[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39720-39723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19126]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-636-000, et al.]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al. Natural Gas
Certificate Filings
July 28, 1995.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation )
[Docket No. CP95-636-000]
Take notice that on July 24, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251,
filed pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7(b) of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's Regulations, an application in the above docket for an
order approving the partial abandonment of Transco's Exxon Lateral,
located in Mobile County, Alabama, to enable Transco to sell a partial
ownership interest in such facility to Florida Gas Transmission Company
(FGT), all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
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Specifically, Transco states that pursuant to the authorizations
granted by the Commission in Docket No. CP92-182, et al., Transco and
FGT jointly own and operate the Mobil Bay Lateral (Also referred to
sometimes as the ``Onshore Mobil Bay Pipeline''), a 123.4 mile, 30-inch
diameter pipeline extending from the Mobil Oil Exploration and
Producing Southeast Inc., gas treatment plant near Coden in Mobile
County, Alabama, to an interconnection with FGT's main line near
Citronelle, Alabama, and on to an interconnection with Transco's main
line near Butler, Alabama. Transco further states that in June 1994, it
completed construction of a two-mile, 26-inch diameter pipeline,
referred to as the ``Exxon Lateral'', extending from an interconnection
with Mobil Bay Lateral to an interconnection with the Exxon Mobil Bay
Partnership gas treatment plant (Exxon Plant) located near Coden in
Mobile County, Alabama.
Transco states that it has agreed to sell, and FGT has agreed to
purchase, a 37.22% undivided ownership interest in the Exxon Lateral.
The purchase price to be paid by FGT for such ownership interest will
be 37.22% of Transco's net book value of the Exxon Lateral as of the
closing of the purchase and sale.
Comment date: August 7, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
2. Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.
[Docket No. CP95-637-000]
Take notice that on July 24, 1995, Iroquois Gas Transmission
System, L.P. (Iroquois), One Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Shelton,
Connecticut 06484, filed in Docket No. CP95-637-000, an application
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and
operate a compressor station to be located near Athens, New York.
Iroquois states that the compressor station is necessary to provide
natural gas transportation services for three shippers in an aggregate
amount of 75,000 Mcf per day (Mcf/d). Iroquois proposal is more fully
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection.
Iroquois proposes to construct and operate a new compressor station
to be located near Athens, Greene County, New York. The proposed Athens
compressor station will be the third compressor station on Iroquois'
system and will be rated as a 9,500 horsepower turbo-compressor unit.
Iroquois says that this new compressor station, along with other system
design and operational changes, will be required to provide the 75,000
Mcf/d of requested firm service. The estimated cost of the proposed
Athens compressor station is approximately $21 million, as detailed in
Exhibit K of Iroquois' application. The other system design changes
described by Iroquois include aerodynamic assembly changes at Iroquois'
Wright compressor station which will increase the capacity made
available by that station; and the installation of a new compressor
station by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. at Iroquois, Ontario, which will
increase the pressure at which deliveries are made by TransCanada into
the Iroquois system at Waddington, New York from 1400 psig to 1440
psig.
In its application Iroquois states that it has entered into
Precedent Agreements with CNG Energy Services Corporation for new firm
transportation service for 50,000 Mcf/d, with Enron Capital and Trade
Resources Corporation for new firm transportation service for 15,000
Mcf/d, and with Coastal Gas Marketing Company for new firm
transportation service for 10,000 Mcf/d. Iroquois proposes to provide
firm gas transportation service for these three shippers under its Part
284, Subpart G, Blanket Certificate and will be performed pursuant to
Iroquois' RTS Rate Schedule and associated General Terms and Conditions
of Iroquois' FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 1. Iroquois will
charge its effective Part 284 open-access RTS rates for the new
service.
Iroquois proposes to roll-in the costs of the construction and
operation of the new Athens compressor station with the costs and rates
of its existing system. Consistent with the Commission's recently
issued policy statement in Docket No. PL94-4, Iroquois has filed a
schedule which details the anticipated annual costs of the Athens
compressor station and the increased system revenues associated with
the new transportation service. Iroquois says that the schedule clearly
shows that construction and installation of the Athens compressor
station and a rolling in of the associated costs and revenues will have
no detrimental financial impact on Iroquois' existing shippers.
Iroquois anticipates that the net effect of such a rolling in will
benefit existing shippers by reducing their annual costs by $1.6
million. Iroquois says that the impact of this benefit will be almost
immediate, because the new service is proposed to commence on November
1, 1996, and Iroquois is required to file its next rate case on
November 29, 1996, with such filing having an anticipated effective
date of January 1, 1997.
Iroquois proposes to collect the return of capital for the Athens
compressor station through the use of a 10% depreciation rate for this
specific facility. Iroquois says that the 10% depreciation rate is
consistent with the contractual arrangements supporting installation of
the Athens compressor station and will allow Iroquois to recover the
costs of the station over a period equal to the ten-year term of those
contracts.
Iroquois is a limited partnership organized under the laws of
Delaware. The limited partnership consists of eleven general partners
and one limited partner, whose names and respective percentage
interests are shown in Iroquois' application. The Iroquois pipeline
extends from the New York-Canadian border near Iroquois, Ontario,
through the states of New York and Connecticut, and terminates near
South Commack, New York on Long Island.
Comment date: August 21, 1995, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Intermountain Municipal Gas Association
[Docket No. CP95-638-000]
Take notice that on July 21, 1995, InterMountain Municipal Gas
Association (IMGA) 1 , C/O Wheatley & Ranquist, 34 Defense Street,
Annapolis, MD 21401 filed in Docket No. CP95-638-000 a petition under
Rule 207 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.207) for a declaratory order resolving the following jurisdictional
issues: (1) Does the Utah Public Service Commission have jurisdiction
over transportation of natural gas through Mountain Fuel 's pipeline
for delivery to certain members of the IMGA (Cities) and the Cities'
request for interconnections with Mountain Fuel; or (2) Does the
Commission have sole jurisdiction pursuant to the petition of the
Cities of said transportation under the Natural Gas Act?
\1\ Members of the IMGA consist of the Cities of Blanding,
Fayette, Hatch, Hilldale, Kanab, Manilla, Panquitch, Utah and
Colorado City, Arizona. It is stated that these Cities represent the
interests of 32 Cities in the State of Utah who are in the same or
similar situation of having the need for a natural gas supply and
are unable to obtain that benefit unless access to transportation
over Mountain Fuel Supply Company's (Mountain Fuel) pipeline to the
points of delivery for the various Cities is obtained. It is stated
that Cities outside the State of Utah will receive gas into their
transmission facilities at the Utah State line.
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It is stated that the Cities plan to establish municipally-owned
natural gas distribution systems in their communities to serve the
residential, commercial and industrial customers
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located therein desiring such service. It is stated that, at present,
there is no natural gas service available in each of the Cities. The
Cities contend that they have undertaken preliminary arrangements for
such services and are assured that they can purchase the necessary
supplies of natural gas in the interstate market from producers or
marketers and can obtain the transportation of such natural gas by
interstate pipeline companies to subsequent points of interconnection
between those pipelines and Mountain Fuel. Cities states that Mountain
Fuel has a pipeline system and available capacity to deliver such gas
at points close to the Cities, where the Cities would construct lateral
line facilities to Mountain Fuel's existing line. It is stated that
Cities seek transportation contracts from Mountain Fuel to ensure a
supply of gas to their high priority customers.
Cities contends that its petition has become necessary because the
Utah Public Service Commission (Utah PSC) has declined to exercise its
jurisdiction to order Mountain Fuel to undertake such transportation
for Cities until it knows whether such transportation of interstate gas
on behalf of a municipality would constitute a ``sale for resale''
under Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act and thereby be controlled by
the provisions of Federal law, which vests in the Commission sole
jurisdiction concerning sales for resale. It is stated that Mountain
Fuel has refused to transport gas on behalf of the Cities under any
terms. It is further stated that Mountain Fuel apparently denies that
either the Commission or the Utah PSC has jurisdiction over the
requested transportation service and has denied that it has any
obligation to transport gas for any City, either under the jurisdiction
of the Commission or the Utah PSC. IMGA states that it therefore filed
its petition for declaratory order in order to resolve the
jurisdictional issue or controversy and to remove uncertainty over the
proposed interconnections and transportation service. Cities requests
that the Commission declare that the Utah PSC has jurisdiction over the
proposed transportation service or, in the alternative, that the
Commission has jurisdiction over the transportation proposed by the
Cities, and in the event the Commission is declared to have
jurisdiction, the Cities request that the declaratory order provide
that IMGA and its affected Cities may file an application under Section
7(a) of the Natural Gas Act requesting the Commission to order Mountain
Fuel to interconnect with the Cities.
Comment date: August 18, 1995, in accordance with the first
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP95-642-000]
Take notice that on July 26, 1995, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642,
Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP95-642-000 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 construct and operate tap facilities for two new
delivery points under Texas Eastern's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-535-000 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.
Texas Eastern proposes to install tap facilities at two locations
as well as electronic gas measurement equipment (EGM) at both
locations, as described below. Texas Eastern states that the facilities
will enable deliveries of natural gas to Mississippi Valley Gas Company
(MVG) and that MVG has agreed to reimburse it for 100% of the costs and
related expenses. Texas Eastern further states that it would provide
transportation services for MVG under its Part 284 blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP88-136-000, and pursuant to existing service
agreements under Rate Schedules SCT and SS-1 of its FERC Gas Tariff,
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1.
Details of the proposal follow:
1. Texas Eastern proposes to construct a 4-inch tap valve, a 4-inch
check valve, an insulating flange and approximately 25 feet of 4-inch
piping between the tap valve, check valve and insulating flange on
Texas Eastern's 20-inch Line No. 26 at approximately milepost 107.62 in
Yazoo County, Mississippi. Texas Eastern indicates that the daily
maximum quantity would be 8,000 Mcf/day, and the costs and expenses are
estimated to be $71,400.
2. Texas Eastern would construct a 2-inch tap valve, a 2-inch check
valve, an insulating flange and approximately 25 feet of 2-inch piping
between the tap valve, check valve and insulating flange on its 30-inch
Line No. 18 at approximately milepost 324.44 in Madison County,
Mississippi. It is indicated that the daily maximum quantity would be
2,500 Mcf/day, and the costs and expenses would be $56,400.
Comment date: September 11, 1995, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G 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
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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. 95-19126 Filed 8-2-95; 8:45 am]
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