[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64038-64039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30349]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-776-000, et al.]
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas
Certificate Filings
December 6, 1995.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP95-776-000]
Take notice that on September 22, 1995 Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (``Texas Eastern''), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP95-776-000 an abbreviated application
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and
approval to abandon the Pointe Au Chien compressor station and certain
short laterals, meter stations and appurtenant facilities, all in
Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, Louisiana, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Two of the compressors at Pointe Au Chien compressor station and
the appurtenant facilities were authorized by Commission order dated
October 2, 1970 in Docket No. CP70-314. The remaining compressor at
Pointe Au Chien compressor station was authorized by Commission order
dated July 18, 1975 in Docket No. CP75-128. The laterals and meter
stations were constructed and installed during the 1970s and 1980s
pursuant to Texas Eastern's Blanket Certificates.
Texas Eastern states that it is no longer utilizing the facilities
to transport gas supplies. Further, Texas Eastern submits that the
natural gas reserves connected to the Facilities have been depleted,
and that Texas Eastern is not aware of any significant prospects of
natural gas reserves being developed in the vicinity of the Facilities
that could be delivered to Texas Eastern's mainline system through such
Facilities.
Comment date: December 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. El Paso Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP96-92-000]
Take notice that on December 1, 1995, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No.
CP96-92-000 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 construct and operate a delivery point in
El Paso County, Texas under El Paso's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-435-000 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.
El Paso proposes to construct and operate a new delivery point. The
new delivery point will permit the interruptible transportation and
delivery of natural gas for Integrated Services, Inc.'s (ISI) account
to associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). ISI has advised El Paso that
AMPI owns and operates a dairy processing plant and utilizes natural
gas to fuel boilers and milk dryers. El Paso states that this would
provide AMPI with the flexibility of an alternate gas supply source.
Comment date: January 22, 1996, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
3. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
[Docket No. CP96-93-000]
Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation (Transco), P. O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed
an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA) and the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission), for an order permitting and
approval, on an expedited basis, the partial abandonment by sale of (1)
an existing dual twelve-inch skid-mounted metering station with flow
control and (2) appurtenant interconnecting piping (Jim Wells Meter),
located at the interconnection between Padre Island Pipeline System
(PIPS) and Tennessee Gas Pipeline System in Jim Wells County, Texas,
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
Transco states that it proposes to partially abandon by sale to
Gasdel Pipeline System Incorporated (Gasdel) a 7.914% ownership
interest in the Jim Wells Meter. Gasdel has a 7.914% ownership in PIPS
pursuant to a Construction and Ownership Agreement dated April 1, 1982
between Transco and Gasdel. Both Transco and Gasdel continue to
transport volumes on PIPS and through the Jim Wells Meter. Gasdel seeks
to purchase, and Transco has agreed to sell at net book value on the
effective date of the abandonment, a 7.914% ownership interest in the
Jim Wells Meter. Transco further states that it seeks authorization for
such a partial abandonment by sale of these facilities in order to
provide Gasdel with capacity through the Jim Wells Meter equivalent to
Gasdel's ownership percentage on PIPS. Transco indicates that the
proposed partial abandonment will have no impact on the daily design
capacity of or operating conditions on its system, and no service to
any of its customers will be impacted by the proposed partial
abandonment.
The cost to Gasdel for a 7.914% ownership interest in the Jim Well
Meter is estimated to be $22,500.00. Abandonment of the Jim Wells Meter
will not require any removal of facilities.
Comment date: December 18, 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
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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
the 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
therefore, 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. 95-30349 Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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