[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41064-41066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19887]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-613-004, et al.]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

August 4, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket Nos. CP93-613-004, CP93-673-004]

    Take notice that on July 24, 1995, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed an 
abbreviated petition, pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act in Docket Nos. CP93-613-004 and CP93-673-004, to amend the 
Commission order issued April 19, 1995 in the referenced dockets. 
Northwest requests authorization to downsize or eliminate certain 
components of the Expansion II Project; revise the allocation of 
certificated facilities between the Expansion II and Northwest Natural 
Expansion Projects; and extend the time for construction of the 
Weyerhaeuser Lateral and Weyerhaeuser Meter Station; all as more fully 
set forth in the petition to amend which is on file with the Commission 
and open to the public inspection.
    Northwest states that the Northwest Natural Expansion Project will 
still provide 102,000 Dth per day of mainline capacity for Northwest 
Natural Gas Company. Further, Northwest says the only impacts of the 
proposed design changes on the Northwest Natural Expansion Project are 
new requirements for 1,241 additional horsepower at the existing 
Goldendale Compressor Station and restaging of existing units at the 
Albany and Eugene Compressor Stations. Northwest states that these 
requirements will be satisfied by allocating to the Northwest Natural 
Expansion Project the Albany and Eugene restaging and a $3.4 million 
share of an additional Goldendale compressor unit, all already 
authorized to be installed at Goldendale for the Northwest Expansion II 
Project. Northwest states that these allocations from the Northwest 
Expansion II Project, along with updated cost estimates for all 
components of the project, results in a revised estimated cost for the 
Northwest Natural Expansion Project of $52.5 million.
    Northwest indicates that, for the Northwest Expansion II Project, 
which now will provide 42,175 Dth per day of mainline capacity for 11 
shippers (reduced from 62,175 Dth per day), the proposed design changes 
include:
    (1) The aforementioned allocation of previously authorized 
facilities to the Northwest Natural Expansion Project from the 
Expansion II Project;
    (2) A 3.1 mile reduction in the length of the 24-inch Soda Springs 
North Loop and elimination of the Soda Springs Meter Station crossover 
tap;
    (3) Elimination of various modifications to existing compression 
facilities at the Roosevelt, Washougal, Oregon City, McMinnville and 
Lava Hot Springs Compressor Stations; and
    (4) Elimination of a tap and associated piping and valves at the 
Longview Meter Station (Northwest says these facilities were previously 
installed as part of a Section 284.3(c) exempt facility).
    Northwest states that the foregoing facility reductions, along with 
updated cost estimates for the remaining project components, result in 
a current estimated cost for the Northwest Expansion II Project of 
$64.0 million ($53.1 million for mainline facilities plus $10.9 million 
for two incremental laterals).
    Finally, Northwest requests the Commission to grant a 30 month 
extension of time, until October 19, 1998, for construction of the 
authorized Weyerhaeuser Lateral and Meter Station to be completed, 
consistent with Weyerhaeuser's current schedule for building its 
cogeneration plant which will require service through these facilities.
    Comment date: August 25, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

[Docket No. CP95-648-000]

    Take notice that on July 31, 1995, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-648-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 
of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 
157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon in place approximately 
6,911 feet of 3-inch diameter pipeline and appurtenant facilities under 
Panhandle's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-83-000 
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.
    Panhandle proposes to abandon 6,911 feet of 3-inch diameter 
pipeline on Panhandle's Marblehead lateral, line No. 45-05-001-27 and 
appurtenant facilities located in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.
    Comment date: September 18, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-649-000]

    Take notice that on July 31, 1995, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 14203, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-649-000, an application pursuant to 
Secs. 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205, and 157.211) for authorization 
to construct and operate a sales tap for delivery of gas to a new 
residential customer of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 
(Distribution) under authorization issued in Docket 

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No. CP83-4-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as 
more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    National proposes to construct and operate a new residential sales 
tap in North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The total 
proposed estimated deliveries for this sales tap are 150 Mcf annually 
and would be transported and delivered under National's Rate Schedule 
EFT. National states that the gas volumes would have a minimal impact 
on National's peak day and annual deliveries.
    National further states that the estimated cost of the proposed new 
delivery point is $1,500. It is stated that Distribution would 
reimburse National for the cost of the construction of the tap.
    Comment date: September 18, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

4. CNG Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-651-000]

    Take notice that on July 31, 1995, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNGT), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-651-000 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 a 
measuring and regulation station under CNGT's blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-537-000 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.
    CNGT proposes to construct a new measuring and regulation station 
in Chemung County, New York. The facilities will serve as a new 
interconnection to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation, for 
receipt and delivery on a firm basis of up to 80,000 Dth of natural gas 
per day.
    Comment date: September 18, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-657-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1273, filed in Docket No. CP95-657-000 a petition 
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.207) for a declaratory order: (1) Finding that 
certain meter facilities which Columbia functionalized as gathering 
facilities in fact perform a transmission function and should be 
refunctionalized as transmission facilities for rate and accounting 
purposes, (2) authorizing Columbia to record these facilities and 
related costs on its accounting books and records as transmission 
facilities, and (3) confirming that these facilities do not require 
Section 7(c) certificate authority, all as more fully set forth in the 
petition on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Columbia requests that 644 receipt meters located within the states 
of Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia be 
refunctionalized from the gathering function to the transmission 
function for rate and accounting purposes. Columbia states that in each 
case the meter represents the point of entry into Columbia's system and 
serves the purpose of measuring the flow of gas from a facility owned 
by a third party into a Columbia-owned transmission line. Columbia 
states that the proposed refunctionalization is reflected in its rate 
case filed on August 1, 1995 in Docket No. RP95-408-000.
    Columbia also requests that the Commission confirm that the 644 
receipt meters do not require Section 7(c) authority, as they are not 
``facilities'' within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act, and are 
exempt pursuant to Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 2.55).
    Comment date: August 25, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

6. Virginia Gas Storage Company

[Docket No. CP95-660-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1995, Virginia Gas Storage Company 
(VGS) tendered for filing under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and Section 284.224 of the Regulations of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), an application for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing VGS to participate in 
storage of natural gas authorized under 18 CFR Part 284 of the 
Commission's Regulations, all as more fully set forth in the request 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    VGS states that it is an intrastate facility whose rates, services, 
and facilities are subject to the regulation of the State Corporation 
Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia (VSCC), with its rates and 
tariffs subject to the jurisdiction of the VSCC. VGS further states 
that it is exempt from the Commission's Regulations under Section 1(c) 
of the NGA.
    VGS states that it is proposing to provide storage service from the 
Early Grove underground storage field located in Scott and Washington 
Counties in Virginia. VGS proposes to provide open-access conditions 
set forth in Sec. 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Comment date: August 25, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of 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 

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385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant 
to Sec. 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. 95-19887 Filed 8-10-95; 8:45 am]
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