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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-104-000, et al.]

 

Northwest Pipeline Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

December 7, 1994.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-104-000]

    Take notice that on November 29, 1994, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-104-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 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 by removal its 
existing Piceance Creek Meter Station (Piceance Station) located in Rio 
Blanco County, Colorado, under Northwest's blanket certificate issued 
in Docket No. CP82-433-000 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.
    Northwest proposes to abandon and remove the Piceance Station due 
to a lack of contract obligations for service since 1989 and the fact 
that Questar Pipeline Company (Questar) has removed its immediately 
adjacent interconnecting downstream facilities, thus making it 
operationally impossible for Northwest to continue to deliver natural 
gas. The Piceance Station is located in Section 8, Township 2 South, 
Range 96 West, in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, at milepost 0.05 on 
Northwest's Piceance Creek Lateral. The Piceance Station currently 
shares the station site with other facilities which will continue to be 
operated by Williams Gas Processing Company. The estimated cost of 
removal is $7,000 and the station site will be regraveled.
    In Docket No. CP67-141 (37 FPC 304) Northwest's predecessor was 
authorized to construct and operate the Piceance Station for providing 
service under special Rate Schedule X-17. The Piceance Station 
consisted of a 4-inch meter and appurtenances located near the eastern 
end of Northwest's Piceance Creek Lateral. Pursuant to Commission order 
dated April 8, 1992 in Docket No. CP92-252-000 (59 FERC 62,020), 
Northwest was authorized to abandon service to Questar under Rate 
Schedule X-17 at the Piceance Station.
    Comment date: January 23, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

2. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-106-000]

    Take notice that on November 30, 1994, as supplemented December 5, 
1994, Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado 
Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket No. CP95-106-000 a request 
pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.208 of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.208) for 
authorization to construct and operate a new lateral pipeline facility, 
under CIG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-21-000, 
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.
    CIG proposes to construct and operate the Parachute Creek Lateral 
(Parachute), a new 16-inch pipeline and appurtenant facilities in 
Garfield and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado at an estimated cost of 
$9,302,000 for the receipt of gas from fields located in the Piceance 
Basin in Garfield County, Colorado. CIG states that Parachute will 
connect to CIG's 20-inch Uinta Basin Lateral which in turn connects to 
CIG's 22-inch and 24-inch Wyoming Main Line.
    Specifically, CIG proposes to construct 36.8 miles of 16-inch 
pipeline and a meter station consisting of two 6-inch meter runs to 
receive the gas into the lateral. CIG states that long term (10 year) 
signed contracts with Snyder Oil Corporation and UtiliCorp United Inc. 
for 37,000 Dth per day supporting the need for the proposed Parachute 
facilities are included as an appendix to its application. 
Additionally, CIG states that it will hold an open season for capacity 
on the lateral with capacity awarded based on net present value. CIG 
further states that compression may be installed should firm capacity 
being requested exceed the available capacity.
    Comment date: January 23, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.

[Docket No. CP95-113-000]

    Take notice that on December 5, 1994, K N Interstate Gas 
Transmission Co. (K N Interstate), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado, 
80228, filed in Docket No. CP95-113-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to install, own 
and operate certain jurisdictional pipeline and compression facilities, 
all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    K N Interstate proposes to install, own and operate 43.9 miles of 
16-inch pipeline, running parallel to its existing mainline, from a 
point near the town of Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming to a point 
near the town of Douglas in Converse County, Wyoming; 8.0 miles of 16-
inch pipeline to connect the Douglas Processing Plant to K N 
Interstate's mainline near the town of Douglas in Converse County, 
Wyoming; and a 2,000 horsepower compressor at the Guernsey Compressor 
Station in Platte County, Wyoming. K N Interstate estimates the cost of 
the facilities to be $14.9 million.
    It is stated that K N Interstate currently operates a gas 
processing plant at Casper, Wyoming, which is used to process supplies 
of gas received from sources west of Casper. It is stated that the 
plant is a lean oil absorption plant which uses Freon, a 
chlorofluorocarbon, as a refrigerant. K N Interstate states that since 
the production and use of chlorofluorocarbons is being phased out, K N 
Interstate must take action with regard to the Casper Plant. K N 
Interstate submits that its best course of action involves the closure 
of the Casper Plant and the construction of pipeline facilities to 
facilitate the movement of unprocessed gas to an existing processing 
plant located near Douglas, Wyoming, for processing.
    K N Interstate states that it is faced with capacity constraints on 
its pipeline system downstream of Casper. K N Interstate further states 
that based on the results of an open season, shippers have indicated an 
interest in additional capacity, in the amount of 83,500 Mcf per day. K 
N Interstate maintains that, in addition, the development of new gas 
supplies from sources west of Casper support the need for additional 
pipeline capacity out of the area. K N Interstate submits that it can 
solve the capacity constraint downstream of Casper and move incremental 
volumes of gas as they are developed by selecting a pipe sized larger 
than that which would be necessary to move only the unprocessed gas 
stream east of Casper and adding a new compressor unit at an existing 
compressor station. K N Interstate maintains that such a configuration 
will result in increased system reliability, flexibility and 
redundancy.
    K N Interstate states that the proposed facilities will enable K N 
Interstate to close its Casper Processing Plant and move the gas 
currently being processed at Casper to the Douglas Processing Plant. In 
addition, K N Interstate states that the proposed facilities will 
enable K N Interstate to transport incremental volumes of up to 47,500 
Mcf per day from the west end of its transmission pipeline system. K N 
Interstate further states that it will charge the firm transportation 
rates that result from its current rate proceeding for transportation 
of gas through the proposed facilities.
    Comment date: December 28, 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 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-30924 Filed 12-15-94; 8:45 am]
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