[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47744-47745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22808]





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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-727-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

September 8, 1995.

    Take notice that on September 1, 1995, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (national Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed with the Commission in Docket No. CP95-202-000 a petition 
for a declaratory order, or other authorization as may be necessary, 
requesting authorization to refunctionalize the costs associated with 
certain facilities currently classified as production plant, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is open to the public for 
inspection.
    National Fuel states that it proposes to refunctionalize the 
following facilities, which are located either in New York or 
Pennsylvania:
    A. 17 items of metering and regulating equipment that serve a 
storage function but are currently classified as production plant. The 
net book value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $15,506. 
National Fuel now proposes to refunctionalize this equipment from 
production to storage.
    B. 234 items of metering and regulating equipment that serve a 
transmission function but are currently classified as production plant. 
The net book value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $534,630. 
National Fuel now proposes to refunctionalize this equipment from 
production to transmission.
    C. 20 items of metering and regulating equipment located on 
gathering pipelines that serve a transmission function but are 
currently classified as production plant. National Fuel states that 
this equipment is used to make deliveries to customers under its FERC 
Rate Schedules EFT and FT and other shippers. The net book value of 
this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $105,590. National Fuel now 
proposes to refunctionalize this equipment from production to 
transmission.
    D. Inventoried metering and regulating equipment currently carried 
on National Fuel's accounting books as production plant, when only a 
portion of such equipment was actually used for production purposes. 
The net book value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $180,398. 
Since transmission would be the predominant use of this equipment, 
National Fuel now proposes to refunctionalize this equipment from 
production to transmission.
    E. Metering and regulating equipment installed at metering and 
regulating stations owned by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 
(Distribution) but initially charged to National Fuel's production gas 
plant account when purchased. Subsequently this metering and regulating 
equipment was installed without an accounting entry transferring the 
equipment out of National Fuel's production gas plant and into 
Distribution's gas plant. The net book value of this equipment as of 
May 31, 1995, was $269,654. National Fuel proposes to reduce its 
production plant balances to correct these accounting errors.
    F. Various buildings and other structures currently booked in 
Account 329 of the Commission's Uniform System of Accounts, but which 
actually serve functions other than production. National Fuel proposes 
to refunctionalize several structures from production to transmission, 
storage, or general, depending on the functions they serve. The net 
book value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $1,183,565. The 
total original cost of these structures was $2,543,060, of which 
$2,176,988 would be transferred into general plant, $241,431 would be 
transferred into transmission, and $124,642 would be transferred into 
storage.
    G. Various equipment items used to drill, maintain, and recondition 
storage wells and transmission lines that are booked as production 
plant. The net book value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was 
$243,012. National Fuel states that it would refunctionalize this 
equipment to either storage or transmission, depending upon how it is 
currently employed.
    H. Various equipment items now booked to Account 337--Other 
Equipment--which National Fuel states that should be refunctionalized 
to storage and transmission. These items include office furniture, fire 
fighting equipment, testers, and miscellaneous tools. National Fuel 
states that this equipment is currently located in the structures 
proposed for refunctionalization in the above Paragraph F. The net book 
value of this equipment as of May 31, 1995, was $77,079.
    National Fuel does not propose to construct or operate any new 
facilities in this petition.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before September 29, 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 

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motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22808 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am]
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