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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP94-275-000, et al.]

 

Arkla Energy Resources Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

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

1. Arkla Energy Resources Co.

[Docket No. CP94-275-000]

    Take notice that on March 10, 1994, Arkla Energy Resources Company 
(AER), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-275-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon sales tap facilities in Arkansas, 
Louisiana, and Texas, under AER's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-384-000, et al., 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.
    AER proposes to abandon in place 45 rural domestic sales taps 
located on AER's Line S in Bossier, Caddo, and Webster Parishes, 
Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas, and Harrison County, Texas. It is 
stated that the taps were installed to serve customers of Arkansas 
Louisiana Gas Company (ALG). It is further stated that no customers are 
located at these taps and that they have been inactive for years. It is 
asserted that ALG has provided written consent to the abandonment.
    Comment date: April 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

2. Northwest Pipeline Corp.

[Docket No. CP94-282-000]

    Take notice that on March 11, 1994, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-282-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.211 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 
157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to construct and operate 
facilities in Klickitat County, Washington required to implement a firm 
transportation service for Development Associates, Inc. (DA), under the 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-433-000, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the 
request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Northwest proposes to construct and operate approximately 5.3 miles 
of pipeline to partially loop and extend its existing Hood River 
Lateral in Klickitat County, Washington and to construct and operate a 
new meter station, to be named the KEP Meter Station. Northwest states 
that the proposed facilities would be used to provide approximately 
11,000 million Btu per day of firm transportation service to the 
planned Klickitat Energy Partners (KEP), cogeneration facility. 
Northwest states that the looping and other facility modification are 
required because the capacity of the existing Hood River Lateral is 
fully committed to deliver up to 5,909 million Btu per day at two 
existing meter stations for the account of Northwest Natural Gas 
Company under existing blanket agreements. It is indicated that KEP was 
formed to develop, finance, construct and own the new KEP cogeneration 
facility.
    It is indicated that KEP's planned cogeneration plant would have 
53.5 megawatts of generating capacity and would consist of a natural 
gas-fired combustion turbine, a heat recovery steam generator and three 
steam turbines. It is also stated that KEP has contracted to sell up to 
49.5 average megawatts of power generated at its facility to the 
Bonneville Power Administration under a 20-year contract and that 
process steam would be sold to a lumber company located at the proposed 
plant site.
    Northwest states that DA has agreed with KEP to secure firm 
transportation service from Northwest to the plant site beginning when 
the plant commences operations, scheduled for August 1995 and for plant 
start-up prior to that time. It is indicated that Northwest and DA have 
modified existing transportation arrangements under Northwest's Rate 
Schedule TF-1 to provide the requested service.
    Northwest estimates a construction cost of $3,118,100, which would 
be installed and paid for pursuant to a facilities agreement with DA 
and the facilities reimbursement provisions of Northwest's tariff. 
Northwest estimates the net present value of the future revenues 
projected to be generated as a result of the proposed facilities of 
$4.6 million which would exceed the incremental cost of service of 
approximately $2.9 million.
    Northwest states that no significant impact on its system peak day 
deliveries is projected to result from the installation of the proposed 
facilities. It is indicated that, because DA elected to extend its 
existing firm transportation agreements with Northwest, the existing 
firm contract delivery obligations would remain the same.
    Comment date: April 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

3. Arkla Energy Resources Co.

[Docket No. CP94-278-000]

    Take notice that on March 10, 1994, Arkla Energy Resources Company 
(AER), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-278-000 a request pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) for 
authorization to abandon and relocate certain facilities in Oklahoma 
and Louisiana, under AER's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-384-000 and CP82-384-001 pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, AER proposes to (1) abandon in place 8 miles of 6-
inch Line 634-2 and eight domestic delivery taps in Hughes County, 
Oklahoma; and (2) abandon in place 1.9 miles of 4-inch Line FM-27 and 
three domestic delivery taps and relocate one rural industrial tap, all 
in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. AER states that it proposes to cut, cap 
and fill the abandoned pipelines with water and that it would remove 
all above ground facilities.
    AER states that the pipelines were used to provide service to 11 
domestic and one industrial customer of Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company 
(ALG). AER asserts that nine domestic customers have or would convert 
to alternate fuels and have given AER written releases. AER further 
asserts that ALG would construct 1800 feet of plastic pipeline from its 
existing Gulftown Rural Extension to serve the remaining two domestic 
customers. AER would continue service to ALG's industrial customer by 
relocating the meter and ALG would construct a distribution line to the 
industrial customer, it is stated.
    AER maintains that it has provided notice of the proposed 
abandonments to the Oklahoma Corporate Commission and the Louisiana 
Public Service Commission.
    Comment date: April 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    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. 94-6881 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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