[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17346]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-595-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

July 2, 1996.
    Take notice that on June 25, 1996, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP96-
595-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.212) for authorization to upgrade and relocate the existing 
Chandler No. 3 Meter Station (meter station) located in Maricopa, 
Arizona, under Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-432-000 and Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully 
set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    El Paso proposes to upgrade and relocate a meter station to make 
additional firm deliveries of natural gas to Southwest Gas Corporation 
(Southwest) for service to Chandler, Arizona, and environs. El Paso 
asserts that Southwest has requested additional firm service and that 
the present meter station is unable to accommodate such delivery. It is 
further asserted that, by letter agreement dated November 22, 1994, El 
Paso and Southwest have agreed that El Paso would therefore upgrade the 
existing meter station. El Paso states that, in order to facilitate 
ease of maintenance and to eliminate a potentially hazardous situation, 
El Paso has elected to relocate the existing meter station 
approximately 53 feet north on the Tucson-Phoenix Line and the Tucson-
Phoenix Loop Line.
    It is indicated that the proposed quantity of natural gas to be 
transported on a firm basis to the upgraded meter station is estimated 
to be 511,636 Mcf annually during the third full year of operation. It 
is further indicated that the estimated maximum peak day gas 
requirement at the meter station during the third calendar year of 
service is 13,680 Mcf. El Paso asserts the gas will be used by 
Southwest to satisfy the residential, residential space heating, 
commercial, commercial space heating, and the industrial requirements 
of customers in Chandler, Arizona, and environs. El Paso states that 
the proposed firm transportation of gas to Southwest at the meter 
station will have a negligible effect on El Paso's 1995 peak day and 
total annual transportation quantities. El Paso further states that 
estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $101,500, which Southwest 
has agreed to reimburse El Paso.
    Any person or the Commission Staff may, within 45 days of the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), a motion to intervene 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 activities 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 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. 96-17346 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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