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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-607-000, et al.]

 

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

June 22, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP94-607-000]

    Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642, 
Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP94-607-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon effective December 20, 1994 of the 
firm transportation service Texas Eastern renders for Northern Natural 
Gas Company (Northern) under Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-80, 
(authorized in Docket No. CP76-362-000 Commission order issued August 
31, 1976), all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern notified Texas Eastern of Northern's election to terminate 
Rate Schedule X-80 at the end of the primary term, December 20, 1994. 
Texas Eastern does not propose to abandon any facilities.
    Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP94-533-000]

    Take notice that on July 21, 1994, at 10:00 am, the Commission 
Staff will convene a technical conference in the above captioned docket 
to discuss issues raised by the intervenors related to the proposal of 
Tennessee to abandon by sale, to Channel Industries Gas Company, either 
a undivided 30% interest in its ``San Salvador'' and its ``La Rosa/
Mustang Island,'' or alternatively, a undivided 100% interest in these 
facilities to Channel.
    The conference will be held at the offices of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 810 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All 
interested parties are invited to attend. However, attendance at the 
conference will not confer party status.
    For further information, contact George Dornbusch (202) 208-0881, 
Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7102C; or Hyun Kim (202) 208-2960, 
Office of General Counsel, Room 4014, 825 North Capitol Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.

3. Northern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP94-608-000]

    Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an 
order permitting and approving the abandonment by sale to Enron 
Gathering Company (EGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Operations 
Corp., certain compression, dehydrating, delivery point and pipeline 
facilities, with appurtenances, located in various counties in Texas, 
Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado and services rendered thereby. 
Northern also requests approval concurrent with the conveyance of the 
facilities to EGC to abandon certain agreements and services, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern request permission and approval to abandon by sale to EGC 
the jurisdictional gathering facilities upstream of the initial point 
of transmission which includes certain pipeline, compression, 
purification, and dehydration and appurtenant facilities pursuant to 
the Contract for Sale and Purchase of Assets dated June 14, 1994. 
Northern's gathering facilities are comprised of 66 gathering systems 
consisting of approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines 
spread throughout three separate major producing regions located in the 
Anadarko area of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in 
Kansas and the Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in 
Wyoming and Colorado. Northern also requests permission and approval to 
permit Northern to transfer and assign any gathering contracts and 
delivery services to EGC with the transfer of the facilities.
    Northern states that EGC would operate the gathering system on a 
non-jurisdictional basis and would assume all future operational and 
economic responsibility for these facilities. Northern states that the 
transfer would be subject to EGC assuming any of Northern's contractual 
obligations which may exist at the time of the effective date of the 
sale, and EGC would agree to provide gathering services previously 
provided by Northern. Northern states that EGC intends to operate the 
gathering facilities herein in a not unduly discriminatory manner and 
would negotiate with the parties receiving gathering services from 
Northern in each geographic area to establish the rates, terms, and 
conditions that would apply in each geographic area.
    Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Enron Gathering Company

[Docket No. CP94-610-000]

    Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Enron Gathering Company (EGC), 
P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed a petition for 
declaratory order in Docket No. CP94-610-000, requesting that the 
Commission declare that facilities to be acquired by EGC from Northern 
Natural Gas Company (Northern) are gathering facilities exempt from the 
Commission's Regulations pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    EGC states that Northern is concurrently seeking in Docket No. 
CP94-608-000, among other things, to abandon what it characterized as 
its certificated gathering facilities comprising a portion of the 
facilities to be conveyed to EGC. It is stated that the systems that 
EGC seeks to acquire comprise 66 gathering systems consisting of 
approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines spread throughout 
three separate major producing regions located in the Anadarko area of 
the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in Kansas and the 
Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in Wyoming and 
Colorado. It is indicated these systems with few exceptions (1) operate 
at low pressure typically less than 250 psig; (2) consist of short, 
small diameter pipe, between 2-inch for the smallest tie lines up to 
26-inch in diameter for the final segments of some gathering lines 
before entering the transmission compressor; (3) form a web like 
configuration in appearance; and (4) are located upstream of the point 
of compression on Northern's transmission facilities. EGC states that 
some of these facilities have been certificated without regard as to 
whether the facilities actually qualify as gathering facilities.
    EGC states that it would offer gathering, treating, dehydrating, 
purification and compression services to producers and shippers seeking 
such services and would compete with the numerous other unregulated 
gatherers of gas in the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma 
and Texas upon the granting of this petition. EGC states it intends to 
operate the gathering facilities in a not unduly discriminatory manner 
and would offer existing customers the opportunity to continue service 
under mutually agreeable terms, conditions and rates on a basis 
consistent with services offered by other gatherers in the same 
geographic area.
    EGC states that these facilities perform services in the production 
area prior to transportation in interstate commerce which are not 
subject to Commission jurisdiction under the NGA and that there is no 
longer any basis for continued Commission regulation of the facilities 
or the rates or terms or conditions of service to be offered by EGC 
upon the granting of this petition.
    Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with the first paragraph 
of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

5. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP94-611-000]

    Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-611-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act for permission and approval to abandon a transportation service 
which was authorized in Docket No. CP75-276,1 all as more fully 
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
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    Tennessee proposes to abandon an interruptible transportation 
service provided for Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) 
under an agreement dated September 8, 1975, on file as Tennessee's FERC 
Rate Schedule T-24. It is stated that the service involves the 
transportation of natural gas from receipt points in Cameron and Acadia 
Parishes, Louisiana, to a delivery point located in Bergen County, New 
Jersey, where it is delivered to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation for PSE&G's account. Tennessee explains that the service is 
no longer required and that the parties terminated the arrangement by 
letter agreement dated April 5, 1994.
    Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

6. Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company

[Docket No. CP94-613-000]

    Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company 
(LNT), Suite 710, 16475 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75248-2661, filed 
in Docket No. CP94-613-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and approval to 
abandon certain facilities that currently function as local 
distribution facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    In its application, LNT proposes to abandon several laterals off 
its mainline that function as local distribution facilities rather than 
interstate pipeline facilities. LNT states that upon abandonment it 
would treat such facilities as part of its distribution system, which 
is regulated by the states of Arkansas and Louisiana.
    Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

7. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP94-615-000]

    Take notice that on June 20, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-615-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212) for authorization to operate an existing delivery point under 
Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-413-000 
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.
    Tennessee proposes to operate the existing delivery point facility, 
located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, that was initially 
constructed pursuant to Section 311(a) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 
1978 (``NGPA'').
    The request for authorization states that Tennessee has constructed 
this delivery point under Section 311(a) of the NGPA for use in the 
transportation of natural gas under subpart B of part 284 of the 
Commission's Regulations. Tennessee states that since it renders 
significant transportation service under its subpart G blanket 
certificate, it is imperative that maximum flexibility be attained so 
that its facilities can be used for the benefit of all customers on 
Tennessee's system.
    Tennessee states that the delivery of volumes through the existing 
delivery point would not impact Tennessee's peak day and annual 
deliveries; that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its 
existing tariff; and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the 
changes proposed herein without detriment or disadvantage to 
Tennessee's other customers.
    Comment date: August 8, 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. 94-15802 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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