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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-550-000]

 

Washington Natural Gas Company, as Project Operator; Application

May 25, 1994.
    Take notice that on May 17, 1994, Washington Natural Gas Company, 
as Project Operator of the Jackson Prairie Storage Project (Applicant), 
815 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington 98109, filed an abbreviated 
application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157.7(a) of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
further testing and development of an under ground reservoir for the 
possible storage of gas in the Jackson Prairie Project located in Lewis 
County, Washington, all as more fully set forth in the application on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicant states that the Jackson Prairie Storage Project is an 
aquifer type storage facility which provides the storage capacity under 
existing authorizations to enable Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest) to provide a winter season peaking service for its 
customers under Rate Schedules SGS-1, SGS-2 and SGS-21 in its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1. Applicant further states that the 
Storage Project is connected to Northwest's mainline in Lewis County, 
near Chehalis, Washington, and Applicant receives gas from Northwest at 
the interconnection, transports the gas through the Project facilities, 
stores the gas in the Project and withdraws the gas on instructions 
from Northwest and transports the gas and returns it to Northwest at 
the interconnection.
    Applicant further states that the Storage Project is owned in joint 
and equal individual interest by Washington Natural Gas Company 
(Washington Natural), The Washington Water Power Company and Northwest. 
It is said that, pursuant to agreement among the owners, Washington 
Natural acts as Project Operator, that the Federal Power Commission 
certificated Washington Natural as Project Operator in its 
representative capacity to operate the Storage Project (Opinion No. 
620; 47 FPC 1527 (1972)) and the Storage Project is operated pursuant 
to a Gas Storage Project Agreement which is on file with the Commission 
as Washington Natural's Rate Schedule S-1 in its FERC Gas Tariff, 
Original volume No. 1.
    Applicant seeks authorization to conduct up to a two-year program, 
for further testing and development of Zone 9 in the Jackson Prairie 
Storage Project. The testing and development proposal will include the 
drilling of two new wells (an observation well and an injection/
withdrawal well) and related facilities at a cost of $950,000, and 
injection of 3.0 Bcf of cushion gas at a cost of $6,000,000. Also, the 
Applicant requests authority to temporarily install and subsequently 
remove, a 600 HP rental compressor in order to expedite the injection 
process. Applicant states that the total projected cost of the testing 
program is $7,163,000. Further, Applicant requests expeditious approval 
of said application in order to allow for a prompt determination of the 
possibilities for full development of the Zone 9 reservoir. Applicant 
states that development of additional storage capacity may help meet 
the growing gas demand in the Pacific Northwest, and thus, prompt 
commencement of the testing program is in the public interest.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 15, 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) 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 permission and approval for 
the proposed construction and operations 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. 94-13264 Filed 5-31-94; 8:45 am]
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