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[FR Doc No: 94-6338]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-279-000]

 

Minerals, Inc., Petition for Declaratory Order and Alternative 
Request for Extension and Waiver

March 14, 1994.
    Take notice that on March 8, 1994, Minerals, Inc. (Minerals), 600 
E. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-279-000 a petition for an order declaring that the facilities 
acquired by Minerals are gathering facilities pursuant to section 1(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act and therefore exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that Minerals has recently purchased the gathering 
facilities of Llano, an intrastate pipeline with facilities located in 
the State of New Mexico. Minerals states that since the date of 
acquisition, it has utilized the acquired gathering facilities in 
conjunction with its processing, compression, treating and gas 
marketing services, and is providing stand-alone gas gathering services 
for a number of producers.
    Minerals states that the acquired facilities range in size from 
four inches to a maximum of twelve inches in diameter, and have a 
combined total length of approximately 544 miles. It is stated that the 
facilities are connected to both low- and high-pressure wells with 
flowing pressures ranging from 20 psig to a maximum of 600 psig. It is 
stated that most of the gas is delivered unprocessed to the inlets of 
three processing plants connected to the acquired facilities: the Hobbs 
Plant, the Antelope Ridge Plant and a processing plant owned and 
operated by American Pipeline Corporation, an unrelated third party. It 
is further stated that the residue gas is delivered at the outlet of 
the plants to Llano's intrastate pipeline facilities or to various 
interstate pipelines. In addition, it is stated that an average of 
5,000 MMBtu per day and 3,500 MMBtu per day of unprocessed gas is 
delivered directly into the interstate pipeline facilities of El Paso 
Natural Gas Company (El Paso) and Transwestern Pipeline Company, 
respectively, at the Rattlesnake Delivery Point located on the southern 
end of the system, which deliveries will be terminated as soon as a 
pending interconnection between El Paso and Llano is constructed and 
placed into operation.
    Minerals seeks an order declaring and affirming that these 
facilities are gathering facilities, however, alternatively, requests 
that it be granted an extension of time to file a petition for rate 
approval, in the event that the Commission determines the facilities to 
be transmission facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before April 4, 1994, 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). 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-6338 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]
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