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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-65-000, et al.]

 

Transwestern Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

November 16, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Transwestern Pipeline Company and Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America

[Docket No. CP95-65-000]

    Take notice that on November 9, 1994, Transwestern Pipeline Company 
(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 and Natural Gas 
Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, 
Illinois 60148, filed in Docket No. CP95-65-000 a joint application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon an exchange service between Transwestern and 
Natural performed under Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's 
Rate Schedule X-18, authorized in Transwestern's Docket No. CP68-344 
and Natural's Docket No. CP68-358, all as more fully set forth in the 
joint application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    It is stated that pursuant to a gas exchange agreement between 
Transwestern and Natural dated August 16, 1968 (Agreement), 
Transwestern and Natural were authorized to exchange natural gas during 
periods of emergency in Eddy County, New Mexico and Hansford and Gray 
Counties, Texas. It is also stated that the exchange service was to be 
performed under Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-18.
    It is stated that by a termination agreement between Transwestern 
and Natural dated October 12, 1994, Transwestern and Natural agreed to 
terminate the Agreement as of December 1, 1993. It is also stated that 
Transwestern and Natural have therefore requested authority in this 
joint application to abandon the exchange service authorized in 
Transwestern's Docket No. CP68-344 and Natural's Docket No. CP68-358, 
which was to be performed by Transwestern and Natural under the 
Agreement, and cancel Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's 
Rate Schedule X-18.
    Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Trunkline Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-67-000]

    Take notice that on November 10, 1994, Trunkline Gas Company 
(Trunkline), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-67-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon 160 feet of 16-inch 
diameter pipeline located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Trunkline proposes to abandon 160 feet of its 205A-0100 Kaplan 
mainline located between Gate Valves 205A-1 and 205A-101, downstream of 
its Trident Lowery Plant. Trunkline states that in August 1992, it 
discovered that this segment of pipeline had incurred an internal 
corrosion leak and determined that it should be replaced under 
Sec. 2.55(b) of the Commission's Regulations. Trunkline also states 
that in December 1993, it removed the 160 feet of pipeline and rerouted 
the gas coming from the Trident Lowery Plant into its adjacent 24-inch 
Line 200-2 for a short haul to the next downstream crossover. Trunkline 
asserts that it is not necessary to replace the subject pipeline 
segment because its present system is capable of the short-haul of the 
Lowery Plant volumes without any detrimental impact on system 
requirements or daily operations.
    Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-74-000]

    Take notice that on November 15, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77056-1642, 
filed an application in Docket No. CP95-74-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) 
of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing it to provide additional firm long-term 
incremental transportation service for Rate Schedule FTS-7 and FTS-8 
customers, to construct and operate additional pipeline facilities 
required to render such services, and to charge revised FTS-7 and FTS-8 
rates reflecting the incremental facility costs, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Texas Eastern requests the subject authorization to provide firm 
transportation service for New Jersey Natural Gas Company (NJN), 
Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), and Colonial Gas Company (Colonial), 
collectively referred to as the Customers. Texas Eastern proposes to 
render the firm transportation service for the Customers to and from 
the interconnection of Texas Eastern's and CNG Transmission 
Corporation's (CNG) facilities at the Oakford storage field at Meter 
Station No. 082 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern 
states that it will redeliver the requested volumes of natural gas to 
the customers at existing points of delivery.
    Texas Eastern indicates that pursuant to Rate Schedules FTS-7 and 
FTS-8, a former SS-2 or SS-3 customer can request firm transportation 
under Rate Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 (``firm-up'') of all or a portion 
the interruptible delivery component of the service formerly provided 
under Rate Schedules SS-2 and SS-3. their service. It is further stated 
that Rate Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 also provide that if Texas Eastern 
goes forward with such requests, receives required authorizations and 
expands its system, the costs associated with the expansion will be 
borne by all Rate Schedule FTS-7 and FTS-8 customers
    In addition, to requesting authorization to provide additional 
transportation service to the Customers pursuant to Rate Schedules FTS-
7 and FTS-8, Texas Eastern seeks to construct and operate certain 
facilities necessary to provide this service and to ``roll-in'' the 
capital costs to its existing FTS-7 and FTS-8 rates as permitted by 
those rate schedules.
    Specifically, Texas Eastern requests authorization to:
    (1) Provide firm, additional, long-term, incremental transportation 
service of natural gas under Rate Schedules FTS-7 and/or FTS-8 of up to 
a total of 8,776 Dekatherms per day (Dthd) for the Customers as 
follows:

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                                                         FTS-7    FTS-8 
                                                         Dth/d    Dth/d 
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NJN...................................................    1,449        3
PGW...................................................      318        7
Colonial..............................................    6,984       15
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      Total...........................................    8,751       25
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    (2) Construct, install, own and operate facilities necessary to 
provide the proposed services, consisting of approximately 2.39 miles 
of 36-inch pipeline looping in two separate segments within the state 
of Pennsylvania. The specific facilities include:
     1.0 mile of 36-inch pipeline looping between Texas 
Eastern's Delmont Compressor Station in Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania and
     1.39 miles of 36-inch pipeline looping between Texas 
Eastern's existing Shermans Dale and Grantsville Compressor Stations in 
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
    The estimated total cost of the proposed facilities (in 1996 dollar 
is $8,203,000, of which $8,180,000 is attributable to FTS-7 service and 
the remaining $23,000 is attributable to FTS-8 service. Texas Eastern 
would finance the proposed facilities with short-term borrowings or 
funds on hand. Texas Eastern proposes to complete the construction and 
installation of the incremental facilities on or about November 1, 
1996, the proposed date of in-service for the firm transportation 
service proposed herein.
    (3) Adjust the reservation charges applicable to Rate Schedules 
FTS-7 and FTS-8 to reflect the impact of ``rolling in'' the costs 
associated with the expanded facilities. Texas Eastern states that the 
rate treatment is a material aspect of the agreements between it and 
the customers and therefore requests that the Commission specifically 
authorize this treatment, consistent with the Commission's previous 
``firm-up'' orders, the agreement of the parties and Section 10 of Rate 
Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8
    Based on the annual cost of service for the facilities proposed 
herein, Texas Eastern proposes for Rate Schedule FTS-7, a revised 
reservation charge of $7.138 per dth. For Rate Schedule FTS-8, Texas 
Eastern estimates a revised reservation charge of $6.972 per dth. Texas 
Eastern asserts that provision of this service will, therefore, have no 
impact on the rate or services of Texas Eastern's other customers. 
Prior to the commencement of the proposed incremental services, Texas 
Eastern states that it will file revised tariff sheets for Rate 
Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 to reflect the adjusted reservation charges.
    Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-78-000]

    Take notice that on November 15, 1994, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-78-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to construct and operate facilities located at Compressor 
Station 200, Chester County, Pennsylvania to comply with the Clear Air 
Act Amendments of 1990, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-426-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) 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.
    Transco states that the Clear Air Act Amendments of 1990 and state 
implementation plans pursuant thereto require certain reductions of 
NOX (oxides of nitrogen) air emissions at certain of Transco's 
compressor stations. Transco proposes to install certain facilities at 
the compressor stations to achieve the reductions of NOX. It is 
stated that Transco plans to install these facilities pursuant to its 
part 157 subpart F blanket certificate. \1\ Transco states that it 
would file under the prior notice procedure if the total cost of 
installing facilities at a compressor station exceeded $6.6 million.
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    \1\Transco states that it plans to install these facilities 
under the blanket authorization based on the precedent established 
in an order issued to Transco on December 27, 1993, in Docket No. 
CP93-737-000 (65 FERC  61,408). It is indicated that in that order 
the Commission authorized Transco to install under its blanket 
certificate a turbocharger at one of its compressor stations as a 
pilot project to reduce NOX emissions.
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    Specifically, Transco states that at Station No. 200 in Chester 
County, Pennsylvania it plans to install turbocharger and associated 
equipment on six of the thirteen existing engines in order to reduce 
NOX emissions. It is stated that these engines currently do not 
have turbochargers on them. It is also stated that on the other seven 
engines, Transco states that it plans to modify the existing 
turbochargers to increase their capacity and install associated 
equipment in order to reduce NOX emissions. It is stated that, in 
both cases, these emissions would be reduced because of an increase in 
the air-to-fuel ratio and other engine adjustments. Transco states that 
the higher air content serves to increase the heat capacity of the 
mixture in the combustion chamber, which lowers combustion temperature 
and thus reduces the formation of NOX.
    Transco further states that with respect to the installation of 
turbochargers on the six engines where there have been none before, the 
potential would be created of these engines being capable of performing 
at above their current operating horsepower. It is stated that since 
that station is automated, Transco has the ability to shut down other 
engines or reduce their load to ensure that the station would not 
operate above the stations' total certificated horsepower. Transco 
states that, since it would install these turbochargers at Station No. 
200 solely to address an environmental matter, i.e., NOx 
emissions, Transco has no intent or need to operate the station above 
its certificated horsepower. Therefore, Transco states that when it 
installs these turbochargers at Station No. 200, it would adjust the 
automation program at the station so the station would not operate 
above its certificated horsepower.\2\
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    \2\It is stated that the potential for increased horsepower on 
these six engines is the same as the situation that existed in 
connection with installation of the turbocharger referred to in 
footnote one of this notice. Transco states that as with the 
representation in this filing, in that previous case Transco 
represented that it would adjust the automation program at the 
station so the station would not operate above its certificated 
horsepower. As stated in footnote one, in that previous case the 
Commission authorized Transco to install the turbocharger pursuant 
to its blanket certificate, stating that `` the fact that the 
equipment has the potential to alter capacity is, in this instance, 
incidental to the purpose [of reducing NOx emissions] for which 
the turbocharger would be installed.''
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    Transco states that, at the other seven engines, modification of 
the existing turbochargers to increase their capacity would not create 
the potential of the engines performing above their current operating 
horsepower because the engines are already operating at maximum 
horsepower and cannot operate at a higher horsepower output. Thus, it 
is stated, there would be increase in the capacity on Transco's system 
in the vicinity of the station as a result of installation of the six 
new turbochargers. It is also indicated that all of the installation 
work would be within the yard of the existing station.
    It is stated that the estimated cost of Transco's proposed 
facilities in $14,694,000.
    Comment date: January 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G 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 Sec. 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. 94-29425 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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