[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53605-53607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25543]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-782-000, et al.]


Florida Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

October 5, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-782-000]

    Take notice that on September 27, 1995, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-782-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an 
order permitting and approving the abandonment of the interruptible 
transportation service performed under FGT's Rate Schedule X-11, all as 
more fully set forth in the application.
    FGT relates that Rate Schedule X-11 is a transportation service 
between Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG) and FGT which was authorized 
in Docket No. CP79-472-000. FGT states in its application that it is 
not abandoning any facilities nor abandoning service to any other FGT 
customer.
    FGT has included in this filing a letter dated September 13, 1995, 
in which both FGT and SNG have agreed to waive the six-month notice of 
termination requirements set forth in Article VII of the transportation 
agreement dated August 2, 1979, as amended, in order that the 
referenced agreement can terminate effective October 1, 1995.
    Comment date: October 26, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-787-000]

    Take notice that on September 28, 1995, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (Applicant), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203, filed 
under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act a petition to amend its 
certificate by allowing a change in receipt/delivery points and under 
Section 7(b) to abandon individually certificated transportation 
services, all as more fully described in the petition on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicant requests an order authorizing a change in the receipt/
delivery points under SS-1 storage service agreements with 
Elizabethtown Gas Company and Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, 
and SS-2 storage service agreements with Penn Fuel Gas, Inc. and 
Delmarva Power and Light Company. Applicant also seeks the abandonment 
of transportation Rate Schedules X-29, X-31, X-32 and X-42. These 
service agreements will not be needed by the customers if the proposed 
change in receipt/delivery points is approved. Applicant states that 
this petition is part of a settlement agreement filed in Docket No. 
RP95-31-000, et al.
    Comment date: October 26, 1995, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95-790-000]

    Take notice that on September 29, 1995, Williams Natural Gas 
Company (WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-790-000 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 install new custody transfer measuring 
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appurtenant facilities for Western Resources, Inc. (WRI) in Johnson 
County, Kansas, under WNG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-479-000 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.
    WNG proposes to install new custody transfer measuring and 
appurtenant facilities. WNG states that new facilities will more 
accurately measure volumes presently flowing to the WRI facilities. The 
total annual volume to be delivered through the new facilities is 
estimated to be approximately 1.09 Bcf with a peak day volume of 21.3 
MMcf. WNG states that the total volume to be delivered will not exceed 
the total volume authorized prior to this request and that the 
estimated cost of construction is $217,453, which will be paid with 
available funds.
    Comment date: November 20, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

4. Mississippi River Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-1-000]

    Take notice that on October 2, 1995, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (MRT), 9900 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63124, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-1-000 an application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity for authorization to construct, install, and operate a new 
2,250 Horsepower (HP) compressor engine at its Unionville Compressor 
Station in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    MRT states that its Unionville Compressor Station currently 
contains three compressor engines--two 6,500 HP units and one 8,000 HP 
unit. MRT indicates that it uses these engines primarily to compress 
gas which is injected into and withdrawn from the East and West 
Unionville Storage Fields, although the units are also used 
occasionally to compress gas flowing from west to east along MRT's West 
Line and gas flowing from the West Line into the Fountain Hill Line.
    MRT proposes to add a 2,250 HP compressor engine with compressor 
cylinders designed for low ratio compression in order to operate the 
Unionville Station more efficiently and economically. MRT notes that 
the existing compressor units have cylinders designed for high ratio, 
2-stage compression to storage. It is explained that when utilized for 
low ratio, single stage compression, the engines are inefficient and 
cannot be fully loaded. MRT asserts that the new unit will be used to 
compress gas at low ratios for pipeline compression or for mid to late-
season storage withdrawal and will perform these tasks far more 
efficiently than MRT's existing larger units. MRT maintains that the 
new unit will produce fuel savings and reduce station operation and 
maintenance expenses.
    MRT claims that an additional benefit of the propose engine is that 
it will have greater flexibility in operating the Unionville Station. 
MRT notes that it will have the option to simultaneously overhaul or 
make long-term repairs to two of the existing engines while operating 
the new unit. Currently, MRT can only take one unit out of service 
during the storage withdrawal season. In addition, the new engine can 
be used to compress West Line gas to Perryville or into the Fountain 
Hill Line when all three of the existing engines are being utilized for 
storage operations. Finally, MRT points out that the new engine can be 
used to facilitate the compression of gas being injected into storage 
by one of the existing compressors in a multi-stage compression.
    MRT states that the proposed compressor engine will not increase 
the capacity of any of MRT's facilities. MRT explains that the capacity 
of the West Line and the Fountain Hill Line are constrained by 
bottlenecks upstream or downstream of the Unionville Station. The 
capacity and maximum daily deliverability of the East and West 
Unionville Storage Fields are constrained by the size of the storage 
reservoirs and their prevailing pressures.
    MRT estimates that the project will cost $4,100,000, which will be 
financed with internally generated funds.
    Comment date: October 26, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

5. Trunkline Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-2-000]

    Take notice that on October 2, 1995, Trunkline Gas Company 
(Trunkline), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-2-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.211, and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.211, 157.216) for authorization to abandon an existing 
receipt interconnect located in Jim Wells County, Texas, and modify the 
existing facilities to establish a point of delivery under Trunkline's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-84-000 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.
    Trunkline proposes to abandon an inactive receipt interconnect and 
appurtenant facilities and to modify the existing facility to create a 
point of delivery. The approximate cost of the proposed construction is 
$700,000 and will be paid for with existing funds and internal 
financing. The facilities will allow Trunkline to deliver up to 150 
MMSCF of natural gas per day to the Mobil LaGloria gas processing 
plant.
    Comment date: November 20, 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. 

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    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. 95-25543 Filed 10-13-95; 8:45 am]
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