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[FR Doc No: 94-31165]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-118-000]

 

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

December 14, 1994.
    Take notice that on December 12, 1994, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-118-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
permitting it to construct and operate certain pipeline loop and 
compression facilities to ensure continued transportation service to 
its shippers, all as more fully set forth in the application which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    East Tennessee proposes to construct and operate 2.14 miles of 12-
inch pipeline loop and 3.02 miles of pipeline loop, both in Washington 
County, Virginia as well as uprate three existing turbines at its 
Compressor Station No. 3110, in Morgan County, Tennessee to Solar 
Saturn Model T-1300's, each with an I.S.O. rating of 1360 horsepower, 
resulting in an increase of 960 horsepower. East Tennessee estimates a 
construction cost of $4,264,978, which would be financed initially with 
funds on hand, funds generated internally, borrowing under revolving 
credit agreements or short-term financing and which would be rolled 
into permanent financing.
    East Tennessee states that its current total firm contractual 
commitment is approximately 476,507 dt equivalent of natural gas per 
day. It is indicated that since 1988 East Tennessee's system has been 
designed to meet this obligation in part by receiving approximately 
5,000 dt equivalent of natural gas per day from Columbia Gas 
Transmission Corporation (Columbia Gas) and delivering it to Roanoke 
Gas Company (Roanoke) via an interconnect between Roanoke and Columbia 
Gas. It is stated that in 1988 East Tennessee and Roanoke entered into 
an operating agreement specifically providing that approximately 5,000 
dt equivalent of natural gas per day of Roanoke's total transportation 
quantity of 9,789 dt equivalent of natural gas per day could be 
delivered to Roanoke at the Columbia Gas interconnect. It is stated 
that this arrangement enabled East Tennessee to reduce the volumes that 
it was required to transport on its system to Roanoke and thus make 
those volumes available for East Tennessee's other customers.
    East Tennessee states that the operating agreement has expired by 
its own terms and that Roanoke has advised that it was not interested 
in extending the agreement. It is indicated that, as a result of 
terminated agreement, East Tennessee now proposes to construct and 
operate the above-described facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 4, 1995, 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 is 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 East Tennessee to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-31165 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]
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