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[FR Doc No: 94-13975]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-565-000, et al.]
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
June 1, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
[Docket No. CP94-565-000]
Take notice that on May 23, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642,
filed in Docket No. CP94-565-000, an application pursuant to section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon
certain facilities in the Caillou Island and Lake Raccourci Fields,
Timbalier Bay, located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Texas Eastern proposes to abandon several segments of pipeline
which vary in diameter from 4-inch to 12-inch and vary in length from
0.22 miles to 2.45 miles, as well as ten platforms and associated
piping, twenty-nine measuring stations, and one barge-mounted
compressor.
Texas Eastern, it is said, has determined that there is no current
or foreseeable future need for the subject facilities and proposes to
abandon the facilities in order to eliminate ongoing maintenance and
operating expenses associated with these facilities.
Comment date: June 22, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
2. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
[Docket No. CP94-568-000]
Take notice that on May 25, 1994, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in
Docket No. CP94-568-000, a request pursuant to section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act, as amended, and Secs. 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216 (18 CFR
157.205, 157.211 and 157.216) of the Commission's regulations under the
Natural Gas Act, and Panhandle's authorization in Docket No. CP83-83-
000 to: (1) Abandon the existing measurement facility for the Town of
Hardesty, Oklahoma, and construct and operate new delivery facilities
for the Town of Hardesty, and (2) modify the delivery facilities for
the Town of Taloga, Oklahoma. Both towns are existing customers of
Panhandle and these modifications are proposed in order to provide
adequate service to both towns, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open for public
inspection.
Panhandle states that the existing delivery points for the towns
are located on field gathering lines. It is stated that because of
declining wellhead production and pressures on these lines, reliable
firm service cannot be guaranteed for the 1994/1995 heating season
without a modification to the physical supply source for these delivery
facilities. It is further stated that in order to service these
customers, Panhandle is proposing this modification to interconnect the
delivery facilities into Panhandle's transmission system. Panhandle
states that the existing pipelines that currently provide service to
the towns will continue to be utilized as field gathering lines;
therefore, Panhandle is not proposing the abandonment of any pipeline
facilities.
Comment date: July 18, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
G at the end of this notice.
3. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
[Docket No. CP94-567-000]
Take notice that on May 25, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642,
filed in Docket No. CP94-567-000 an application pursuant to section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for permission and approval to abandon by
sale to Newfield Exploration Company (Newfield) Texas Eastern's Line
No. 62, a 4.8 mile non-contiguous lateral located in the Eugene Island
Area, offshore Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
It is stated that Line No. 62 was constructed pursuant to Texas
Eastern's Part 157 blanket construction certificate and that Line No.
62 is wholly owned by Texas Eastern. It is further stated that Line No.
62 is comprised of 4.8 miles of 8 inch pipeline and a related metering
facility, that was constructed by Texas Eastern to access gas reserves
in the Eugene Island Block 182 ``A'' area. Texas Eastern avers that
Line No. 62 is a non-contiguous lateral which connects to Sea Robin
Pipeline Company's pipeline system in Eugene Island Block 197 in
offshore Louisiana.
Texas Eastern states that it entered into a gas purchase agreement
dated February 28, 1984 (Gas Purchase Agreement), with Exxon
Corporation (Exxon). It is further stated that pursuant to the Gas
Purchase Agreement, the natural gas reserves located at or near Eugene
Island Block 182 ``A'' were dedicated to Texas Eastern for its system
supply. It is stated that on November 1, 1992, Newfield acquired from
Exxon the natural gas reserves in Eugene Island Block 182 ``A'', and
that Texas Eastern and Newfield, subsequently, mutually agreed to
terminate the Gas Purchase Agreement on June 16, 1993.
Texas Eastern stated that it has transported, on an interruptible
basis, the Eugene Island Block 182 ``A'' reserves on Line No. 62 for
various shippers who purchase Newfield's reserves, since termination of
the Gas Purchase Agreement. Therefore, Texas Eastern is requesting
permission and approval to abandon by sale, Line No. 62 to Newfield for
$650,000. However, it is stated that the Offer to Purchase between
Texas Eastern and Newfield is contingent on Texas Eastern's receipt of
the Commission authorization requested herein by July 1, 1994.
Texas Eastern submits that abandonment of Line No. 62 is in the
public interest since such abandonment by sale to Newfield, will give
Newfield an economic alternative to installing new and duplicative
offshore facilities, and that abandonment by sale limits the
environmental impact associated with duplicative facilities.
It is further asserted that the abandonment by sale to Newfield,
will also allow Texas Eastern to avoid costs associated with the
physical abandonment of Line No. 62, and the abandonment of the lateral
will eliminate Texas Eastern's ongoing operation and maintenance costs
associated with Line No. 62.
Comment date: June 22, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
4. Equitrans, Inc.
[Docket No. CP94-569-000]
Take notice that on May 26, 1994, Equitrans, Inc. (Equitrans), 3500
Park Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275, filed a request with the
Commission in Docket No. CP94-569-000 pursuant to Sections 157.205 and
157.212(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) for authorization to install a delivery tap under Equitrans'
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-508-000 and CP86-676,
pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in the
request which is open to the public for inspection.
Equitrans proposes to install a delivery tap on its H-106 line
located in the City of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Equitrans states that the tap would be instituted for deliveries to
Equitable, an affiliate of Equitrans, to permit retail gas service of
approximately 1 Mcf on a peak day to Howard Dohn of Waynesburg,
Pennsylvania. Equitrans further states it would offer the proposed
service within the existing certificated transportation entitlement of
Equitable under Equitrans' Rate Schedule FTS.
Equitrans states that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the
proposed deliveries without detriment to its other existing customers.
Comment date: July 18, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
G at the end of this notice.
5. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.
[Docket No. CP94-571-000]
Take notice that on May 27, 1994, K N Interstate Gas Transmission
Co. (K N Interstate), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, filed
in Docket No. CP94-571-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to install and operate eight
new delivery taps and appurtenant facilities under K N Interstate's
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-140-000, 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.
K N Interstate proposes to install eight new delivery taps in
Thomas and Wichita Counties, Kansas; Adams, Furnas, Gosper and York
Counties, Nebraska; and Fremont County, Wyoming, under existing
transportation agreements between K N Interstate and K N Energy, Inc.;
K N Interstate and Peoples Natural Gas Co.; and K N Interstate and
Northern Gas Co. It is stated that the additional delivery points will
facilitate the delivery of natural gas to direct retail customers. It
is stated that the total cost of installing the eight delivery taps
will be $148,550.
Comment date: July 18, 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, 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.
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. 94-13975 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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