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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP95-40-000]

 

Marathon Oil Company v. Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Complaint

November 17, 1994.
    Take notice that on November 10, 1994, Marathon Oil Company 
(Marathon), pursuant to Sections 4 and 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 
U.S.C.A. 717c and 717d (1984), and Rules 206 and 212 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 and 
385.212, submits for filing its complaint against Koch Gateway Pipeline 
Company (Koch).
    Marathon states that since January 1993, Koch has been charging a 
gathering fee to shippers transporting gas downstream of the Cotton 
Valley Plant operated by Marathon in Webster Parish, Louisiana. 
Marathon also asserts that Koch made representations to its shippers 
that the gas passed through various gathering facilities in order to 
justify the collection of a gathering fee.
    Marathon states that to its knowledge, no facilities being used by 
Koch to take residue gas from the Cotton Valley Plant ever performed a 
gathering service. Marathon maintains that the only active interconnect 
between the Cotton Valley Plant and Koch facilities is at SLN 4283, 
which refers to metering facilities that are downstream of the Cotton 
Valley Plant and only perform a transportation-related service.
    Marathon requests the Commission to find that (i) Koch does not 
perform a gathering service downstream of the Cotton Valley Plant; (ii) 
Koch violated its tariff and NGA Sec. 4 by charging a gathering rate to 
shippers for non-existent gathering services; and (iii) the metering 
facilities at SLN 4283 downstream of the Cotton Valley Plant perform a 
transmission function.
    Based on these findings, Marathon requests that the Commission 
order Koch to refund, with interest, all gathering charges collected by 
Koch on gas volumes received at the tailgate of the Cotton Valley 
Plant, and to grant such further relief as the Commission may find 
appropriate under the circumstances.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said complaint should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, in accordance with Rules 214 and 211 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure 18 CFR 385.214, 385.211. All such motions or 
protests should be filed on or before December 19, 1994. Protests will 
be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action 
to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a motion to 
intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection. Answers to this complaint shall be 
due on or before December 19, 1994.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-28926 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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