[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 237 (Monday, December 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 63517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30013]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-91-000]


Stingray Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

December 5, 1995.
    Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Stingray Pipeline Company 
(Stingray), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-91-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.208(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.208) for authorization to own and operate, by 
means of construction and acquisition, various facilities located 
offshore Louisiana, in order to give Stingray access to additional gas 
supplies and to expand operational flexibility, under Stingray's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP91-1505-000 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.
    Stingray proposes to: (1) Acquire, own and operate dual 8-inch 
meter facilities and approximately 0.13 mile of 20-inch lateral that 
will be constructed by Midcon Exploration Company and Flex Trend 
Development Company (the Producers) on the construction platform being 
constructed by the Producers in Garden Banks Block 72, offshore 
Louisiana; (2) construct, own and operate 15.49 miles of 20-inch 
lateral from the Garden Banks 72 production platform to Stingray's 
existing facilities in Vermilion Block 362, offshore Louisiana; (3) 
construct, own and operate a 20-inch subsea tap valve on the proposed 
20-inch lateral in Vermilion Block 408 for future interconnects; and 
(4) construct, own and operate a 12-inch subsea tap valve on the 
proposed 20-inch lateral in Vermilion Block 385 for a future 
interconnect.
    It is stated that construction of the 20-inch lateral and related 
facilities will allow Stingray to receive and transport up to 75 Mmcf 
of natural gas per day produced by the Producers at Garden Banks 72. It 
is asserted that the taps proposed in (3) and (4) above would allow 
Stingray additional opportunities for operational flexibility in 
acquiring volumes of gas that may become available in the future from 
other production sources in the Vermilion and Garden Banks areas. It is 
estimated that the cost of acquisition and construction would be 
approximately $8.927 million.
    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. 95-30013 Filed 12-8-95; 8:45 am]
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