[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 31710-31712] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-14740] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP90-1849-003, et al.] The Washington Water Power Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings June 8, 1995. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. The Washington Water Power Company [Docket No. CP90-1849-003] Take notice that on June 2, 1995, The Washington Water Power Company (``Water Power''), East 1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99202, filed an application under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act for authority to amend its existing certificate to allow for the continuation, for a limited term, the release of a portion of its Jackson Prairie Storage Project deliverability and capacity to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade), all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to the public inspection. Water Power states that it is a local distribution company engaged in the business of distributing natural gas within the states of Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho. Water Power explains that is a one-third owner of a natural storage field located in Lewis County, Washington, referred to as the Jackson Prairie Storage Project (Jackson Prairie). Water Power explains that the remaining undivided ownership interests belong to Northwest Pipeline Corporation and Washington Natural Gas Company, with the latter designated as the Project Operator. Water Power explains that Cascade and Water Power previously entered into an Agreement dated July 23, 1990, entitled ``Release of Jackson Prairie Storage Capacity'' (Release Agreement). Water Power explains that the Release Agreement calls for the release of 150,000 therms per day of firm deliverability, 55,328 therms per day of ``best efforts'' deliverability, and 4,800,000 therms of seasonal capacity to Cascade. Water Power states that the Release Agreement provided for an initial term expiring on April 30, 1995. Water Power proposes to continue the release of Jackson Prairie deliverability and capacity for an additional limited term expiring on April 30, 1998, with pregranted abandonment. Water Power states that the release would be on the same terms and conditions as previously approved by the Commission. Comment date: June 29, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 2. Northwest Pipeline Corporation [Docket No. CP90-2158-002] Take notice that on June 2, 1995, Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed an application in Docket No. CP90-2158-002, pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to amend existing certificate and abandonment authorizations to permit a three year continuation beyond the originally scheduled April 30, 1995 expiration date, until April 30, 1998, all as more fully described in the application which is on file with the Commission and available for public inspection. Northwest states that the Commission's November 23, 1990 order authorized Washington Water Power Company (Water Power), pursuant to an agreement dated July 23, 1990 (Release Agreement), to release 480,000 dth of storage capacity, 15,000 Dth per day of firm deliverability and 5,533 Dth per day of best efforts deliverability to Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Cascade) all attributable to Water Power's ownership share of the Jackson Prairie Storage Project (Jackson Prairie), for a limited term expiring April 30, 1995. Northwest explains that the November 23, 1990 order authorized Northwest to correspondingly reduce its existing Rate Schedule SGS-1 storage service obligations to Water Power and to provide replacement Rate Schedule SGS-1 service to Cascade, both for a limited term expiring April 30, 1995. Northwest states that by an April 28, 1995 amendment to the Release Agreement, Water Power and Cascade have agreed to extend the release of Jackson Prairie capacity and deliverability for an additional three years. Northwest requests amendments to its existing limited term abandonment and certificate authorizations to reflect continuation of the release-related Rate Schedule SGS-1 service changes until April 30, 1998. Comment date: June 29, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 3. Mojave Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP95-522-000] Take notice that on May 25, 1995, Mojave Pipeline Company (Mojave), 5001 E. Commercenter Drive, Suite 300, Bakersfield, California 93309, filed in Docket No. CP95-522-000 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 upgrade an existing delivery point, located in San Bernardino County, California to accommodate increased natural gas deliveries under Mojave's blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP89-001-000 and CP89-002-000 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. Mojave proposes to upgrade its existing Hector Delivery Point in order to deliver up to 280,000 MMBtu of natural gas per day to Southern California Gas Company and other potential customers. Mojave states that it would install an additional 12-inch meter tube, costing approximately $70,000, to provide additional delivery capacity. Mojave asserts that increased gas deliveries through the new facilities would have no impact on its ability to make peak day and annual deliveries. Mojave also states that this application will not have any effect on its pending rate case in Docket No. RP95-175-000. Comment date: July 24, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 4. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation [Docket No. CP95-533-000] Take notice that on June 1, 1995, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 14203, filed a request with the Commission in Docket No. CP95-533-000 pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to construct and operate appurtenant facilities at an existing delivery tap authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-4-000, all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. National proposes to construct and operate appurtenant facilities at an [[Page 31711]] existing delivery tap located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, The proposed facilities would provide service to an existing firm transportation customer, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (Distribution). National states that the actual construction would consist of replacing an obsolete regulator with a regulator having a higher designed capacity that would improve efficiency, flexibility and reliability. The estimated cost of the upgraded regulator would be $500, which National reports as being less costly than replacing the regulator with the same model. Comment date: July 24, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 5. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America [Docket No. CP95-534-000] Take notice that on June 1, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed in Docket No. CP95-534-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon, effective December 1, 1995: (1) A total maximum daily withdrawal quantity (dwq) of 100,573 Mcf of firm storage service authorized in Docket No. CP76-517-000 under Natural's Rate Schedule LS-2 for all four (4) of its remaining Rate Schedule LS-2 customers. Natural further requests authority to terminate and cancel its Rate Schedule LS-2; and (2) A total maximum dwq of 17,954 Mcf of firm storage service authorized in Docket No. CP78-175-000 under Natural's Rate Schedule LS- 3 for all five (5) of its remaining Rate Schedule LS-3 customers. Natural further requests authority to terminate and cancel its Rate Schedule LS-3. Natural states it currently provides storage services under its Rate Schedules LS-2 and LS-3 up to a total maximum dwq of 100,573 Mcf and 17,954 Mcf, respectively, for the customers listed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum Name of Rate Schedule LS-2 customer DWQ (/ Mcf) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associated Natural Gas Company............................... 600 North Shore Gas Company...................................... 30,000 The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company....................... 68,412 Wisconsin Natural Gas Company................................ 1,561 ---------- Total.................................................... 100,573 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum Name of Rate Schedule LS-3 customer DWQ (/ Mcf) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I.E.S. Utilities, Inc........................................ 2,031 Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company....................... 14,000 Midwest Gas.................................................. 580 City of Nebraska City, Nebraska.............................. 343 Wisconsin Natural Gas Company................................ 1,000 ---------- Total.................................................... 17,954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Natural states it has provided Rate Schedule LS-2 and LS-3 storage services for the above customers as authorized in Docket Nos. CP76-517- 000 and CP78-175-000, respectively. Natural states that its Rate Schedule LS-2 and LS-3 service agreements will expire December 1, 1995. Natural further states that its customers with expiring contracts have an option to remain storage customers on Natural by electing ``open access'' services under procedures as approved in Docket No. RP95-242- 000. Comment date: June 29, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 6. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America [Docket No. CP95-535-000] Take notice that on June 1, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed in Docket No. CP95-535-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon, effective December 1, 1995: a total maximum daily withdrawal quantity (dwq) of 1,480,800 Mcf of firm storage service authorized in Docket Nos. G-1757, G-6674, G-15328, G-18448, CP60-28, CP61-97, CP62-79, CP62-256, CP64- 113, CP65-169, CP66-169, CP68-164, CP69-164, and CP70-119 under Natural's Rate Schedule S-1 for all thirteen (13) of its remaining S-1 customers. Natural further requests authority to terminate and cancel its Rate Schedule S-1. Natural states it currently provides storage services under its Rate Schedule S-1 up to a total maximum dwq of 1,480,800 Mcf for the customers listed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum Name of Rate Schedule S-1 customer DWQ (/ Mcf) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associated Natural Gas Company............................... 1,838 Illinois Power Company....................................... 33,976 Interstate Power Company..................................... 9,003 I.E.S. Utilities, Inc........................................ 30,460 Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company....................... 160,081 Midwest Gas.................................................. 16,421 City of Nebraska City, Nebraska.............................. 4,462 Northern Illinois Gas Company................................ 464,768 Northern Indiana Public Service Company...................... 166,238 North Shore Gas Company...................................... 53,029 The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company....................... 527,810 Sullivan, Illinois, City of.................................. 1,693 Wisconsin Natural Gas Company................................ 11,021 ---------- Total.................................................... 1,480,800 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Natural states that of its thirteen (13) remaining Rate Schedule S- 1 customers, all but four (4) of these customer's service agreements have or will expire on or before December 1, 1995. Natural states its Rate Schedule S-1 service agreements with Midwest Gas, City of Nebraska City, Nebraska, Northern Illinois Gas Company, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company expire on April 1, 1996. Natural states that these four service agreements will be automatically converted to replacement ``open access'' service agreements for their remaining terms. Natural states that customers with expiring contracts have an option to remain storage customers on Natural by electing ``open access'' service under procedures approved in Docket No. RP95-242-000. Comment date: June 29, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 7. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP95-546-000] Take notice that on June 6, 1995, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP95-546-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, requesting permission and approval to abandon approximately 13.4 miles of transmission pipeline in Sheridan and Johnson Counties, Wyoming, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Specifically, Williston Basin states that it proposes to abandon approximately 13.4 miles of the 8-inch Billy Creek-Sheridan transmission line beginning in Johnson County, Wyoming and terminating in Sheridan County, Wyoming. It is averred that the Billy Creek- Sheridan line was installed in 1930 and that severe corrosion and leaks have been found throughout the line. This proposal represents a companion to Williston Basin's request in Docket [[Page 31712]] No. CP95-233-000, where Williston Basin proposes to replace approximately 13.4 miles of its Billy Creek Sheridan transmission line in Johnson and Sheridan Counties, Wyoming. It is stated that the facilities will be abandoned in place and are located entirely on existing right-of-way. Comment date: June 29, 1995, 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. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-14740 Filed 6-15-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P