[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37636-37637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17951]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-610-000]


Texas-Ohio Pipeline, Inc.; Application

July 17, 1995.
    Take notice that on July 11, 1995, Texas-Ohio Pipeline, Inc. 
(Texas-Ohio), 800 Gessner, Suite 900, Houston, Texas 77024, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon, by sale to Compressor Systems, Inc. 
(CSI) a portion of Texas-Ohio's compression facilities located in 
Garrard County, Kentucky, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Texas-Ohio states that in an effort to improve its operational 
efficiency and economic condition, the abandonment proposed herein will 
enable Texas-Ohio to streamline its operations, to reduce its existing 
transportation rates and continue to assure shippers service that will 
be more efficient as well as competitive.
    Specifically, Texas-Ohio proposes to abandon only a portion of its 
compression facilities consisting of a single Caterpillar engine with 
an Ariel JGK/4 compressor with frame and Airtech cooler and transfer 
those facilities back to CSI.
    Texas-Ohio states that it was constructed to operate as a winter 
peaking service which allowed gas flow around historical bottlenecks 
created in Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's (Tennessee) and Texas 
Eastern Transmission Corporation's (TETCO) supply area. Texas-Ohio 
states that its facilities consist of approximately 600 feet of 10-inch 
pipeline and two gas compression units each with approximately 980 
horsepower. With the advent of Order No. 636 and the restructuring of 
the interstate pipeline industry, Texas-Ohio states that its pipeline 
operations have significantly changed. It is stated that unbundling of 
pipeline services and rate structure changes on the interstate 
pipelines have changed the economics and the flow of natural gas on 
both the interconnecting pipelines of Texas-Ohio's system to a point 
where historical bottlenecks occur less often, requiring substantially 
less peaking service.
    It is stated that Texas-Ohio's facilities have been available for 
peaking service during the past two winter seasons. However, Texas-Ohio 
contends that, since the inception of Order No. 636, the amount of gas 
throughput has only required the use of a single compression unit, 
versus the two currently in place. Texas-Ohio states that upon 
Commission approval, the abandonment would allow Texas-Ohio to 
physically remove a single compression unit which would transfer back 
to CSI, leaving the second or like unit in place at the Texas-Ohio 
facilities assuring service, should it be requested. Although both 
units are identical and the removal of one unit versus the other will 
not make a difference, the unit selected for removal is the first unit 
located on the suction side or closest to the Tennessee 
interconnection. Further, it is stated that since the approval of the 
blanket transportation certificate by the Commission and the completion 
of the required open-season, no requests for firm (FTS) capacity have 
been received, requiring no allocation of system capacity.
    Texas-Ohio states that the authorization of the abandonment will 
serve the public interest by reducing cost of service, including 
operating expenditures for labor and equipment maintenance, thereby 
reducing Texas-Ohio's current transportation rates.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 7, 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment

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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 Texas-Ohio to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-17951 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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