[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33107-33108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16221]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-27-001]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Amendment to 
Application

June 20, 1996.
    Take notice that on June 18, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), located at 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 
60148, filed in Docket No. CP96-27-001, an amendment to its application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Subpart A of part 
157 of the Commission's Regulations. Natural seeks a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and 
operation of certain facilities which will increase the capacity of its 
Amarillo Mainline system. Natural now amends its proposal to modify the 
design of the proposed expansion. The details of Natural's amendment 
are all as more fully set forth in its filing which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. (For details of Natural's 
original application, see Notice of Application in Docket No. CP96-27-
000, issued on October 25, 1995, and published in the Federal Register 
on November 2, 1995, (60 FR 55711).)
    Natural states that it is now requesting authorization to:

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    (1) Construct and operate a new 9,000 horsepower compressor at 
Station No. 110 in Henry County, Illinois,\1\
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    \1\ Natural had previously proposed to relocate a smaller 
compressor unit from Texas to Illinois.
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    (2) Construct and operate about 9.7 miles of 36-inch pipeline loop 
in Louisa and Muscatine Counties, Iowa. The loop would be immediately 
upstream (to the west) of Station No. 199, which is in Muscatine 
County.\2\
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    \2\ Natural had previously proposed to retrofit Station No. 199 
and increase its horsepower by 4,500.
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    The primary purpose of Natural's proposal, to add new firm 
transportation service downstream of from Harper, Iowa, has not been 
changed. Other than described above, the other facilities proposed in 
Natural's original application remain unchanged. Natural had previously 
proposed to add 550,000 Mcf per day of new service, but reduced its 
proposal to 525,000 Mcf per day of new service.\3\ Natural is still 
planning to use roughly 180,000 Mcf per day of future released 
capacity, plus 345,000 Mcf per day of the additional capacity gained 
from the proposed facilities for these services. The total cost of 
Natural's proposal has decreased from $87,467,000 to $85,415,000. Also, 
Natural restates that it plans to recover the cost of this expansion by 
means of an incremental rate applied to the 345,000 Mcf per day of 
expansion capacity.
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    \3\ One shipper which was previously part of the project, 
Renaissance Energy (US) has dropped out.
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to this amendment to the application should on or before June 
28, 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 (28 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.20). 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 the 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 motions to intervene need not file again.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 the amended 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 
Natural to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16221 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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