[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54073-54074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25905]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-16-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

October 13, 1995.
    Take notice that on October 10, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco) P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-16-000 an application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity for (1) authorization to construct and operate certain 
pipeline facilities on Transco's mainline pipeline system in order to 
create additional firm transportation capacity, extending from 
Transco's production area in Louisiana to the vicinity of the border 
between North Carolina and South Carolina (designated as the SunBelt 
Expansion Project) and (2) approval of incremental initial rates for 
the firm transportation service to be rendered through such incremental 
firm transportation capacity, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Transco states that the SunBelt Expansion Project is an incremental 
expansion of Transco's mainline in its Southeastern market area which 
will provide the dekatherm equivalent of 145,666 Mcf per day (Mcf/d) of 
additional firm transportation capacity. Transco proposes an in-service 
date of November 1, 1997. Transco states that the incremental capacity 
will provide access to two of Transco's major supply areas; 100,001 
Mcf/d of the capacity will commence at Transco's Station 65 in St. 
Helena Parish, Louisiana and 45,665 Mcf/d will commence at Station No. 
85, which is at the point of interconnection between Transco's mainline 
and its Mobile Bay Lateral near Butler, Alabama. The incremental 
capacity will extend to points of delivery in the vicinity of Transco's 
Station No. 145 near the North Carolina and South Carolina border.
    Transco states that the firm transportation service under the 
SunBelt Expansion Project will be rendered pursuant to Rate Schedule FT 
of Transco's FERC Gas Tariff. Transco proposes initial rates designed 
on a straight fixed-variable rate design methodology and an incremental 
cost of service designed to recover the cost of the proposed 
facilities.
    In order to expand system capacity, Transco proposes to construct 
and operate the following facilities:

    (1) A 15,000 Horsepower (HP) compressor addition at Transco's 
Station 80 in Jones and Jasper Counties, Mississippi.
    (2) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's 
Station 100 in Chilton County, Alabama to eliminate or modify 
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual 
operating hours and resulting in a uprate of 900 HP.
    (3) A 15,000 HP compressor installation at a proposed new 
compressor station (Station 105) in Coosa County, Alabama.
    (4) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's 
Station 110 in Randolph County, Alabama to eliminate or modify 
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual 
operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
    (5) A 15,000 HP compressor installation at a proposed new 
compressor station (Station 125) in Walton County, Georgia.
    (6) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's 
Station 130 in Madison County, Georgia to eliminate or modify 
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual 
operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
    (7) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's 
Station 140 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina to eliminate or 
modify current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased 
annual operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
    (8) 14.92 miles of 42-inch Mainline ``D'' pipeline loop between 
Stations 140 and 145, beginning at milepost 1222.66 and ending at 
milepost 1237.58 in Cherokee County, South Carolina.

    Transco estimates that the project will cost $84,995,849, which 
will be financed initially through short-term loans and funds on hand, 
with permanent financing to be undertaken at a later date.
    Transco proposes to charge a monthly reservation rate of $13.20 per 
Mcf for firm transportation services from Station 65 to shipper 
delivery points and $10.20 per Mcf for transportation from Station 85 
to shipper delivery points. Transco indicates that SunBelt Expansion 
Project shippers will also be charged the electric power unit rate, 
fuel retention factor, ACA and GRI and any other applicable charges 
under Rate Schedule FT. It is noted that the electric power unit rate 
and fuel retention will vary depending on the location of each 
shipper's receipt and delivery points.
    Transco states that it has executed precedent agreements with ten 
shippers which assure that all of the incremental firm capacity will be 
subscribed on a firm basis for 20-year initial terms.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 3, 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 the 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 is 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25905 Filed 10-18-95; 8:45 am]
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