station will consist of taps, two turbine meters, a gas separator, and 
an electronic measurement system. Great Lakes estimates that the cost 
to construct the facilities will be about $1.4 million. Great Lakes 
states that the Midland Meter Station and existing transportation 
service will not impact its existing peak day and annual deliveries, 
and the transportation service will continue to be provided, under Part 
284 of the Commission's regulation, without detriment to service to any 
other shipper on its system.
    Comment date: February 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G 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.
    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. 94-457 Filed 1-7-94; 8:45 am]
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