[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2306]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-159-000]


Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

January 30, 1996.
    Take notice that on January 29, 1996, Shell Gas Pipeline Company 
(Shell), 200 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, Texas 77079, filed an 
application with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-159-000 pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to 
construct and operate a natural gas pipeline and appurtenant 
facilities, offshore Louisiana, and for a blanket transportation 
certificate pursuant to Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is open to the public 
for inspection.
    Shell proposes to construct and operate approximately 45 miles of 
30-inch diameter pipe and related facilities which would deliver 
natural gas from a West Delta Block 143 to the Venice Gas Processing 
Plant in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Shell states that the gas and 
condensate would be separated at Venice, where the gas would then be 
delivered either as processed or unprocessed gas to one or more 
interstate pipelines downstream of the Venice Plant. Shell also states 
that the proposed facilities would cost approximately $75,000,000 to 
construct.
    Shell asserts that it has filed the instant proposal under protest 
and requests that the Commission affirm that neither issuance of the 
requested certificate nor the operations described in the proposal 
would subject any of Shell's other facilities or operations to the 
Commission's jurisdiction under the NGA. Shell also asserts that it has 
requested authorization conditioned upon the ultimate resolution of 
Shell's petition for a declaratory order in Docket No. CP96-9-000, 
wherein Shell has requested that the proposed pipeline be declared a 
nonjurisdictional gathering line.\1\

    \1\ This application does not cover the pipeline facilities 
extending from the Mars Field to West Delta Block 143 and the 
related interconnection facilities with Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation at West Delta Block 143 because those facilities were 
previously determined to be nonjurisdictional gathering facilities. 
[Shell Gas Pipeline Co., 69 FERC para. 61,271 (1994)]
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 6, 1996, 
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 NGA (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 NGA 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 Shell to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-2306 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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