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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP91-2243-002 et al.]

 

Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation, et al. Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

February 15, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation

Docket No. CP91-2243-002

    Take notice that on February 8, 1994, Distrigas of Massachusetts 
(DOMAC) with an office at 200 State Street, Boston Massachusetts 02109, 
filed in Docket No. CP91-2243-002 pursuant to section 7 of the Natural 
Gas Act and part 157 of the Commission's regulations an application for 
an amendment to the certificate of public convenience and necessity 
issued by the Commission in this Docket on December 3, 1991 (Distrigas 
of Massachusetts Corporation, 57 FERC  61,295, 1991; clarified 58 FERC 
 61,297 (March 18, 1992)). The December 3 Certificate authorized DOMAC 
to install additional vaporization capacity and appurtenant facilities 
at DOMAC's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Everett, 
Massachusetts. That Certificate, as clarified, required DOMAC to 
complete construction of the authorized facilities by March 18, 1994.
    Because of intervening developments and changes in DOMAC's original 
market projections, installation of the certificated facilities by the 
March 18, 1994, in-service date is no longer warranted by current 
market demand. Accordingly, given the substantial lead times needed to 
complete design and to obtain needed equipment, DOMAC requests that the 
December 3 Certificate be amended to remove the in-service date. In 
place of a specific in-service date, DOMAC requests that the 
certificate require DOMAC to file with the Commission by March 31, 
1995, final design specifications and evidence that final equipment 
orders have been placed. Timing of completion of the certificated 
facilities will thus depend on the completion and delivery of the 
required equipment and will not require further intervention by the 
Commission to precisely tailor the certificate to the delivery dates 
for that equipment.
    Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Williams Natural Gas Company

Docket No. CP94-196-000

    Take notice that on January 24, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), Post Office Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an 
order permitting the abandonment of certain of its gathering system 
facilities by conveyance to Williams Gas Processing - Mid-Continent 
Region Company (WGP-MCR), all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    WNG will convey approximately 88 miles of predominantly small 
diameter pipeline, 38,286 horsepower of compression, two drip control 
plants and various appurtenant facilities, all used to gather gas from 
approximately 700 wells in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 
WNG will sell the facilities to WGP-MCR at the net book value at the 
time of conveyance.
    Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. Williams Natural Gas Company

Docket No. CP94-221-000

    Take notice that on February 9, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG) P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP94-
221-000 an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing WNG 
to replace approximately 20 feet of 20-inch transition pipeline and, 
upon replacement, to hydrotest and increase the maximum allowable 
operating pressure (MAOP) of the Blackwell, Oklahoma to Hesston, Kansas 
segment of WNG's system, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, WNG states that in order to increase the MAOP of the 
Blackwell to Hesston portion of its pipeline system approximately 20 
feet of 20-inch pipeline, in five four-foot sections, must be replaced. 
WNG states that the pipe replacement and subsequent uprating will give 
WNG the capability to transport increased volumes of gas to the Wichita 
market center. WNG further states that the increased MAOP will also 
enhance service reliability and flexibility by increasing WNG's ability 
to shift demand volumes between the north and south portions of its 
pipeline system.
    WNG states that the proposed replacement and uprating will cost 
approximately $222,000, which will be paid from funds on hand.
    Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Arkla Energy Resources Company

Docket No. CP94-222-000

    Take notice that on February 9, 1994, Arkla Energy Resources 
Company (AER), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed a 
prior notice request with the Commission in Docket No. CP94-222-000 
pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to construct and operate a one-
inch delivery tap in St. Francis County, Arkansas, under AER's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et al. and deliver 
natural gas under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP88-
820-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth 
in the request which is open to the public for inspection.
    AER proposes to construct and operate a one-inch delivery tap in 
St. Francis County, Arkansas, for the delivery of natural gas to 
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company's (ALG) customer, James E. Knox. AER 
would deliver approximately 85 Mcf of natural gas annually and one Mcf 
on a peak day. AER states that Mr. Knox would reimburse AER for the 
estimate $1,600 in construction costs for the proposed delivery tap. 
AER also states that it would transport gas to ALG and provide service 
under its Order No. 636 restructured rate schedules, the volumes would 
be within ALG's certificated entitlements, and AER's tariff allows the 
addition of new delivery points.
    Comment date: April 1, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

5. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.

Docket No. CP94-225-000

    Take notice that on February 10, 1994, K N Interstate Gas 
Transmission Co (KNI)\1\, P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, 
filed an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
for an order permitting and approving the abandonment of facilities by 
KNI sale to GPM Gas Corporation (GPM) all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
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    \1\By order issued May 5, 1993, in Docket No. CP93-41-000, KNI 
became the successor to the jurisdictional operations of K N Energy, 
Inc., which in turn had previously succeeded to the operations of 
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc. To avoid confusion, KNI, 
the current jurisdictional entity, rather than whichever corporate 
entity existed at the time, will be referred to as the 
jurisdictional entity.
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    KNI requests permission from the Commission to abandon, by transfer 
to GPM, the following facilities:
    (a) 27,773 feet of 12.75-inch steel pipeline extending north from 
the former Tyrone Plant in Texas County, Oklahoma to a point of 
interconnect with Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in Seward 
County, Kansas,
    (b) 46,813 feet of 8.625-inch steel pipeline extending south from 
the former Tyrone Plant to points of interconnect with the facilities 
of Colorado Interstate Gas Company and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company in Texas County, Oklahoma, and
    (c) 4,564 feet of 4.5-inch steel pipe extending from a point 
southwest of the former Tyrone Plant site north to a point of 
interconnect with the facilities of Northern in Texas County, Oklahoma, 
and various valves, regulators, and miscellaneous facilities.
    KNI states that the Tyrone System, located in Beaver and Texas 
Counties, Oklahoma and Seward County, Kansas, was constructed in 1953. 
KNI indicates that the system was constructed even though it was 
isolated from the rest of its system. It was also indicated that 
adequate reserves could not be purchased adjacent to its main pipeline 
system. KNI states that gas purchased by KNI was delivered from the 
Tyrone System to third parties for ultimate redelivery to KNI on its 
mainline system. KNI advised that over time its reliance upon the 
supplies connected to the Tyrone System diminished and, as a result, 
KNI released all of the gas supplies it had under contract along the 
Tyrone System.
    It is indicated that because the Tyrone System was isolated and 
distant from its mainline system and was no longer needed to move its 
system supplies, K N transferred its facilities upstream of the Tyrone 
Plant to GPM but did not transfer the residue lines connecting the 
plant with the three downstream interstate transporters. The Commission 
approved this abandonment by sale by order issued August 4, 1993, in 
Docket No. CP92-661-000 and also determined that the upstream 
facilities were non-jurisdictional gathering lines. KNI also states 
that, upon acquisition of the Tyrone gathering facilities, GPM began 
using these facilities to gather gas for delivery to its own processing 
plants. It is then indicated that, as a result, gas no longer flowed to 
the Tyrone Plant for processing and for ultimate delivery into KNI's 
residue lines. It is also stated that, subsequently, the owner of the 
Tyrone Plant sold the plant, and removed the facility from the plant 
site.
    KNI states that, with the removal of the Tyrone Plant, the residue 
lines are no longer usable to KNI. KNI now seeks to transfer these 
facilities to GPM. It is indicated that pursuant to a memorandum of 
understanding, KNI would receive the net book value of the residue 
lines ($36,000 as of October 31, 1993) in return for the transfer of 
facilities to GPM. KNI states that by abandoning the remainder of the 
Tyrone System facilities, it would eliminate the expense and 
inefficiencies associated with the isolated facilities.
    Comment date: March 8, 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. 94-4114 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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