[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5334]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-192-000]


East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

March 1, 1996.
    Take notice that on February 15, 1996, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
the above docket, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.212), for authorization to establish a bi-directional point for 
Virginia Gas Pipeline Company (Virginia Gas Pipeline), an intrastate 
pipeline company and a subsidiary of Virginia Gas Company, under East 
Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Specifically, Virginia Gas Pipeline has requested that East 
Tennessee install a bi-directional point on East Tennessee's system to 
establish a point for receipts from and deliveries to Virginia Gas 
Pipeline in connection with Saltville Storage Field. East Tennessee 
states that the interconnect will allow Virginia Gas Pipeline or its 
affiliate to offer gas contract storage services to East Tennessee's 
transportation customers.
    In order to provide this bi-directional point, East Tennessee will 
install, own, operate and maintain dual 4-inch hot taps, approximately 
50-feet of 6-inch interconnect piping, 6-inch bi-directional flow 
manifold, 6-inch turbine meter with bypass, chromatography, measurement 
facilities and electronic gas measurement (EGM) located at 
approximately M.P. 3311-1+5.8 in Smyth County, Virginia. The hot taps 
and interconnect piping will be located on East Tennessee's right-of-
way. The meter station will be located on a site adjacent to East 
Tennessee's existing right-of-way provided by Virginia Gas Pipeline.
    East Tennessee states that following the installation of these 
facilities, the point will become available for use as a receipt and 
delivery point for open access transportation under its Part 284, 
Subpart G blanket transportation certificate and the terms of its 
tariff. East Tennessee states that it anticipates that its customers 
that enter into storage agreements with Virginia Gas Pipeline or it 
affiliates will utilize this receipt/delivery point in accordance with 
the terms of its tariff. Further, East Tennessee and Virginia Gas 
Pipeline have entered into an Operational Balancing Agreement for 
service at this point pursuant to the terms and conditions of East 
Tennessee's Rate Schedule LMS-PA.
    East Tennessee states that the installed facilities will have the 
capability to receive/deliver and measure 20,000 Dth per day at this 
point. East Tennessee states that the addition of the proposed receipt/
delivery point will create opportunities to render additional 
deliveries for the accounts of its customers. East Tennessee states 
that the impact on peak day or annual deliveries is dependent on its 
customers' subscription with Virginia Gas Pipeline and cannot be 
determined at this time. East Tennessee asserts that the installation 
of the proposed bi-directional point is not prohibited by its tariff, 
and that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries at the 
proposed new delivery point without detriment or disadvantage to any of 
East Tennessee's other customers. The cost of the proposed facilities 
is estimated to be $325,629.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (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 is deemed to be authorized effective 
on 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5334 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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