[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13166-13168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7200]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-220-000, et al.]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

March 18, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Koch Gateway Pipeline Company

Docket No. CP96-220-000

    Take notice that on February 29, 1996, Koch Gateway Pipeline 
Company (Koch), 600 Travis Street, P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-
1478, filed in Docket No. CP96-220-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to revise an 
existing meter station and to install a lateral pipeline to increase 
delivery capacity to Mississippi Power Company (MPC) in Harrison 
County, Mississippi, under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-430-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as 
more fully set forth in the request which is on file

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with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Koch proposes to install approximately 5,377 feet of new twenty-
inch pipeline parallel and adjacent to its existing eight-inch pipeline 
designated as TPL 276-14 which is currently serving MPC's Jack Watson 
Power Plant. Koch states that the first 2,424 of proposed installation 
will be located in Koch's existing fee property. While the remaining 
2,953 of the proposed installation will be located within an existing 
right-of-way located entirely within MPC property and easements. 
Additionally, Koch proposes to install on the twenty-inch line at 
station 39+88, a four-inch tap to tie-over an existing meter station 
which serves Reichold Chemical, which is currently served from the 
existing eight-inch line.
    Koch asserts that it is not seeking to abandon the eight-inch line 
because it will be used as a back-up line in the event that service is 
interrupted on the twenty-inch line. Koch claims that the lateral line 
will increase the delivery capacity to MPC from 105 MMcf/d to a 
proposed peak day capacity of 286 MMcf. Koch notes that the twenty-inch 
line is needed to meet MPC's immediate needs as well as providing the 
opportunity to meet MPC's future fuel requirements. The estimated cost 
for the project is $1,120,000, of which MPC will partially reimburse 
Koch for the construction costs.
    Koch states that MPC is currently being served by a number of 
brokers and marketers which ship gas on Koch's system. Koch states that 
MPC will continue to have this option or it may execute a new 
interruptible transportation agreement pursuant to Koch's ITS Rate 
Schedule. Koch notes that service provided through the proposed 
facilities will be within the certificated entitlements of existing 
shippers which serve MPC or within the entitlements of an executed 
interruptible agreement if MPC chooses, pursuant to Koch's blanket 
transportation certificate authorized in Docket No. CP88-6-000. Koch 
states that it has sufficient capacity to render the proposed service 
without detriment to its existing customers and its tariff does not 
prohibit the proposed modifications to the facilities.
    Comment date: May 2, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
at the end of this notice.

2. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation

[Docket No. CP9]

    Take notice that on March 8, 1996, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, and 
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette 
Street, Buffalo, New York 14203 (jointly referred to as Applicants), 
filed in Docket No. CP96-238-000, a joint application pursuant to 
Section 7(c) 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 the 
Applicants to redefine the total top gas storage capacity of the 
Wharton Storage Field as 16 Bcf, and to increase the base gas of the 
Wharton Storage Field by 4 Bcf for a total of 14.6 Bcf of base gas, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicants state that the initial development of the Wharton 
Storage Field was certificated by Commission order dated January 18, 
1963, in Docket No. CP61-284. Further, development of the storage field 
was authorized by Commission orders dated November 20, 1963, in Docket 
No. CP64-44; February 4, 1964, in Docket No. CP64-103; and January 24, 
1967, in Docket No. CP65-182.
    Applicants state that the certificated storage capacity of the 
Wharton Storage Field was never realized during development, and over 
the years the rated capacity of the Wharton Storage Field has further 
deteriorated so that the capacity is now 16 Bcf. Further, Applicants 
state that remediation programs have been followed to maintain, and at 
a minimum, to mitigate further reduction in deliverability of top gas 
storage capacity of the Wharton Storage Field.
    Applicants indicate that they have entered into a Revised and 
Restated Wharton Storage Agreement to reflect the changed physical and 
operational characteristics of the Wharton Storage Field and to update 
the Wharton Storage Agreement dated February 7, 1963. Applicants state 
that, under this agreement, Transco will furnish 3 Bcf of base gas and 
National Fuel will furnish 1 Bcf of base gas.
    Comment date: April 8, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. Northern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-246-000]

    Take notice that on March 14, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-246-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to construct and operate a new 
delivery point under Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-401-000 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.
    Northern proposes to install a new tap on Northern's 24-inch A-
line, and metering and appurtenance facilities, at its existing 
measurement yard located in the NE 1/4, Section 18, T3N, R26E, Beaver 
County, Oklahoma. Northern states that the new delivery point would 
accommodate natural gas deliveries to Continental Natural Gas 
Incorporated (CNG) under existing transportation rate schedule and 
service agreements. Northern explains that the gas would be used for 
feedstock for CNG's processing plant. It is stated that estimated peak 
day and annual volumes would amount to 25,000 MMBtu and 6,223,250 
MMBtu, respectively. Northern estimates that the total cost to install 
the delivery point would be $155,000. Northern advises that the 
facilities would be financed in accordance with the General Terms and 
Conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1.
    Comment date: May 2, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
at the end of this notice.

4. Northern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-247-000]

    Take notice that on March 14, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-247-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon, in place, the 
Zavala Co. No. 2 compressor station in Zavala County, Texas, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Northern states that the Zavala Co. No. 2 compressor station, which 
consists of one 2,250 horsepower unit, is no longer being utilized due 
to changes in operating conditions which have eliminated the need for 
this station. Northern further states that its Zavala Co. No. 3 
compressor station is currently being utilized to compress the gas 
instead of the Zavala Co. No. 2 compressor station; therefore, 
abandonment of the station will not result in the abandonment of 
service to any of Northern's existing customers or producers.

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    Comment date: April 8, 1996, in accordance with 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, 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. 96-7200 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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