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[FR Doc No: 94-20890]


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[Federal Register: August 25, 1994]


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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.
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    \1\32 FPC 349 (1964).
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    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.
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    \2\Panhandle shows the customers as being (1) City of Bushnell, 
(2) Galesburg, IP, (3) Elmwood, CILCO, (4) Canton, CIPSCO, and (5) 
Hanna, CILCO.
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    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]
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