[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48700-48702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23271]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP62-205-002, et al.]


Washington Gas Light Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

September 12, 1995.

    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Washington Gas Light Company

[Docket No. CP62-205-002]

    Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Washington Gas Light Company 
(WGL), 1100 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20080, filed in Docket No. 
CP62-205-002 a petition pursuant to Section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act 
to amend its certificate issued in Docket No. CP62-205, as amended, 
authorizing a service area determination, all as more fully set forth 
in the petition on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.

    WGL proposes to amend its service area by adding Frederick County, 
Maryland, as a result of its merger with Frederick Gas Company, Inc. 
(Frederick), a wholly owned subsidiary of WGL. It is stated that the 
merger will be effective January 1, 1996. It is asserted that Frederick 
is a Maryland corporation engaged in the transportation, sale and 
distribution of natural within the state of Maryland, receiving all of 
its gas within Maryland and with no facilities which cross state lines. 
It is explained that WGL's gas distribution service in Frederick County 
will be regulated by the Public Service Commission of Maryland (PSCMD) 
and will be provided at the same rates and under the same terms and 
conditions as those offered to WGL's existing customers in Maryland and 
already on file with the PSCMD.

    Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP95-725-000]

    Take notice that on September 1, 1995, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-725-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to establish a bi-directional 
point in Iberia Parish, LA, in order to receive and deliver gas to a 
storage facility operated by Equitable Storage Company (Equitable) 
under Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in 

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Docket No. CP82-413-000 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.
    Tennessee proposes to install a 12 inch hot tap, approximately 50 
feet of interconnecting pipe on Tennessee's right-of-way, a 
chromatograph and electronic gas measurement. 1 Tennessee also 
asserts that gas will be moved to and from the bi-directional point 
under existing agreements for firm or interruptible transportation on 
Tennessee's system. Tennessee also states that the bi-directional point 
will accommodate up to 200,000 Dth/d of receipts from and deliveries to 
Tennessee's system.

    \1\Tennessee states that Equitable will install, own and 
maintain measuring facilities and will install, own operate, and 
maintain the interconnecting pipe between Tennessee's right-of-way 
and the meter station.
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    Comment date: October 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-732-000]

    Take notice that on September 5, 1995, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP95-
732-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
for permission and approval to abandon by reclamation the Enid 
Compressor Station in Garfield County, Oklahoma, which was authorized 
in Docket No. CP70-53, all as more fully set forth in the application 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    WNG seeks authority to abandon the l,000 horsepower compressor 
unit, the compressor building, and appurtenant facilities, which 
compose the Enid Compressor Station. The cost of the proposed 
abandonment is approximately $47,300 with an estimated salvage value of 
$25,000.
    Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP95-736-000]

    Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed with the Commission in Docket No. 
CP95-736-000 pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
authorization to add a new metering station and associated appurtenant 
facilities to provide transportation service in Cass County, North 
Dakota, authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
487-000, all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Williston Basin proposes to add a new metering station and 
associated appurtenant facilities which would be used for delivering 
gas into facilities to be owned by Prairielands Energy Marketing, Inc. 
(PEMI). The gas would ultimately be delivered to the National Sun 
sunflower plant, in Enderlin, North Dakota. The facilities to be 
constructed at the metering station would consist of a new tap to the 
pipeline, a 12 x 14 foot building to house the meter, regulator and 
miscellaneous gages and valves and a 5 x 7 foot building to house the 
SCADA system, and would be enclosed with a security fence. The total 
estimated cost of the proposed metering station and lateral pipeline 
would be $110,000. The actual cost of the facilities would be 
reimbursed to Williston Basin by PEMI.
    Comment date: October 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-739-000]

    Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74101, filed an application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for an order 
permitting and approving the abandonment by reclaim of five horizontal 
compressor units and appurtenant facilities at the Welda compressor 
station located in Anderson County, Kansas, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Specifically, WNG seeks authority to abandon by reclaim five Cooper 
horizontal compressor units totaling 5,400 horsepower at the Welda 
compressor station. The units were installed in the late 1940's and 
early 1950's and have not been used since the winter of 1992-93. The 
compressor units remaining at the Welda station will continue to 
provide the same level of service. The total cost of the proposed 
abandonment is approximately $25,000, with an estimated salvage value 
of $0.
    Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

6. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

Docket No. CP95-740-000

    Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP95-740-000 a request 
pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations to 
construct and operate facilities for nine new points of delivery for 
Mountaineer Gas Company (Mountaineer) to serve nine residential 
customers located in various counties in West Virginia under Columbia's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000, 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.
    Columbia proposes to construct and operate a 4-inch by 1-inch 
saddle tap and less than 20 feet of pipe for each of the nine 
residential customers on Columbia's existing right-of-way in order to 
provide firm service of up to 1.5 dekatherms (dth) per day and up to 
150 dth annually for each customer under Columbia's Rate Schedules SST 
and FTS within certificated entitlements. Columbia states that 
Mountaineer would set the meter and regulator at each location. The new 
delivery points would be located in Lincoln (2), Kanawha, Clay, Wayne 
(2), Randolph, and Roane (2) Counties, West Virginia to serve 
individual residential customers, it is stated. Columbia states that 
there is no impact on Columbia's existing design day and annual 
obligations to its other customers as a result the construction and 
operation of these facilities. Columbia states that the estimated cost 
of each delivery point is $150 and would be treated as an O&M expense.
    Comment date: October 27, 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 

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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 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95-23271 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]

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