[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11205-11206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6504]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-29-002]


Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment to Pending 
Application

March 13, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 4, 1996, Paiute Pipeline Company 
(Paiute), filed in Docket No. CP94-29-002, pursuant to

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Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, an amendment to its pending 
application in Docket No. CP94-29-000, as amended in Docket No. CP94-
29-001, in which Paiute requests authorization to construct and operate 
certain pipeline loop and pressure regulating and measurement 
facilities, in order to enable Southwest-Northern California to serve 
the city of Truckee, California, and environs, and to increase Paiute's 
capacity to provide additional delivery point flexibility to Southwest-
Northern Nevada in the Incline Village, Nevada area, all as more fully 
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Paiute states that it filed its original application in Docket No. 
CP94-29-000 on October 15, 1993. On March 27, 1995, Paiute filed an 
amendment in Docket No. CP94-29-001 which significantly revised its 
original application. Paiute states that by these filings, it requests 
authorization in this proceeding to construct and operate pipeline loop 
and measurement and pressure regulating facilities so as to expand the 
delivery capacity of its system between Wadsworth Junction and the 
terminus of its North Tahoe Lateral by 12,788 Dth/d. The proposed 
facilities are intended to enable Paiute to provide an additional 
10,333 Dth/d of firm transportation service between those points to 
Southwest-Northern California, and enabling it to accommodate 
Southwest-Northern Nevada's request to provide it with 2,455 Dth/d of 
additional delivery capacity at its Incline Village delivery points.
    Paiute states that the purpose of its new amendment is to reflect 
two changes with respect to the construction of one of the pipeline 
loop segments proposed by Paiute in its previous applications in this 
docket. Paiute had previously proposed to construct and operate 11.1 
miles of 16-inch loop pipeline on its North Tahoe Lateral between 
mileposts 6.6 and 17.7. However, in response to the serious concerns of 
the Division of State Parks of the Nevada Department of Conservation 
and Natural Resources, Paiute reanalyzed the system design for its 
construction project. Consequently, by the instant amendment, Paiute 
now proposes to construct 11.0 miles of 16-inch loop pipeline from 
milepost 0.0 to milepost 11.0 on the North Tahoe Lateral. In addition, 
Paiute now proposes to construct approximately 200 feet of 8-inch loop 
pipeline at milepost 17.7 on the North Tahoe Lateral.
    Paiute states that the estimated cost of the proposed facilities is 
$10,451,691, which is nearly identical to the estimated cost level 
reflected in Paiute's previously filed amendment in this docket. Paiute 
intends to finance the cost of construction through ongoing regular 
financing programs and internally generated funds.
    Paiute further states that aside from the aforementioned two 
changes, Paiute is proposing no other changes to its proposed 
construction project or to its request for authorization as heretofore 
submitted to the Commission in this docket.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 3, 1996, 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 385.214 and 385.211) 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. All persons who 
have heretofore filed need not file again.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6504 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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