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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-240-000, et al.]

 

El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

February 28, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. El Paso Natural Gas Co.; Sunterra Gas Gathering Co.

[Docket No. CP94-240-000]

    Take notice that on February 22, 1994, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, and Sunterra Gas 
Gathering Company (Sunterra), Alvarado Square, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87158-2612, filed in Docket No. CP94-240-000 a joint application 
pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon a production area natural gas exchange service 
between El Paso and Sunterra, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    El Paso and Sunterra propose to abandon a production area gas 
exchange service pursuant to a Composite Supplemental Agreement to a 
Gas Purchase Agreement (agreement) between El Paso and Sunterra dated 
May 1, 1975, under El Paso's Rate Schedule X-13 and Sunterra's Rate 
Schedule No. 2.1 El Paso and Sunterra state they have agreed to 
terminate the agreement, in a Letter Agreement dated October 27, 1993, 
effective October 31, 1993, with any imbalances to be resolved by 
December 31, 1993. El Paso and Sunterra state that there are no 
existing imbalances under the agreement to be abandoned.
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    \1\The exchange was part of Sunterra's Rate Schedule No. 2 
authorizing Sunterra's jurisdictional sales for resale. Sunterra's 
Rate Schedule No. 2 is no longer subject to regulation since the 
Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989 deregulated first sales contracts 
terminated after July 26, 1989.
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    No facilities are proposed to be abandoned herein.
    Comment date: March 21, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Southern Natural Gas Co.

[Docket No. CP94-245-000]

    Take notice that on February 23, 1994, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-245-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.212 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 
157.205, 157.212) for authorization to establish a point of delivery 
for an existing customer under Southern's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-406-000 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.
    Southern proposes to provide service to Alabama Gas Corporation 
(Alagasco) at a new point of delivery by use of existing measurement 
facilities that Southern previously used to serve the Lamar County Gas 
District. Southern states that the service will enable Alagasco to 
serve a new commercial customer. In addition, Southern states that it 
will not have to construct any new facilities in order to serve 
Alagasco at the proposed delivery point. It is stated that the average 
daily flow to the proposed delivery point will be 3 Mcf per day of 
natural gas.
    Comment date: April 14, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

3. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America and ANR Pipeline Co.

[Docket No. CP94-246-000]

    Take notice that on February 23, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148 
and ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, 
Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. CP94-246-000 a joint application 
pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon exchange services, all as more fully set forth in 
the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    It is stated that authority is requested for: (1) Natural to 
abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in Docket No. G-10057 
and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-7;
    (2) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in 
Docket No. CP69-251, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-21;
    (3) Natural and ANR to abandon an exchange service authorized in 
Natural's Docket No. CP75-202, as amended, and ANR's Docket No. CP75-
205, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-58 and 
ANR's Rate Schedule X-44; and
    (4) Natural and ANR to make up imbalances attributable to the above 
exchange agreements at the existing interconnections specified in such 
exchange agreements and/or other transportation and/or exchange 
agreements between them or at more convenient interconnections located 
on their systems, or alternatively, by offsetting such imbalances among 
each other or with imbalances under other transportation and/or 
exchange agreements between them.
    It is stated that pursuant to a gas exchange agreement between 
Natural and ANR dated March 6, 1956, (1956 Agreement), Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-7, Natural and ANR exchanged during periods of emergency, 
volumes of natural gas in Bureau County, Illinois pursuant to 
authorization granted in Docket No. G-10057.
    It is also stated that pursuant to an exchange agreement dated 
January 15, 1969, as amended (1969 Agreement), Natural's Rate Schedule 
X-21, Natural and ANR exchanged up to 125,000 Mcf of natural gas per 
day in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and Hansford and Wheeler Counties, 
Texas pursuant to authorization granted in Docket No. CP69-251, as 
amended.
    It is further stated that pursuant to an exchange agreement dated 
November 13, 1974, as amended (1974 Agreement), Natural and ANR 
exchanged up to 10,000 Mcf of natural gas per day in Hansford and 
Wheeler Counties, Texas and Beaver, Caddo and Woodward Counties, 
Oklahoma pursuant to authorization granted in Natural's Docket No. 
CP75-202, as amended, and in ANR's Docket No. CP75-205, as amended.
    Moreover, it is stated that pursuant to a letter agreement between 
Natural and ANR dated August 20, 1993, Natural and ANR agreed to 
terminate the 1956, 1969 and 1974 Agreements effective December 1, 
1993. Therefore, Natural and ANR requested in the present joint 
application, authority for: (1) Natural to abandon an exchange service 
with ANR authorized in Docket No. G-10057 and performed under Natural's 
Rate Schedule X-7;
    (2) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in 
Docket No. CP69-251, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-21;
    (3) Natural and ANR to abandon an exchange service authorized in 
Natural's Docket No. CP75-202, as amended, and ANR's Docket No. CP75-
205, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-58 and 
ANR's Rate Schedule X-44; and
    (4) Natural and ANR to make up imbalances attributable to the 1956, 
1969 and 1974 Agreements at the existing interconnections specified in 
such exchange agreements and/or other transportation and/or exchange 
agreements between them or at more convenient interconnections located 
on their systems, or alternatively, by offsetting such imbalances among 
each other or with imbalances under other transportation and/or 
exchange agreements between them.
    Comment date: March 21, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-5211 Filed 03-07-94; 8:45 am]
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