[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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[Federal Register: January 10, 1994]
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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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