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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP80-277-005, et al.]
Honeoye Storage Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
September 15, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Honeoye Storage Corporation
[Docket No. CP80-277-005]
Take notice that on September 13, 1994, Honeoye Storage Corporation
(Honeoye), P.O. Box 376, Honeoye, New York 14471 filed in Docket No.
CP80-277-005 a petition pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
requesting authority to amend the certificate issued February 7, 1975,
to increase the operating pressure of its existing transmission
pipeline during withdrawal operations, all as more fully set forth in
the application on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Honeoye requests authority to increase the operating pressure of
its transmission line from 774 psia to 900 psia during withdrawal
operations. Honeoye advises that it is not proposing to change the
maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) which has been 918 psia
since construction. Additionally, Honeoye states that there will be no
change in the service rendered to each of its customers.
Honeoye explains that it receives gas from Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (TGPC) at TGPC's main valve No. 236 in Ontario County, New York
and transports the gas for injection into Honeoye's storage field.
Honeoye states that during withdrawal operations, it redelivers gas to
TGPC at TGPC's main valve No. 236. Honeoye asserts that because of an
increase in TGPC's line pressure, Honeoye proposes to increase the
operating pressure of its transmission line to ensure continuation of
reliable storage service to its customers.
Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. Questar Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-765-000]
Take notice that on September 9, 1994, Questar Pipeline Company
(Questar), 79 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed in
Docket No. CP94-765-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act requesting authority to construct and operate certain
replacement natural gas facilities, all as more fully set forth in the
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Questar proposes to replace a 26.4-mile segment of its 10-inch Main
Line No. 68, located in Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado,
with 14-inch pipeline. Questar states that the deteriorated condition
of the 26.4-mile segment requires that it be replaced.
Questar asserts that, due to constraints in other portions of its
transmission system, there will be no significant increase in
transmission-system capacity as a result of replacing the existing 26.4
miles of 10-inch pipeline with 14-inch pipeline. The estimated cost of
the proposed construction is $5,500,000 and the estimated cost to
retire in place the 26.4 miles of 10-inch pipeline is $150,000.
Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Northern Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP94-767-000]
Take notice that on September 9,1994, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed
in Docket No. CP94-767-000, a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for
authorization to upgrade one town border station (TBS) and appurtenant
facilities to provide increased natural gas deliveries to Wisconsin
Power & Light Company (WP&L), under Northern's existing rate schedules
to accommodate increased commercial, industrial and residential service
at Mauston, Wisconsin, pursuant to Northern's blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern states that the estimated total volumes proposed to be
delivered to WP&L at the Mauston, Wisconsin TBS, located in Juneau Co.,
Wisconsin, are 2,850 MMBtu on a peak day and 383,800 MMBtu annually.
Northern advises that the total volumes to be delivered to the customer
after the request do not exceed the total volumes authorized prior to
the request. It is stated that the estimated total cost to install the
proposed delivery point is $56,800. Northern also states that WP&L
would make a contribution in aid to construction for the total amount.
Comment date: October 31, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
4. NorAm Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP94-770-000]
Take notice that on September 9, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission
Company (NGT), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in
Docket No. CP94-770-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205, 157.211
and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.211 and 157.212) for authorization to acquire and
operate certain facilities in Louisiana under NGT's blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et al., 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.
NGT proposes to acquire and operate five (5) existing delivery taps
and three (3) associated lines, Lines LIT-1, LIT-2 and LIM-1, located
in Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana. NGT states that these
facilities are currently owned and operated by NorAm Interstate and
used to receive gas from gathering lines or from NGT and to deliver
natural gas to one industrial customer, International Paper Company
(IP), and to the local distribution systems of Arkla, a division of
NorAm Energy Corp. (Arkla). NGT states that both IP and Arkla are also
existing customers of NGT. It is stated that NGT will acquire these
facilities from NorAm Interstate at the existing net book value of
approximately $1.9 million and use these facilities as part of its
existing interstate system.
Comment date: October 31, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
5. Ashland Exploration, Inc.
[Docket No. CP94-771-000]
Take notice that on September 9, 1994, Ashland Exploration, Inc.
(Ashland), P. O. Box 218330, Houston, Texas 77218-8330 filed in Docket
No. CP94-771-000 a request for a order declaring that the facilities
that it proposes to acquire from CNG Transmission Corporation (CNGT)
are exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction under 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.
Ashland states that it has agreed to purchase certain facilities
located in the Lincoln, Boone and Kanawha Counties of West Virginia.
These facilities include two compressors, related pipelines, associated
structures, and rights-of-way. Following the Commissions's grant of
abandonment and issuance of the proposed declaratory order CNGT will
transfer the facilities to Ashland. Ashland requests that the
Commission declare that these facilities are exempt from the
Commission's jurisdiction by reason of the ``production and gathering
exemption'' contained in Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act.
Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
6. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Mississippi River
Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-773-000]
Take notice that on September 12, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois
60148, and Mississippi River Transmission Corporation (MRT), 9900
Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63124, filed, in Docket No. CP94-773-
000, a joint application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order
permitting and approving the abandonment of the exchange service
performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-42 and MRT's Rate Schedule X-
9, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
Natural and MRT relate that they entered into a July 17, 1973, gas
exchange agreement with Kaskaskia Gas Company (as of 1988, United
Cities Gas Company (Kaskaskia-United Cities)) to assist Kaskaskia in
meeting peak day needs in several isolated areas of its system in
southern Illinois. Kaskaskia Gas Company was a local distribution
company with facilities in Illinois and a resale customer of both
Natural and MRT. Pursuant to the agreement, Natural, upon notice from
Kaskaskia, reduced its deliveries of sales gas at Cowden, Illinois in
amounts up to 500 Mcf of natural gas per day and Natural instead
delivered for the account of Kaskaskia corresponding volumes to MRT in
Clinton County, Illinois. MRT, in turn, simultaneously, delivered
equivalent volumes of natural gas to Kaskaskia for the account of
Natural at the Salem, Huey, and Iuka, Illinois delivery points of MRT
to Kaskaskia. Natural and MRT state that this exchange service was
authorized by order issued February 27, 1974, in Docket No. CP74-78-
000, and began on January 11, 1975.
Natural and MRT report that by letter agreements between Natural,
MRT and United Cities dated August 20, 1993 (accepted by MRT and United
Cities on September 7, 1993), and by a letter agreement between MRT and
United Cities dated August 2, 1994 (accepted by United Cities on August
5, 1994), that the parties agreed to terminate the exchange service as
of December 1, 1993. Further, Natural and MRT state that there are no
facilities to be abandoned pursuant to this application.
Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with 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 Secs. 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. 94-23430 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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