[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24786-24787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12302]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-506-000]


Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

May 10, 1996.
    Take notice that on May 6, 1996, Trailblazer Pipeline Company 
(Trailblazer), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-506-000 an application pursuant to Section (c) of the 
Natural Gas Act requesting a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity, authorizing Trailblazer to construct and operate a 5,200 
horsepower compressor in Lincoln County, Nebraska, all as more fully 
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    It is stated that in Opinion No. 138, dated March 12, 1982, the 
Commission issued a certificate of public

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convenience and necessity, requested in Docket No. CP79-80-000, for 
initial construction to 3 pipelines: Trailblazer, Overthrust Pipeline 
Company and Wyoming Interstate Gas Company, Ltd. (WIC). It is explained 
that among the facilities authorized in that certificate was a 4,500 
horsepower compressor to be located at Trailblazer's Compressor Station 
No. 602, in Lincoln County, Nebraska. It is asserted that Trailblazer 
never utilized its authority to install the 4,500 horsepower compressor 
and now wishes to install a compressor with increased capacity in order 
to satisfy current market demand. It is stated that the proposed 
compressor would increase Trailblazer's firm design day capacity by 
approximately 104,528 Mcf of natural gas per day to a total of 492,000 
Mcf per day. It is estimated that the cost of construction would be 
$11,663,000.
    Trailblazer states that it would use the compression for firm 
transportation services under its Rate Schedule FTS and that it has 10-
year contracts with shippers for all the additional capacity. 
Trailblazer asserts that its proposal is related to certificate 
applications filed in Docket No. CP96-289-000 by Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company and CP96-288-000 by WIC, both requesting authorization to 
increase capacity on their systems. It is explained that Trailblazer's 
proposed facilities are required to provide downstream capacity for 
some of the increased flow on the other 2 systems.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 31, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 385.214 or 
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.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the 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 application 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 Trailblazer to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12302 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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