[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-20890] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: August 25, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP94-704-000, et al.] El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings August 18, 1994. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. El Paso Natural Gas Company [Docket No. CP94-704-000] Take notice that on August 8, 1994, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP94- 704-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to upgrade the existing Bell Ranch Tap in Maricopa County, Arizona to a meter station to permit El Paso to make additional firm deliveries of natural gas to Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest), all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. El Paso states that it can presently deliver 1,080 Mcf of natural gas per day at the existing Bell Ranch Tap. El Paso indicates that pursuant to an agreement with Southwest dated February 18, 1994, El Paso agreed to upgrade the Bell Ranch Tap to accommodate Southwest's request for the delivery of up to 650 Mcf per day of additional volumes to a maximum of 1,730 Mcf per day. According to El Paso, Southwest will use the additional volumes of natural gas to be delivered at the upgraded tap to serve existing and new residential, commercial, and industrial requirements in the area. El Paso further states that the total estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $73,000, and that Southwest has agreed to reimburse El Paso for the costs related to upgrading the Bell Ranch Tap to a meter station. Comment date: October 3, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 2. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company [Docket No. CP94-717-000] Take notice that on August 15, 1994, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP94-717-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon a compressor station which was authorized in Docket No. CP64-18,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\32 FPC 349 (1964). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panhandle proposes to abandon its Bartonville Compressor Station (1,000 horsepower) in Peoria County, Illinois, which is located on the extreme northern portion of its Peoria lateral. Panhandle states that the station is no longer required to provide continued service to customers located downstream;\2\ that the proposal would not result in abandonment of service nor deterioration of service to any of its existing customers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\Panhandle shows the customers as being (1) City of Bushnell, (2) Galesburg, IP, (3) Elmwood, CILCO, (4) Canton, CIPSCO, and (5) Hanna, CILCO. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panhandle estimates the cost of retiring the facilities to be $300,000 and the salvage value to be $59,000. Comment date: September 1, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 3. Koch Gateway Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP94-718-000] Take notice that on August 16, 1994, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed in Docket No. CP94-718-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to install a two-inch tap and meter station in Warren County, Mississippi, under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-430-000, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Koch states that the proposed delivery tap will serve the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi (Vicksburg). Koch estimates the cost of installing the proposed facilities to be $6,278, and indicates that it will be reimbursed by Vicksburg for the actual cost of the construction. Koch further states that the volumes proposed to be delivered to Vicksburg will be within Vicksburg's currently effective entitlements, and that the proposed activities will not affect Koch's ability to serve its other existing customers. Comment date: October 3, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 4. Shell Offshore, Inc. [Docket No. CP94-722-000] Take notice that on August 17, 1994, Shell Offshore, Inc. (SOI), One Shell Square, New Orleans, Louisiana 70139, filed a petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP94-722-000, requesting that the Commission declare that facilities to be constructed on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) would have the primary function of gathering natural gas and would thereby be exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. SOI states that it proposes to construct a seven-mile, 12-inch pipeline extending from the production platform in Mississippi Canyon Block 194 (MC-194), offshore Louisiana to a sub-sea interconnect with the 20-inch jurisdictional transmission line jointly owned by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company in Mississippi Canyon Block 148. SOI further states that the line would be owned by the working interest owners in MC-194 and would be used to gather their production. SOI indicates that the line would be operated at a pressure of 1250 psig and that compression, dehydration and separation facilities are located on the production platform in MC-194, but that any processing for the extraction and removal of liquids and liquefiable hydrocarbons would occur at onshore processing plants. SOI seeks a declaratory order holding that the proposed facilities would have the primary function of gathering natural gas and would thereby be exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act. In support of its claim that the primary function of the proposed facility is gathering, SOI points out the following: (1) the length (seven miles) and diameter (12 inches) are comparable to other OCS facilities previously determined to be gathering, (2) the geographic configuration of the facility (a small diameter gathering line feeding production into a larger diameter interstate pipeline) is consistent with other OCS gathering facilities, (3) the facility will be located entirely behind onshore processing plants, and (4) the facility will be owned by the working owners in MC- 194 to gather their production to a point where it can be received for transportation onshore. SOI indicates that 20,000 Mcf per day of production from MC-194 is currently curtailed due to inadequate pipeline capacity, and SOI requests that an expedited decision be issued permitting the facilities to be placed into service during the 1994 offshore Louisiana window. Comment date: September 2, 1994, in accordance with first paragraph of Standard Paragraph F 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. 94-20890 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P