Federal Register, Volume 61 Issue 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1915-1916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1066]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-122-000, et al.]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

January 16, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-122-000]

    Take notice that on December 27, 1995, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642, 
Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP96-122-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon by sale to Centana Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Centana) the Sabine Line 14-F Facilities in Jefferson 
County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Texas Eastern proposes to abandon the facilities which comprises 
28.64 miles of 10-inch diameter pipeline, a compressor station, and 
associated meter stations, at the net book value at the time of 
closing, due to its underutilization.
    Comment date: February 6, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. NorAm Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-105-000]

    Take notice that on December 15, 1995, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed with the 
Commission in Docket No. CP96-105-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of Commission's 
Regulations for authority to abandon by sale and transfer to NorAm 
Field Services Corporation (NFS) certain certificated facilities 
located in the state of Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, NGT proposes to abandon and transfer to NFS, at net 
book value at the time of closing, certain gas supply facilities 
designated as the Line O-West and Quinton facilities consisting of 
approximately 106 miles of 6-inch to 16-inch diameter pipe, 6860 
horsepower of compression at two compressor stations, and appurtenant 
facilities. NGT also seeks determination that once conveyed, these 
facilities will be gathering facilities exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction.
    Comment date: February 6, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-124-000]

    Take notice that on December 28, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP96-124-000 an application 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
construction and operation of certain replacement natural gas storage 
facilities, and an order granting abandonment of the existing 
facilities being replaced, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, Columbia requests authorization under Sections 7(c) 
and 7(b) of the Natural gas Act to construct and operate approximately 
1.0 mile of 12-inch storage pipeline, replacing by abandonment 1.0 mile 
of 8-inch storage pipeline, in the Glady Storage Field, Pocahontas 
County, West Virginia.
    Columbia does not request authorization for any new or additional 
service through the replacement facilities, which have an estimated 
cost of $1,028,900.
    Comment date: February 6, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Centana Intrastate Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP96-131-000]

    Take notice that on December 29, 1995, Centanna Interstate Pipeline 
Company (CIPCO) P.O. Box 1642, Houston, TX 77251-1642, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-131-000 a petition pursuant to Section 16 of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) and Rule 207(a)(2) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.207(a)(2), for a declaratory order disclaiming 
Commission jurisdiction over certain facilities and the services 
provided through them, all as more fully set forth in the petition 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    CIPCO seeks a declaratory order from the Commission finding that 
the acquisition of Texas Eastern's Sabine Line 14-F, the Compressor 
Station, and associated meter stations located wholly within the State 
of Texas, and the ownership and operation of those facilities by CIPCO 
is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural 
Gas Act.

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    Comment date: February 6, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph E at the end of this notice. Answers to the petition for 
declaratory order shall also be due on February 6, 1996.

5. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-132-000]

    Take notice that on January 4, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP96-132-000 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 operate an 
existing meter station as a jurisdictional facility, under FGT's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-553-000 pursuant to 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in 
the request that is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    FGT proposes to operate an existing meter station as a 
jurisdictional facility under 7(c) of the NGA for the purpose of 
transporting and delivering natural gas for Alabama Electric 
Cooperative, Inc. and Southeast Alabama Gas District (AEC/SEAGD). FGT 
states that the subject meter station, located in Escambia County, 
Alabama, was previously constructed under Section 311 of the Natural 
Gas Policy Act of 1978 and serves as a delivery point to AEC/SEAGD from 
FTG's existing 36-inch and 30-inch mainlines under a firm 
transportation service agreement dated November 1, 1995. Initial gas 
deliveries commenced on November 19, 1995. FTG states that the present 
and proposed quantity of natural gas delivered at the subject meter 
station is up to 16,530 MMBtu per day and 2,496,030 MMBtu annually.
    FTG states that the gas quantity proposed to be delivered to AEC/
SEAGD at the subject meter station would be within the existing 
authorized levels of service and would have no incremental effect on 
FGT's pipeline system.
    Comment date: March 1, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with 
reference to said filing should on or before the comment date file with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, 
N.E., 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 385.211 and 385.214) 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, purusant to the authority contained in 
and subject to 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 filing 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 the 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 Sec. 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 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. 96-1066 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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