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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-626-000]

 

El Paso Natural Gas Co.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

June 30, 1994.
    Take notice that on June 23, 1994, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP94-626-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
construct and operate facilities to implement a new delivery point (the 
Skellytown Meter Station) in Carson County, Texas, under its blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000,\1\ all as more fully set 
forth in the request for authorization on file with the Commission and 
open for public inspection.
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    \1\See, 20 FERC 62,454 (1982).
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    El Paso states it has entered into a Transportation Service 
Agreement with Southern Union Gas Company (Southern Union) dated April 
22, 1994, (TSA) for the interruptible transportation and delivery of 
natural gas to Southern Union at the proposed Skellytown Meter Station 
of up to 29,000 Mcf annually and 310 Mcf per peak day. El Paso states 
the transportation will be provided pursuant its blanket transportation 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP88-433-000.\2\ Southern Union 
currently provides natural gas service to Skellytown, Texas, and it has 
requested new natural gas service from El Paso to increase the 
dependability of gas deliveries to Skellytown. El Paso states that the 
proposed delivery point will be located at milepost 54.4 on El Paso's 
E.P.N.G. Schafer Plant--Dumas Plant Line and Loop Line in Carson 
County, Texas.
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    \2\See, 45 FERC 61,175 (1988).
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    El Paso states that construction of the proposed delivery point is 
not prohibited by its existing tariff and that it has sufficient 
capacity to deliver the requested gas volumes without detriment or 
disadvantage to it's other customers. It also states that the 
construction and operation of the proposed delivery point will not be a 
major Federal action significantly affecting the human environment. The 
total estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $48,900; and, El 
Paso states Southern Union has agreed to reimburse El Paso for the 
costs related to construction pursuant to a December 6, 1993 letter 
agreement.
    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 Sec. 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. 94-16381 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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