[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50197-50198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24059]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-742-000, et al.]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company, et al. Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

September 19, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-742-000]

    Take notice that on September 8, 1995, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NorAm), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-742-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon and remove an 
inactive 170 horsepower compressor, the Union City Compressor Station 
(Union City), located in Johnson County, Arkansas, all as more fully 
set forth in the application, which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    NorAm states that Union City is in a state of disrepair and has not 
operated since January, 1993. NorAm states further that the compressor 
cylinders would be salvaged and returned to stock and the other 
equipment and facilities would be junked at no value.
    It is said that the compressor station is no longer needed and that 
NorAm would continue to transport the gas located upstream of the 
compressor without any interruption or abandonment of production.
    Comment date: October 10, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-752-000]

    Take notice that on September 13, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed 
in Docket No. CP95-752-000 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 
sales tap in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, under Transco's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-426-000 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.
    Transco proposes to construct and operate a new sales tap to Cameco 
Industries, Inc. (Cameco), a manufacturer of agricultural machinery. 
The sales tap would consist of a 2-inch hot tap approximately at 
milepost 0.57 on Transco's existing 10-inch Raceland Lateral in 
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Cameco would construct, or cause to be 
constructed, appurtenant facilities to enable it to receive gas from 
Transco at such point. Transco estimates the total cost of Transco's 
proposed facilities to be approximately $82,000 and states that Cameco 
would reimburse Transco for all costs associated with such facilities.
    Transco states that the new sales tap would be used by Cameco to 
receive up to 360 Mcf of gas per day from Transco on an interruptible 
basis. Cameco is not currently a transportation customer of Transco, 
but Transco would provide interruptible transportation service to 
Cameco pursuant to Transco's Rate Schedule IT and Part 284(G) of the 
Commission's Regulations. Transco states that the addition of the sales 
tap would have no significant impact on Transco's peak day or annual 
deliveries.
    Comment date: November 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Missouri Gas Energy, A Division of Southern Union Company v. 
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company )

[Docket No. CP95-755-000]

    Take notice that on September 13, 1995, Missouri Gas Energy, A 
Division of Southern Union Company (MGE), 504 Lavaca, Suite 800, 
Austin, Texas 78701, filed in Docket No. CP95-755-000 a complaint 
alleging that Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company (Panhandle) has acted 
in an unduly discriminatory manner and requesting that the Commission 
order Panhandle to construct and operate a new delivery point on its 
transmission system for interruptible service to MGE under Rate 
Schedule IT, all as more fully described in the complaint which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    MGE states that it has requested that Panhandle provide an 
additional 300,000 million Btu's per day in interruptible or IT 
capacity for the delivery of gas at a new delivery point located on 
Panhandle's system in the vicinity of the Louisburg Compressor in Miami 
County, Missouri with the facility costs to be reimbursed by MGE. MGE 
alleges that Panhandle has refused to take the steps necessary to 
implement the new delivery point request and to provide the requested 
Rate Schedule IT service. MGE contends that Panhandle's actions violate 
the express prohibitions contained in Section 4(d) of the Natural Gas 
Act against unduly discriminatory conduct as well as the policies 
underlying the federal antitrust laws. MGE also states that its request 
is fully in accord with Panhandle's tariff and lists several other 
examples that it contends that Panhandle has requested and received 
Commission authorization to add new delivery points for other shippers.
    Comment date: October 19, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. U-T Offshore System

[Docket No. CP95-756-000]

    Take notice that on September 14, 1995, U-T Offshore System (U-
TOS), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-756-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon a transportation service 
which was authorized in Docket No. CP75-104,1 all as more fully 
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.

    \1\ See 3 FERC para. 61,232 (1978), 16 FERC para. 61,074 (1981) 
and 18 FERC para. 61,274 (1982).
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    U-TOS proposes to terminate the firm transportation service which 
is being rendered for Fina Natural Gas Company (Fina) under U-TOS' Rate 
Schedule T-11, as well as associated Interruptible Overrun 
Transportation Service rendered in accordance with U-TOS' Rate Schedule 
I. U-TOS states that, by letter dated November 1, 1994, Fina gave U-TOS 
official notice that Fina was 

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exercising its right under the September 25, 1987, transportation 
agreement to terminate the agreement as of November 9, 1995.
    U-TOS further states that Rate Schedule T-11 provides for 12,000 
Mcf/day contract demand, and the associated interruptible overrun 
volume is 20,000 Mcf/day.
    Comment date: October 10, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

5. CNG Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-757-000]

    Take notice that on September 15, 1995, CNG Transmission 
Corporation (CNGT), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 
26301, filed in Docket No. CP95-757-000, an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, and the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations thereunder, for an order approving 
abandonment by sale to Hope Gas Inc. (Hope) of 9.19 miles of 12-inch 
pipeline, known as a portion of Line TL-255, located in Wirt and Wood 
Counties, West Virginia. The parties are making this sale pursuant to 
the Stipulation and Agreement filing, in Docket No. RP94-96., et al., 
on June 28, 1995. For this reason CNGT is also requesting that the 
Commission consolidate this proceeding with Docket No. RP94-96, et al., 
all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Comment date: October 10, 1995, in accordance with 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 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. 95-24059 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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