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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-322-000, et al.]

 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

April 7, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America

[Docket No. CP94-322-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148, 
filed in Docket No. CP94-322-000 an application pursuant to section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon, 
effective January 27, 1994, a firm transportation service for Texas 
Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), which was authorized 
in Docket No. CP76-278, as amended, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Natural proposes to abandon, effective January 27, 1994, the firm 
transportation service of up to a maximum of 47,000 Mcf of natural gas 
per day provided by Natural for Texas Eastern under the terms of a 
transportation agreement dated January 28, 1976 (Agreement), as 
amended, and Natural's Rate Schedule X-63 authorized in Docket No. 
CP76-278, as amended. It is stated that Texas Eastern requested in a 
letter to Natural dated May 14, 1993, that Natural abandon, effective 
January 27, 1994, the Agreement, as amended, and Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-63 firm transportation service. It is further stated that 
Texas Eastern is the sole recipient or customer of the transportation 
service that is proposed to be abandoned herein.
    Comment date: April 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Mississippi River Transmission Corp.

[Docket No. CP94-323-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1994, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (MRT), 9900 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri, 63124, filed 
in Docket No. CP94-323-000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon two natural 
gas transportation and sales services which were authorized in Docket 
Nos. CP77-30 and CP79-457, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    MRT proposes to abandon the following certificated services: (1) 
Rate Schedule X-15, a transportation and sale agreement with Panhandle 
Eastern Pipeline Company and Trunkline Gas Company, and (2) Rate 
Schedule X-21, a transportation and purchase agreement with KN Energy, 
Inc., formerly Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc. MRT indicates 
that all of the parties referenced above have agreed to the termination 
of the subject services, and have already received Commission 
authorization to abandon their obligations under the agreements.
    MRT states that no facilities will be abandoned as a result of the 
instant proposal. MRT further states that it will continue to operate 
all of the related facilities to the extent necessary to provide part 
284 transportation service.
    Comment date: April 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

[Docket No. CP94-325-000]

    Take notice that on March 31, 1994, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (TGPL), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, through its 
agent, Transco Gas Marketing Company (TGMC)\1\ filed in Docket No. 
CP94-325-000, an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain firm sales 
services provided to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con 
Ed), Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), and Philadelphia Gas Works 
(PGW), (collectively Buyers), under TGPL's Rate Schedule FS, 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\As approved by the Commission order issued January 19, 1993, 
TGPL appointed TGMC as its exclusive agent for gas marketing 
activities. (62 FERC 61,045 [1993]).
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    Specifically, pursuant to the elections of Buyers' under their 
respective FS Agreements to terminate the agreements, TGPL seeks 
authorization to abandon the three FS Agreements between itself, Con 
Ed, LILCO and PGW and requests that such abandonment be made effective 
March 31, 1995.
    TGPL states that Paragraph 2 of Article II of the FS Agreements 
provides that at the end of the primary term, and on each anniversary 
date thereafter, the term of the service agreement will be extended by 
successive one contract year periods unless either party notifies the 
other in writing not less than two contract years prior to the end of 
the primary term or two contract years prior to any anniversary date 
thereafter, as the case may be, of its election not to extend the term 
of the service agreement.
    TGPL states that the primary term of the FS Agreements between 
itself and Con Ed and PGW ends March 31, 1995. TGPL further states that 
the primary term of the FS Agreement with LILCO ended March 31, 1994, 
but its term was extended for one contract year in accordance with 
Paragraph 2 of Article II of the FS Agreement. By letter dated March 
30, 1993, and letters dated March 31, 1993, PGW, Con Ed and LILCO, 
respectively, notified TGPL that they elected to terminate these FS 
Agreements effective March 31, 1995, in accordance with Paragraph 2 of 
Article II of the FS Agreement.
    Comment date: April 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Williams Natural Gas Co.

[Docket No. CP94-333-000]

    Take notice that on April 5, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP94-
333-000 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 a small pipeline lateral under 
WNG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000 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.
    WNG proposes to abandon in place approximately 730 feet of 4-inch 
pipeline located downstream of the McLouth, Kansas townborder in 
Jefferson County, Kansas. WNG explains that the City of McLouth is 
constructing a new distribution line which will connect to the WNG 
McLouth townborder and replace the WNG pipeline, and therefore there 
will be no abandonment of service.
    Comment date: May 23, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
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, D.C. 
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 section 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. 94-8825 Filed 4-12-94; 8:45 am]
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