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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-268-000, et al.]

 

High Island Offshore System, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

March 18, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. High Island Offshore System

[Docket No. CP94-268-000]

    Take notice that on March 7, 1994, High Island Offshore System 
(HIOS), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-268-000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and the Rules and Regulations of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), for authorization to 
abandon transportation service currently being rendered for ANR 
Pipeline Company (ANR), all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    HIOS proposes to terminate 100 Mcf per day in firm transportation 
service which it renders for ANR according to HIOS' Rate Schedule T-18. 
HIOS notes that service for ANR was certificated in Docket No. CP75-104 
by order issued March 29, 1982, 18 FERC 61,274 (1982). HIOS states 
that according to an October 28, 1993 letter agreement between HIOS and 
ANR, HIOS has agreed to permit ANR to buyout the remaining term of 
their transportation contract and cancel the contract effective 
November 1, 1993, prior to June 29, 2002, the end of the primary term 
of the contract.
    Comment date: April 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Western Gas Interstate Co.

[Docket No. CP94-283-000]

    Take notice that on March 14, 1994, Western Gas Interstate Company 
(Western), 504 Lavaca Street, suite 800, Austin, Texas 78701, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-283-000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon an exchange 
agreement and gas sales agreement with Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Western states that WNG and Western are parties to a Gas Sales 
Agreement and a Gas Exchange Agreement, both effective May 15, 1981. 
Western further states that the Gas Sales Agreement provides that 
Western will purchase the volumes of gas purchased by WNG from wells 
located in Texas County, Oklahoma and which WNG delivers to Western at 
a point of interconnection between the facilities of WNG and Western in 
Section 3, Township 1 North, Range 12 ECM, Texas County, Oklahoma.
    Western says that the Gas Exchange Agreement provides that Western 
shall deliver to WNG volumes it purchases from the Fanning No. 1 well, 
subject to Western's ability to deliver and WNG's ability to receive, 
at the North Guymon delivery point and the Western Guymon delivery 
point, all located in Texas County, Oklahoma. It is stated that WNG 
shall deliver volumes to Western at the West Guymon delivery point 
(intermittently at Western's request) and at the Adams delivery point, 
also located in Texas County, Oklahoma.
    Western states that the exchange agreement terminated on May 15, 
1991, pursuant to the terms of the agreement, and that Western 
requested termination of the sales agreement, pursuant to the terms of 
the agreement, effective May 15, 1993.
    No facilities are proposed to be abandoned herein.
    Comment date: April 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. El Paso Natural Gas Co.

[Docket No. CP94-285-000]

    Take notice that on March 14, 1994, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP94-
285-000 an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
for authorization to operate approximately 54.63 miles of pipeline in 
La Paz and Yuma Counties, Arizona, at increased pressures, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Specifically, El Paso proposes to operate 54.63 miles of its Yuma 
Line from 809 p.s.i.g. to 1136 p.s.i.g., the Maximum Allowable 
Operating Pressure (MOAP). El Paso states that operating the Yuma Line 
at the higher pressure would provide additional capacity of 
approximately 50 Mmcf per day under summer conditions and of 
approximately 54 Mmcf per day under winter conditions. El Paso further 
states that the increased operating pressure would allow it to meet 
existing gas requirements as well as provide for the growth 
opportunities in the markets served.
    Comment date: April 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Western Gas Interstate Co.

[Docket No. CP94-288-000]

    Take notice that on March 16, 1994, Western Gas Interstate Company 
(Western), 504 Lavaca Street, Suite 800, Austin, Texas 78701, filed in 
Docket No. CP94-288-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon a transportation 
and exchange agreement with Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company 
(Panhandle), all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Western states that it proposes to abandon service 
under Western's Rate Schedule X-1. Western further states that pursuant 
to the agreement, Panhandle receives from Western in Beaver County, 
Oklahoma, up to 5,000 Mcf of natural gas per day. Panhandle purchases 
at least one-half of such volumes and delivers the remainder of the gas 
to Western at interconnections located in Cimarron and Texas Counties, 
Oklahoma, it is stated. Western says that the transportation and 
exchange services are no longer required by Western. Western asserts 
that proper notices were given for the termination of the services 
under this rate schedule.
    Comment date: April 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-7478 Filed 3-29-94; 8:45 am]
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