[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7788-7789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4644]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-183-000, et al.]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

February 22, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-183-000]

    Take notice that on February 12, 1996, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-183-000 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 operate certain facilities in Arkansas 
under NGT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et 
al., 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.
    NGT proposes to operate an existing delivery tap on Line OM-1 to 
deliver gas to Arkla (Arkla), a distribution division of NorAm Energy 
Corp., who will deliver gas to a customer other than the right-of-way 
grantor for whom the tap was originally installed. The tap is located 
in Section 12, Township 15N, Range 31W, Washington County, Arkansas and 
will consist of a 2-inch delivery tap and first-cut regulator. NGT 
estimates the additional volumes to be delivered to this meter station 
will be approximately 85 MMBtu annually and 1 MMBtu peak day. NGT 
states there will be no new construction or costs associated with this 
application. NGT will transport gas to Arkla and provide service under 
its tariffs, that the volumes delivered are within Arkla's certificated 
entitlement and that NGT's tariff does not prohibit the addition of new 
delivery points. NGT also states that it has sufficient capacity to 
accomplish deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its other 
customers.
    Comment date: April 8, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

2. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-189-000]

    Take notice that on February 15, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP96-189-000 an application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act requesting 
authority to construct and operate certain replacement natural gas 
facilities and permission to abandon the facilities being replaced, all 
as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Columbia proposes to replace approximately 7.3 miles of 12-inch 
pipeline and appurtenances designated as Columbia's Line VM-108, 
located in Prince George and Sussex Counties, Virginia with 
approximately 7.3 miles of 20-inch pipeline and appurtenances. Columbia 
states that it had originally anticipated replacing only 6.3 miles of 
the 12-inch pipeline as part of its overall age and condition 
activities on its pipeline system. Columbia asserts that Virginia 
Natural Gas Company (VNG) requested a reassignment of design day 
deliveries of up to 28,525 Dth/d from its Newport News No. 1 Gate 
Station to its Norfolk Gate Station due to increased growth in market 
requirements in the Norfolk, Virginia area. Columbia further states 
that it determined that it could accommodate the shift in deliveries by 
increasing the pipe size of the 6.3-mile replacement from 12-inch to 
20-inch and extending the replacement from 6.3 miles to 7.3 miles.
    Columbia indicates that the cost of the anticipated 6.3 mile, 12-
inch replacement was estimated to be $4,928,889 while the estimated 
cost to replace the 6.3 miles with 20-inch pipe is $6,436,250 and the 
cost of the additional 1.0 mile replacement of 12-inch pipe with 20-
inch pipe is $1,016,785 for a total cost estimated to be $7,453,035. 
Columbia states that VNG has agreed to reimburse Columbia for 50% of 
the replacement cost for the construction of the 6.3-mile 20-inch 
pipeline section and 100% for the additional mile of pipe required to 
accommodate VNG's shift.
    Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. ANR Storage Company

[Docket No. CP96-190-000]

    Take notice that on February 15, 1996, ANR Storage Company (ANR 
Storage), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed an 
application with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-190-000 pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval 
to abandon a storage service provided to Northern Indiana Public 
Service Company (NIPSCO), which was authorized in Docket No. CP78-
432,1 all as more fully set forth in the application which is open 
to the public for inspection.

    \1\ 8 FERC para. 61,059 (1979).
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    ANR Storage proposes to abandon the storage service it provides to 
NIPSCO under ANR Storage's FERC Rate Schedule X-5. By letter dated June 
30, 1994, NIPSCO informed ANR Storage of its intent to terminate the 
storage agreement as of March 31, 1996. ANR Storage requests approval 
to abandon Rate Schedule X-5 effective April 1, 1996. ANR Storage 
states that it would not abandon any facilities in this proposal.
    Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-194-000]

    Take notice that on February 15, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, 
filed a petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP96-194-000 
requesting that the Commission confirm that deliveries of natural gas 
to Interstate Energy Company (IEC) from a proposed delivery point do 
not constitute a bypass of service, all as more fully set forth in the 
petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. 

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    It is stated that IEC has requested that Texas Eastern install one 
12-inch valve and 12-inch check valve each and electronic gas 
measurement equipment (EGM) on Texas Eastern's 30-inch Line No. 19 and 
24-inch Line No. 12 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania so that Texas Eastern 
may initiate interruptible service of up to 250,000 dt equivalent of 
natural gas per day to IEC under its Rate Schedule IT-1. It is also 
indicated that IEC would install or cause to be installed dual 12-inch 
meter runs, related equipment and approximately 50 feet of 12-inch pipe 
which would extend from IEC's 18-inch line to Texas Eastern's Line Nos. 
19 and 12 at the site of the proposed taps.
    It is also indicated that IEC has requested that Texas Eastern 
construct and install the facilities proposed herein so that IEC can 
receive natural gas from Texas Eastern so that IEC may ultimately 
deliver natural gas to Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.'s (PP&L) 
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station (Martins Creek) located in the 
Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Texas 
Eastern mentions that IEC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PP&L. It is 
also stated that PP&L intends to modify its oil-fired Martins Creek 
Units 3 and 4 to co-fire these units with natural gas. Texas Eastern 
states that IEC currently holds authority from the Pennsylvania Public 
Utility Commission (PaPUC) to operate a pipeline for the transportation 
of crude oil and petroleum products to PP&L at Martins Creek, and has 
received authorization from the PaPUC to convert 35 miles of its oil 
pipeline to dual natural gas and petroleum operations.
    It has also been indicated that Martins Creek is not currently, nor 
has it ever been, served by UGI Utilities, Inc., (UGI), the local 
distribution company authorized by the PaPUC to serve customers in 
Lower Mount Bethel Township. Texas Eastern submits that the proposed 
delivery point does not constitute a bypass of UGI and requests that 
the Commission confirm that initiating this service will not trigger a 
contract reduction option for UGI.
    On the same date, Texas Eastern also filed in Docket No. CP96-193-
000 for authorization under its Subpart F blanket certificate to 
construct and operate the facilities to implement the proposed delivery 
point.
    Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F 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, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 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. 96-4644 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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