[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42557-42558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20249]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-661-000, et al.]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

August 10, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-661-000]

    Take notice that on August 4, 1995 Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (``Texas Eastern''), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP95-661-000 an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon by sale, to Texaco Pipeline Inc. (``Texaco''), 
approximately 37.48 miles of 20-inch pipeline (``Line 40-E'') and the 
associated scraper traps for $7,000,000. Texas Eastern also requests to 
abandon the Point Au Chien compressor station, certain laterals, meter 
stations and appurtenant facilities associated with such Line 40-E, all 
in the Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, Louisiana, all as more fully 
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Comment date: September 1, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-662-000]

    Take notice that on August 4, 1995, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 1160, Owensboro, Kentucky 42302, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-662-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 
and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to add a new delivery 
point in Hopkins County, Kentucky, to serve a customer of Western 
Kentucky Gas Company (Western), a local distribution company. Texas Gas 
makes such request, under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-407-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Texas Gas indicates that it will provide a tap, riser and 
associated valves and fittings, within its existing right-of-way at 
Texas Gas' Slaughters-Nortonville 10-inch Line near Barnsley, in 
Hopkins County. It has been averred that this proposal will enable 
Western to provide, up to a maximum daily quantity of 55 MMBtu, of 
natural gas service to the new school being constructed by the Hopkins 
Board of Education. It is stated that the school will use the natural 
gas for heating and cooking. It has been further stated that Western 
will serve the new delivery tap with natural gas transported pursuant 
to its current Firm No-Notice Transportation Agreement with Texas Gas 
dated November 1, 1993, within the existing contract entitlements.
    It is estimated that the new delivery point will cost $2,500. It is 
stated that Western will reimburse Texas Gas for the cost of the 
proposed delivery facility.
    Comment date: September 25, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. El Paso Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-663-000]

    Take notice that on August 4, 1995, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP95-663-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act for permission and approval to abandon a production-area gas 
exchange service with Tenneco Oil Company (Tenneco), all as more fully 
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    El Paso proposes to abandon the service which was authorized by the 
Commission in Docket No. CP83-246-000. It is stated that El Paso was 
authorized to exchange gas with Tenneco, later replaced on the exchange 
agreement by Amoco Production Company (Amoco), under the terms of a gas 
exchange agreement dated November 24, 1980, on file with the Commission 
as El Paso's Special Rate Schedule X-59 of El Paso's FERC Gas Tariff, 
Third Revised Volume No. 2. It is stated that El Paso was authorized to 
receive for Tenneco's account up to 25,000 Mcf of natural gas per day 
in San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties, New Mexico. It is stated that El 
Paso would concurrently cause to be delivered equivalent volumes, less 
10 percent for 

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fuel, shrinkage and other losses, to Tenneco at two delivery points in 
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and Waller County, Texas. It is explained 
that the exchange agreement expired under its own terms July 1, 1990, 
and the parties agree that the service is no longer needed. It is 
asserted that there are no imbalances. It is further asserted that El 
Paso can render any requested transportation service under its blanket 
transportation certificate issued in Docket No. CP88-433-000. El Paso 
states that it does not intend to abandon any facilities and that the 
proposed abandonment would not result in any interruption in or 
termination of firm service to its customers.
    Comment date: August 31, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Pacific Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-666-000]

    Take notice that on August 7, 1995, Pacific Gas Transmission 
Company (PGT), 160 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-666-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to install a new tap and 
meter near milepost 6 of PGT's Coyote Springs Lateral, in Willamette 
County, Oregon, for delivery of gas to Cascade Specialties, Inc. PGT 
requests the authorization under its blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-530-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) 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.
    PGT states that the quantity of gas to be delivered through the 
facilities is up to 1,000 MMBtu of gas per day. PGT will provide 
service to this facility on an interruptible basis under the applicable 
rate schedule for service on the Coyote Springs Lateral. PGT asserts 
that the proposed service will have no effect on PGT's peak day or 
annual deliveries. PGT states that it does not anticipate any 
significant environmental impact from the proposed activity. 
Additionally, PGT states that the proposed meter facility will be sited 
adjacent to PGT's newly constructed Coyote Springs Lateral and the 
customer has received a county site permit for construction on the 
premises. Therefore, PGT asserts that it does not believe that any 
further state authorization is necessary and is in the process of 
confirming this fact with the appropriate agencies.
    Comment date: September 25, 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 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. 95-20249 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am]
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