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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-672-001]

 

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America; Notice of Amendment

December 6, 1994.
    Take notice that on November 30, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148, 
filed to amend its application in Docket No. CP93-672-000 for 
permission authorizing the abandonment of facilities constructed in the 
1930's and 1960's, and partial replacement of these facilities, all as 
more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Natural requested authorization in Docket No. CP93-672-000 for the 
abandonment of approximately 490 miles of the original 24'' Amarillo 
No. 1 mainline and one 12,000 HP engine at intermediate Compressor 
Station 195 located in Washington County, Kansas. Natural also 
requested the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and 
Necessity authorizing it to construct and operate: (1) Approximately 
9.41 miles of 30'' loop and three separate segments of 36'' loop 
totaling approximately 18.66 miles in Hutchinson County, Texas; Ford 
County, Kansas; Lincoln County, Kansas; and Otoe County, Nebraska, 
respectively, at an aggregate estimated cost of $19,020,000; and, (2) 
one 14,500 HP compressor engine, by means of retrofitting one existing 
12,000 HP engine to 14,500 HP, at Compressor Station 195 located in 
Washington County, Kansas, at an estimated cost of $5,925,000. Natural 
indicated that the abandonment and construction project was proposed to 
increase the reliability of Natural's services and reduce operating 
costs by eliminating or replacing parts of the system that are obsolete 
and require high operation and maintenance costs.
    In Docket No. CP93-672-001 Natural proposes to amend its 
application in Docket No. CP93-672-000 to eliminate from that docket 
the proposed abandonment and construction activity south of its Hooker 
Lateral in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Natural states that it is now 
requesting authorization to abandon approximately 308 miles of its 24-
inch diameter Amarillo No. 1 line and one compressor engine at its 
Compressor Station 195 located in Washington County, Kansas. According 
to Natural's application to amend, it is also requesting authorization 
to construct and operate approximately 9.46 miles of 36-inch diameter 
pipeline in Otoe County, Nebraska and one 14,500 horsepower compressor 
engine, by means of retrofitting an existing engine, at its Compressor 
Station 195. Natural estimates the total cost of the new construction 
to be approximately $12,828,000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 27, 1994, 
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 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 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 Natural to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-30426 Filed 12-9-94; 8:45 am]
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