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[FR Doc No: 94-14894]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-592-000]

 

Columbia LNG Corporation and Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership; 
Application

June 14, 1994.
    Take notice that on June 7, 1994, Columbia LNG Corporation 
(Columbia LNG) and Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership (Cove Point LNG) 
filed an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717f(c), and subpart A of Part 157 of the 
Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 157.5, et seq. (1993). Columbia LNG 
requests authorization to (i) add a new point of delivery for 
Washington Gas Light Company (Washington); and (ii) construct and 
operate a new 12-inch tap at White Plains, Charles County, Maryland 
from which gas will be delivered to Washington. Columbia LNG and Cove 
Point LNG request expeditious consideration of their application due to 
an urgent request from Washington to have the tap in place by the up-
coming winter heating season to avoid the kind of pressure-related 
difficulties experienced by Washington on its southern Maryland system 
during the severe weather last winter.
    Columbia LNG and Cove Point LNG request that the Commission act 
upon the application independently of the applications filed by 
Columbia LNG in Docket No. CP94-57-000, as amended, and Cove Point LNG 
in Docket No. CP94-59-000, as amended. Columbia LNG has an application 
pending in Docket No. CP94-57-000, as amended, in which it is seeking 
authorization to abandon its facilities subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction and to transfer those facilities to Cove Point LNG. Cove 
Point LNG has an application pending in Docket No. CP94-59-000, as 
amended, in which Cove Point LNG is, inter alia, seeking authorization 
(i) to acquire Columbia LNG's facilities; (ii) for a blanket 
construction certificate; and (iii) to provide firm peaking services 
and firm and interruptible transportation on an open access and non-
discriminatory basis under subpart G of Part 284 of the Commission's 
regulations.
    In the event that Commission action in this proceeding occurs after 
acceptance of a certificate by Cove Point LNG in Docket No. CP94-59-000 
and the transfer of the facilities to Cove Point LNG, Columbia LNG and 
Cove Point LNG request that the authorization granted in this 
proceeding be issued to Cove Point LNG or in the alternative, be freely 
transferable by Columbia LNG to Cove Point LNG. Columbia LNG and Cove 
Point LNG state that Cove Point LNG is a party to this proceeding in 
order to facilitate this request.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before July 5, 1994, 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 385.211 and 
385.214 (1993)) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10 
(1993)). 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by Sections 7 
and 15 of the NGA 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 is required by the 
public convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is 
timely filed, or if the Commission on its motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-14894 Filed 6-17-94; 8:45 am]
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