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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-564-002, et al.]

 

ANR Pipeline Co., et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings

November 14, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP93-564-002]

    Take notice that on November 9, 1994, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed an amendment 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to its July 19, 1993 
application, as amended February 18, 1994, for authorization to 
construct and operate pipeline and related facilities at the United 
States-Canada International Boundary proximate to St. Clair, Michigan, 
all as more fully set forth in the amendment which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    ANR states that its project has been restructured. First, ANR 
states that two shippers, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon) 
and The Consumers' Gas Company Limited (Consumers Gas), will now 
transport up to 75,000 Mcf per day. (Consumers Gas was the only shipper 
in the original application with a maximum transportation volume of 
66,000 Mcf per day.) Second, Consumers Gas now intends to construct and 
operate the facilities in Canada necessary to transport gas delivered 
by ANR. Third, ANR has eliminated the ANR/Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
custody transfer measurement facilities proposed in the original 
application, included the cost of the ANR/MichCon Columbus Meter 
Station, and has reflected new pipe material specifications and 1995 
cost adjustments in its cost of facilities. This results in an 
estimated cost of facilities of $15,298,000.
    Comment date: December 5, 1994, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-56-000]

    Take notice that on November 4, 1994, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (Natural), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 14203, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-56-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to abandon certain delivery point connections, under its 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-4-000,1 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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    Natural seeks authorization to abandon various delivery point 
connections located in Clarion, Forest and Jefferson Counties, 
Pennsylvania. These delivery points currently serve 26 residential gas 
customers of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (Distribution). 
Natural states that these delivery points are located along non-
jurisdictional production pipelines that will be conveyed to G & G Gas, 
Incorporated, a local production company in Pennsylvania. Natural 
states that Clarion River Gas Company (CRG), a Pennsylvania public 
utility will assume service obligations to these 26 customers following 
the conveyance. Natural also states that Distribution and all 26 
affected customers have consented to the abandonment. Natural states 
that the facilities were authorized in Docket Nos. CP73-294-000 and 
CP90-1399-000.
    Pursuant to Sec. 157.216(b), National confirms that it has provided 
notice of the proposed abandonments to the Pennsylvania Public Utility 
Commission (PaPUC), which is the state commission having jurisdiction 
over Distribution in this proceeding. In addition, the transfer of 
customers from Distribution to CRG will require approval of the PaPUC. 
Natural states that an application for such approval has been filed by 
Distribution.
    Comment date: December 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-62-000]

    Take notice that on November 4, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia) filed an abbreviated application in Docket No. 
CP95-62-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157 of the Commission's regulations, for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and operation of 
certain natural gas storage facilities at its existing Crawford Storage 
Field. Columbia seeks authorization to increase annual turnover by 
approximately 8.2 Bcf with an associated increase in design day 
deliverability of approximately 67 MMcfd. Columbia proposes to increase 
storage capacity of its Crawford Storage Field to offset the temporary 
deactivation of storage operations at Columbia's Majorsville Storage 
Complex located on the West Virginia and Pennsylvania border. 
Columbia's proposal is more fully described in its application which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Columbia seeks a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity authorizing: (a) Increased operations at the Crawford 
Storage Field located in Hocking and Fairfield Counties, Ohio with a 
maximum storage capacity of 52 Bcf excluding 9 Bcf of native gas with 
17.65 Bcf of annual turnover and 232.2 MMcfd of design day 
deliverability; (b) the construction and operation of four additional 
storage wells; and (c) the construction and operation of 5.01 miles of 
replacement and new pipelines and appurtenances if the Crawford Storage 
Field and at the Crawford Compressor Station in Hocking and Fairfield 
Counties, Ohio.
    Columbia states that the increase in Crawford's storage 
capabilities is necessary due to the allocation of all Columbia's 
storage capacity to its customers as part of the implementation of 
Order No. 636. If Columbia does not replace the lost storage capability 
at Majorsville Storage Complex with an equivalent capability at 
Crawford, then it will have less storage to meet its long-term Firm 
Storage Service (FSS) commitments than was approved by the Commission 
in Columbia's Order No. 636 proceeding.
    Columbia is filing an application for the Majorsville Storage 
Complex, contemporaneously with the instant application in a separate 
docket, seeking any and all authorizations necessary to temporarily 
deactivate the facilities.
    Comment date: December 5, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph:

    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, DC 
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-28734 Filed 11-21-94; 8:45 am]
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