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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-71-000, et al.]

 

NorAm Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

November 23, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-71-000]

    Take notice that on November 14, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-71-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon certain facilities in Arkansas 
under NGT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000 and 
CP82-384-001 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 abandon in place Line KM-35, a 2 inch diameter line 
approximately 541 feet in length, and metering facilities located 
thereon in Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 17 West, Ouachita 
County, Arkansas. The line and metering facilities were originally 
installed in 1941 and certificated in Docket No. G-252 to provide 
service to Arkla, a division of NorAm Energy Corp for deliveries to 
Arkla's customer, Williams Roofing Co., and more recently, Celotex. 
Arkla has extended its existing distribution facilities from the Camden 
townborder to the Celotex plant and has requested that NGT's facilities 
be removed.
    NGT states that the line will be abandoned in place and cut and 
capped at the point where it intersects with Line KM-8 and all above 
ground facilities will be removed. All work will be done on an existing 
right-of-way.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

2. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

[Docket No. CP95-88-000]

    Take notice that on November 11, 1994, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline 
Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 filed in 
Docket No. CP95-88-000 a request pursuant to Section 157.205 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) for 
authorization to operate an existing delivery point and appurtenant 
facilities as jurisdictional facilities in Vermillion County, Indiana, 
under Panhandle's blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP86-585-
000 and CP83-83-000 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.
    Panhandle proposes to convert the authorization of the subject 
facilities from NGPA Section 311 to NGA Section 7 in order to use the 
delivery point for transportation services rendered under Panhandle's 
blanket certificates.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-89-000]

    Take notice that on November 18, 1994, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP95-89-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to construct and 
operate a new natural gas delivery point, located in Polk County, 
Florida under FGT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-553-
000 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.
    FGT proposes to construct and operate a new meter station and 
approximately 50 feet of 6-inch lateral line through which it would 
deliver gas to Panda-Kathleen, L.P. (Panda-Kathleen) for use in a 
combined-cycle cogeneration plant. FGT states that it would deliver 
17,260 MMBtu of gas on an average day and 6,300,000 MMBtu of gas per 
year to Panda-Kathleen under new interruptible and released firm 
transportation service agreements. FGT mentions that Panda-Kathleen 
would reimburse FGT for all construction costs, estimated to be 
$158,580.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

4. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP95-91-000]

    Take notice that on November 18, 1994, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. 
CP95-91-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.211) for authorization to construct and operate an interconnecting 
tap and appurtenant facilities to permit the Holland Board of Public 
Works (Holland BPW) to make deliveries to electric generating plants in 
the City of Holland, Michigan, under ANR's blanket certificate issued 
in Docket No. CP82-480-000 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.
    ANR proposes to construct and operate the interconnection to 
Holland BPW in order to make deliveries of up to 46,500 Mcf of gas per 
day under ANR's Rate Schedule ITS. It is estimated that the cost of 
constructing the facilities will be $69,500. It is stated that the 
volumes to be delivered will be within Holland BPW's certificated 
entitlement from ANR. It is asserted that the proposed construction and 
operation of the interconnecting facilities will have no adverse impact 
on ANR's peak day deliveries and that the deliveries can be made 
without detriment or disadvantage to any existing customer of ANR.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Atlantic Gas Systems, Inc.

[Docket No. CP95-92-000]

    Take notice that on November 18, 1994, Atlantic Gas Systems, Inc. 
(Atlantic), 600 Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP95-92-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act and Subpart A of Part 157 and Subpart G of Part 284 of 
the Commission's Regulations for a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity and a blanket certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing Atlantic to: (1) engage in the transportation of 
natural gas in interstate commerce as a natural gas company, (2) 
operate existing pipeline facilities as a small interstate connecting 
pipeline, (3) install compression facilities required to operate the 
pipeline, (4) transport natural gas on a self-implementing basis with 
pre-granted abandonment, and (5) charge initial rates for 
transportation through the pipeline facilities, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    It is stated that Atlantic is a trade name in West Virginia for 
Nycotex Gas Transport, Inc., a privately-held Colorado corporation 
authorized to do business as Atlantic in West Virginia. Atlantic has 
recently contracted to purchase from Mountaineer Gas Services, Inc. 
(Mountaineer), a West Virginia intrastate pipeline, 865 feet of 10-inch 
diameter pipe located in Cabell County, West Virginia which links the 
systems of Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) and 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee). Atlantic states that the 
facility was constructed in 1989 by a West Virginia intrastate pipeline 
which was acquired by Mountaineer in 1993. It is indicated that the 
pipeline was constructed to provide transportation service from the 
Tennessee system to the Columbia system under Section 311(a)(2) of the 
NGPA. Operations ceased on the facility when it was acquired by 
Mountaineer in 1993 and it has been idle since that time.
    Atlantic explains that since unlike Mountaineer and the previous 
operator of the pipeline, it has no intrastate operations and therefore 
must operate the pipeline under the Commission's NGA jurisdiction. 
Accordingly, Atlantic requests case-specific Section 7(c) authority to 
operate 865 feet of 10'' diameter pipeline extending from the 
interconnection with Tennessee to an interconnect with Columbia. 
Atlantic further requests authority to reinstall and operate a leased 
825-horsepower compressor which would be installed on an existing 
concrete skid. Finally, Atlantic requests a Part 284 Subpart G blanket 
certificate so that it can provide open-access transportation over the 
pipeline.
    Atlantic proposes to charge a maximum interruptible transportation 
(IT) rate of 10.9 cents per Dekatherm (Dt) plus a surcharge of 0.5 
percent for compressor fuel and an ACA surcharge. The proposed minimum 
IT rate is 0.0 cents per Dt. Atlantic asserts that firm transportation 
on its crossover pipeline is extremely unlikely, but has nonetheless 
derived FT rates, proposing a maximum reservation charge of $3.31 per 
Dt per month and a maximum commodity charge of 0.0 cents per Dt plus 
applicable fuel and ACA surcharges.
    Atlantic has filed a pro forma version of its proposed tariff which 
is designed to be in compliance with Order No. 636 except to the extent 
Atlantic has sought waiver of specific requirements of Order No. 436.
    Comment date: December 14, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

6. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

[CP95-93-000]

    Take notice that on November 21, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Applicant), P.0. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-93-000 for approval under Section 157.205 and 157.212 
for authorization to upgrade a delivery meter to T.W. Phillips Gas and 
Oil Company (Phillips) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    Applicant proposes to replace a 4'' meter tube with a 6'' turbine 
meter at its Pittsburgh Terminal Meter Station (Meter No. 2-0385), a 
delivery point to Phillips. Phillips has requested an increase of 
amounts transported under its firm transportation contract with 
Applicant. In order to deliver the increased volumes, Phillips has 
requested that Applicant upgrade Meter No. 2-0385.
    Applicant states that the proposed changes will be located on 
existing right-of-way, and that the cost is estimated at $35,000, 100% 
reimbursable to Applicant by Phillips. Applicant states that it has 
sufficient capacity to make the deliveries without detriment to any of 
Applicant's customers.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

7. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-96-000]

    Take notice that on November 21, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314, filed in Docket No. CP95-96-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for authorization to 
construct and operate ten new points of delivery in Ohio and West 
Virginia under Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP83-76-000 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.
    Columbia proposes to construct and operate ten new points of 
delivery to existing customers in Ohio and West Virginia. Columbia 
states that the estimated quantities of natural gas to be delivered to 
the delivery points is 15.0 Dth/day and the quantities to be provided 
will be within Columbia's authorized level of services.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

8. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-97-000]

    Take notice that on November 21, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314, filed in Docket No. CP95-97-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for authorization to 
construct and operate a new point of delivery for transportation 
service to West Virginia Power Gas Service (WV Power) in Monroe County, 
West Virginia, under Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP83-76-000 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.
    Columbia proposes to establish a new point of delivery to WV Power 
in Monroe County, West Virginia. Columbia states that it will deliver 
up to 500 dekatherms per day, 127,750 dekatherms annually, to WV Power 
at the new point, which will be utilized to serve the Federal 
Correction Center for Women at Alderson, West Virginia. Columbia states 
that the estimated cost to establish the new point of delivery will be 
$45,000, which Columbia has received a contribution-in-aid of 
construction from WV Power.
    Comment date: January 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

9. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-98-000]

    Take notice that on November 21, 1994, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Applicant), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 
77251, filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations requesting permission 
and approval to abandon natural gas sales service provided to 
Industrial Natural Gas Company (Industrial) under Applicant's Rate 
Schedule X-20, authorized in Docket No. CP67-302.1 Applicant's 
application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
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    Applicant states that on April 7, 1967, it and Valley Pipe Lines, 
Inc. (Valley) (predecessor-in-interest to Industrial) entered into a 
service agreement (Rate Schedule X-20) under which Applicant provided 
firm sales service of up to 500 Mcf per day of natural gas for delivery 
to an existing meter station located at Milepost 293.25 on Applicant's 
30-inch mainline in Fort Bend County, Texas. Natural gas purchased by 
Valley was resold to meet the requirements of American Canal Company. 
Applicant states that effective December 1, 1983, Valley transferred 
its interstate business to Industrial.
    Applicant states that the primary term of the service agreement 
expired on May 28, 1987, and that Applicant provided notice by letter 
dated June 9, 1992, of its intention to terminate the sales agreement. 
Applicant and Industrial subsequently entered into a letter agreement 
dated October 7, 1994, which provided for the termination of Rate 
Schedule X-20 service, effective with the date of Commission 
authorization. Applicant states that it does not propose to abandon any 
facilities pursuant to the instant application, and that no service to 
any other customer will be effected by the requested abandonment 
authorization.
    Comment date: December 14, 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 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. 94-29544 Filed 11-30-94; 8:45 am]
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