[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6003-6004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3427]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-161-000, et al.]


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

February 6, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-161-000]

    Take notice that on January 30, 1996, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, filed in Docket No. CP96-161-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for authorization to construct and 
operate a new natural gas delivery point for Eaton Corporation (Eaton) 
under Texas Gas's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-407-000 
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.
    Texas Gas proposes to construct and operate a side valve, 2-inch 
skid-mounted meter station, and appurtenant facilities on its Park 
City-Glasgow 8-inch Line located in Barren County, Kentucky. Texas Gas 
states that Eaton has requested up to 1,000 MMBtu per day of 
interruptible natural gas transportation service to its Glasgow plant. 
Texas Gas mentions that Western Kentucky Gas Company, a local 
distribution company and customer of Texas Gas, currently supplies 
Eaton on an interruptible and firm sales basis. Texas Gas asserts that 
Eaton would reimburse it for the cost of the new facilities estimated 
to be $59,600.
    Comment date: March 22, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

2. Northern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-162-000]

    Take notice that on January 30, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), P.O. Box 3330, Omaha, Nebraska, 68103-0330, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-162-000 a request pursuant to Section 157.205, and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.212) for approval to install and operate three new delivery 
points to accommodate deliveries of natural gas to Greater Minnesota 
Gas Inc. (GMG), a local distribution company, under a currently 
effective transportation service agreement for residential and 
commercial consumption, under Northern's blanket certificate authority 
issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the request which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern proposes to install and operate three new delivery points 
located in Blue Earth and Le Sueure Counties, Minnesota. Northern 
indicates that the three new delivery points will increase its peak day 
deliveries by 270 MMBtu, 1,020 MMBtu, and 1,020 MMBtu, respectively. It 
is further indicated that the three proposed delivery points will 
increase Northern's annual deliveries by 13,280 MMBtu, 79,250 MMBtu, 
and 79,250 MMBtu, respectively. Northern states that the total 
estimated cost to install the proposed facilities is $80,600.
    Northern advises that the total volumes to be delivered to the 
customer after the request do not exceed the total volumes prior to the 
request. Northern states that the proposed activity is not prohibited 
by its existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to 
accommodate the changes without detriment or disadvantage to Northern's 
other customers.
    Comment date: March 22, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

3. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-163-000]

    Take notice that on January 30, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-163-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's (Commission) Regulations, for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing FGT to abandon (1) an emergency 
exchange service between FGT, South Georgia Natural Gas Company (South 
Georgia), and Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern), and (2) the 
related interconnecting facilities used to deliver the emergency 
natural gas, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    FGT requests that the Commission issue an order authorizing the 
abandonment of the emergency exchange agreement performed under FGT's 
Rate Schedule E-16 and the related facilities that include a 3-inch 
orifice meter, valves, pressure regulator and miscellaneous connecting 
pipe. FGT states that, by a letter agreement dated November 14, 1994, 
South Georgia and Southern agreed to 

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terminate the emergency exchange agreement, and to make the termination 
effective September 26, 1995.
    Comment date: February 26, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-166-000]

    Take notice that on January 31, 1996, Tuscarora Gas Transmission 
Company (Tuscarora), 6100 Neil Road, P.O. Box 30057, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-166-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.211) for authorization to construct and operate two taps and meter 
stations and appurtenant facilities in Klamath County, Oregon and 
Diskiyou County, California, for the delivery of gas to a new customer, 
WP Natural Gas for redelivery and resale to consumers in Malin, Oregon, 
under Tuscarora's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP93-685-000 
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.
    Tuscarora proposes to install: (a) 7.34 miles of 4-inch line (b) a 
1-inch pressure regulation and meter station, and (c) two 1-inch taps 
and associated meter stations, at an estimated cost of $889,000.
    Comment date: March 22, 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, pursuant 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 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. 96-3427 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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