[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24928-24930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12439]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-472-000, et al.]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

May 13, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-472-000]

    Take notice that on May 2, 1996 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-472-000 a request pursuant to Section 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 expand an existing 
delivery point to South Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPL), known as 
the Grover Meter Station, located on Transco's mainline in Cleveland 
County, North Carolina. Transco makes such request, under its blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-426 pursuant to Section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Transco states that SCPL is a transportation, storage and sales 
customer of Transco under Transco's Rate Schedule IT, FT, GSS, WSS, LG-
A, ESS and FS. Transco declares that its proposal herein, to expand the 
Grover Meter Station, is in response to SCPL's request. It is stated 
the SCPL uses this point of delivery to receive gas into its intrastate 
pipeline system.
    Transco is proposing to install a new 12-inch orifice meter tube 
and a 10-inch bypass connection on the existing 10-inch inlet line, 
replacing the existing 12-inch outlet piping with 16-inch piping, and 
replacing the odorization injection system.
    Transco states that it currently delivers up to 70,000 Dt of gas 
per day to SCPL at the Grover Meter Station. As a result of the 
expansion, the capacity of the Grover Meter Station will be increased 
to 138,000 Dt per day. Transco mentions that it has sufficient system 
delivery flexibility to accomplish such additional deliveries without 
detriment or disadvantage to Transco's other customers.
    Transco states that it is not proposing to alter the total volumes 
authorized for delivery to SCPL on a firm basis or to otherwise change 
in any way SCPL's firm capacity entitlement on Transco's system. It is 
further stated that the expansion of this delivery point will have no 
impact on Transco's peak day deliveries and little or no impact on 
Transco's annual deliveries, and is not prohibited by Transco's FERC 
Gas Tariff.
    The estimated cost to expand the Grover Meter Station as proposed 
herein is $220,000. It is indicated that SCPL will be responsible for 
all costs associated with such expansion.
    Comment date: June 27, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

2. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.

[Docket No. CP96-477-000]

    Take notice that on May 3, 1996, K N Interstate Gas Transmission 
Co. (K N Interstate), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304, 
filed an abbreviated application for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing it to acquire, construct and 
operate certain pipeline and related facilities designated as the Pony 
Express Pipeline, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and 
Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    K N Interstate seeks authorization to acquire and convert to 
natural gas use approximately 804 miles of crude oil pipeline purchased 
by K N Energy, Inc., K N Interstate's parent company, from Amoco 
Pipeline Company (APL). These facilities extend from Lost Cabin, 
Wyoming eastward through the states of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and 
Missouri, terminating in Freeman, Missouri, near Kansas City.
    K N Interstate also seeks authorization to construct and operate 
the following facilities which will also comprise the Pony Express 
Pipeline: (1) 65-miles of 16-inch pipeline, the Rockport Lateral, 
extending from Rockport, Colorado northeast to a point near Kimball, 
Nebraska, where it will interconnect with the former APL facilities; 
(2) new facilities to reroute the former APL facilities around Class 
III locations, consisting of 7.6 miles of 12-inch pipeline near Casper, 
Wyoming and 0.3 miles of 24-inch pipeline located near

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the Appanoose Grade School in Franklin County, Kansas; (3) 3.2 miles of 
20-inch inlet and outlet pipe between the Pony Express Pipeline and K N 
Interstate's existing Casper Compressor Station; (4) a 5500 HP 
compressor to be added to the existing Casper Compressor Station, and 
four new compressor stations consisting of a total of about 45,000 HP 
located in Converse County, Wyoming, Logan County, Colorado, Rawlins 
County, Kansas, and Osborne County, Kansas; (5) the upgrade of about 58 
miles of 12-inch pipeline on K N Interstate's existing system extending 
from K N Interstate's existing Huntsman Compressor Station in Cheyenne 
County, Nebraska to its Weld County Interconnect in Colorado; and (6) 
new interconnects with supplies from central and southwestern Wyoming, 
bi-directional interconnects with the existing K N Interstate system, 
and potential interconnects with third party pipelines. The total 
estimated cost of the Pony Express Pipeline is approximately $154 
million.
    K N Interstate avers that the Pony Express Pipeline will have a 
total pipeline design capacity of 255,000 MMBtu/d. The Rockport Lateral 
will have a capacity of 120,000 MMBtu/d and will provide access to 
southwestern Wyoming gas supplies. The remaining 135,000 MMBtu/d of 
capacity will provide access to central Wyoming gas supplies. K N 
Interstate proposes to commence initial service on the Pony Express 
Pipeline with a capacity of 60,000 MMBtu/d on a free-flow basis by the 
first quarter of 1997, and to reach the maximum capacity of 255,000 
MMBtu/d with compression by the third quarter of 1997.
    K N Interstate proposes to charge its existing Part 284 
transportation rates as initial rates for service on the Pony Express 
Pipeline. In addition, K N Interstate states that it is filing a pro 
forma tariff sheet reflecting an extension of its Rate Zone Market Area 
3 in order to recognize that the Pony Express Pipeline will extend the 
K N Interstate system in an easterly direction beyond its traditional 
service area. K N Interstate also requests that the Commission 
predetermine in this proceeding that it may charge rolled-in rates for 
transportation service performed on the Pony Express Pipeline.
    Comment date: June 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F 
at the end of this notice.

3. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-483-000]

    Take notice that on May 3, 1996, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP96-
483-000 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 utilize an existing tap and regulator and 
to install replacement measuring facilities for the receipt and/or 
delivery of transportation gas to United Cities Gas Company (UCG) in 
Montgomery County, Kansas, under WNG's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-479-000 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.
    WNG states that the annual volumes would be 9,125,000 Dth with a 
peak day volume of 25,000 Dth and the construction cost would be 
$162,153 which would be reimbursed by UCG. It is also stated that this 
change would not be prohibited by its tariff and there would be no 
adverse impact on existing customers.
    Comment date: June 27, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

4. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, El Paso Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-508-000]

    Take notice that on May 7, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 and El 
Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso), 100 North Stanton, El Paso, Texas 
79901, herein collectively referred to as Applicants, filed a joint 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order granting permission 
and approval to abandon certain exchange and transportation services. 
The application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Applicants propose to abandon:
     An exchange service performed under Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-44 authorized in Docket No. CP74-162, as amended, and under 
El Paso's Rate Schedule Z-3 authorized in Docket No. CP74-126, as 
amended. Natural and El Paso state that they are parties to a gas 
exchange agreement dated September 24, 1973 (1973 Agreement), as 
amended, whereby Natural delivered up to 65,000 Mcf of natural gas per 
day to El Paso in Reeves, Pecos and Ward Counties, Texas, Caddo and 
Washita Counties, Oklahoma, Lea and Eddy Counties, New Mexico and San 
Juan County, Utah and El Paso delivered equivalent quantities of gas to 
Natural in Dewey, Beckham, Washita and Grady Counties, Oklahoma, 
Hansford County, Texas and Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt Counties, New 
Mexico. They state the exchange was balanced in Ward and Reeves 
Counties, Texas and Lea County, New Mexico.
     A transportation service for El Paso performed under 
Natural's Rate Schedule X-46 authorized in Docket No. CP76-86. Natural 
and El Paso state that they are parties to a gas transportation 
agreement dated August 25, 1975 (1975 Agreement), whereby El Paso made 
available on an interruptible basis up to 10,000 Mcf of natural gas per 
day to Natural at the outlet of Cities Service Oil Company's Bluitt 
Gasoline Plant in Roosevelt County, New Mexico and Natural redelivered 
such gas, less fuel, to El Paso in Parmer County, Texas.
    By letter agreements dated March 1, 1995, Natural and El Paso 
agreed to terminate the 1973 Agreement, as amended, and the 1975 
Agreement, as of April 1, 1995.
    Comment date: June 3, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F 
at the end of this notice.

5. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-514-000]

    Take notice that on May 8, 1996, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(NGT), 1600 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002, filed a request with the 
Commission in Docket No. CP96-514-000, pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
for authorization to construct and operate certain facilities in 
Arkansas authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-
384-000 and CP82-384-001, all as more fully set forth in the request on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NGT proposes to convert an existing receipt point into a delivery 
point on NGT's Line OM-1 to transport gas through facilities to be 
constructed by   U S Gas Services, L.L.C. (U S Gas) for delivery of 
natural gas to Tyson Foods (Tyson). The volumes to be delivered to U S 
Gas are approximately 7,000 MMBtu per day and 1,825,000 MMBtu per year. 
The conversion of this receipt point would require minor above ground 
construction with an estimated cost of $6,843, which would be 
reimbursed by U S Gas, acting as agent for Tyson.
    Comment date: June 27, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with 
reference to said

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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. 96-12439 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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