[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14859]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-557-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Application

June 13, 1995.
    Take notice that on June 12, 1995, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed an application in Docket No. CP95-557-000 pursuant to 
Sections 7(b) and Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act requesting 
permission and approval to abandon, by removal, certain corroded 
pipeline segments and for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing it to construct, install and operate replacement 
facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Texas Eastern requests authorization to replace and operate a total 
of 1.74 miles of 30-inch pipeline on its Line No. 16 in Refugio and 
Aransas Counties, Texas. Texas Eastern also requests permission and 
approval to abandon, by removal, a total of 1.74 miles of existing 30-
inch Line No. 16 pipeline. The pipeline will be replaced in three 
discrete sections: from Milepost (MP) 170.52 to M.P. 171.46, from M.P. 
175.03 to M.P. 175.35, and from M.P. 179.34 to 179.82.
    Texas Eastern states that a routine in-line tool inspection of Line 
No. 16 performed in 1994 revealed areas of corrosion in the pipeline, 
necessitating replacement of the three identified segments. Texas 
Eastern states that the affected pipeline segments were constructed in 
1956 as authorized in Docket No. G-9784 (16 FPC 27). Texas Eastern 
notes that Line No. 16 is part of one of Texas Eastern's principal 
transmission lines from its access area to its market areas. It is 
asserted that if the corroded pipeline were to be taken out of service 
and not replaced, Texas Eastern would not be able to meet its certified 
service levels.
    Texas Eastern maintains that proposed replacements are required to 
maintain the integrity, safety, and reliability of its system. It is 
indicated that the pipeline segments will be replaced with the same 30-
inch diameter pipeline as the existing pipeline. Consequently, the 
project will have no impact on Texas Eastern's design delivery capacity 
of maximum daily design system capacity. Texas Eastern estimates that 
the proposed facilities will cost $1,820,000, which will be financed, 
initially, with corporate funds on hand. Permanent financing will be 
undertaken at a later date.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 20, 1995, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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 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 Texas Eastern to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14859 Filed 6-16-95; 8:45 am]
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