[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37462-37463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18207]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-386-001, et al.]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

July 11, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-386-001]

    Take notice that on July 3, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25325-1273, filed in Docket No. CP96-386-001 pursuant to Rule 
212 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.212) a motion for acceptance of proposed firm and interruptible 
default contracts which will be used by Columbia Natural Resources, 
Inc. (CNR), in the event negotiated agreements cannot be reached 
between CNR and the gathering customers affected by the spin-down of 
gathering facilities proposed in these proceedings. Columbia's motion 
is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection.
    Columbia states that because the proposed default contracts meet 
the Commission's criteria set forth in Arkla Gathering Services 
Company, 69 FERC para. 61,280 (1994), the Commission should approve the 
default contracts.
    Comment date: August 1, 1996, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Company and Carnegie Production 
Company

[Docket No. CP96-612-000]

    Take notice that on June 28, 1996, Carnegie Interstate Pipeline 
Company (CIPCO) and Carnegie Production Company (Carnegie Production) 
800 Regis Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, filed in Docket No. 
CP96-612-000 a joint application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to permit CIPCO to abandon 
jurisdictional gas purchase contracts by transfer to Carnegie 
Production, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Applicants request that the Commission authorize 
CIPCO to abandon by transfer to Carnegie Production, all of the FERC 
jurisdictional contracts currently held by Carnegie Production and 
Marketing (CP&M), CIPCO's gas production and marketing division. 
Applicants state that Carnegie Production will engage in sales for 
resale of gas acquired pursuant to the transferred gas purchase 
contracts under a blanket marketing certificate subject to the terms 
and conditions set forth in Subpart L of Part 284 of the Commission's 
regulations. Applicants further state that upon the effective date of 
such transfers Carnegie Production will perform all the FERC 
jurisdictional sales services currently being performed by CP&M and 
CIPCO will request that the Commission delete its blanket certificate 
for unbundled sales service issued pursuant to Subpart J of Part 284 
and CIPCO will file to remove from its tariff, Rate Schedules FMS and 
IMS, its merchant service.
    Comment date: August 1, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

3. Koch Gateway Pipeline Company and Southern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-619-000]

    Take notice that on July 3, 1996, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch), P. O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77521-1478 and Southern Natural 
Gas Company (Southern), P. O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-619-000 an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Section 157.18 of the Commission's 
regulations for an order permitting and approving abandonment of an 
exchange service. Koch and Southern state that this abandonment of 
service is in the public

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interest and will have no effect on any existing customer, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open for public inspection.
    Comment date: August 1, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

4. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-624-000]

    Take notice that, on July 5, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), P. O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed a 
request, pursuant to its blanket certificate in Docket No. CP83-21-000 
(21 FERC para. 62,403) and Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations, for authorization to construct new bi-
directional delivery facilities so as to increase the capacity of its 
Fort Lupton Meter Station (a.k.a. the Fort Lupton delivery point) to 
200,000 Dth per day, in order to provide increased deliverability to 
Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), all as more fully set forth 
in the request, which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    The Fort Lupton delivery point is located in Section 34, T2N, R66W, 
in Weld County, Colorado. CIG states that it has sufficient capacity to 
accomplish the increased deliveries without detriment or disadvantage 
to its other customers. CIG also states that the deliveries through the 
new Fort Lupton delivery point facilities will provide service to 
PSCo's Fort Vrain power plant and other loads in the area, and will 
enable PSCo to avoid the construction of approximately 50 miles of 20-
inch pipeline to transport the gas it has stored in the Young Storage 
Field. CIG further estimates that the new facilities will cost 
approximately $68,000.
    Comment date: August 26, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Algonquin Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-625-000]

    Take notice that on July 5, 1996, Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company (Algonquin), 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, Massachusetts 
02135, filed in Docket No. CP96-625-000 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 construct and 
operate certain facilities in connection with establishing a new 
delivery point for Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation (Connecticut), 
under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP87-317-000, 
pursuant to 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.
    Algonquin states that Connecticut has requested and Algonquin has 
agreed to establish a new delivery point on land to be owned by 
Connecticut adjacent to Algonquin's existing pipeline facilities in the 
town of Hebron, Connecticut. Algonquin explains that it will construct 
a new measuring station and associated auxiliary facilities at a cost 
estimated to be $217,000; and that Connecticut will install 
approximately 4,400 feet of 6-inch steel main. In addition, Algonquin 
relates that Connecticut will pay all costs for the facilities 
installed and will construct all non-jurisdictional facilities 
downstream of those constructed by Algonquin. Algonquin says that the 
metering and certain auxiliary piping will be constructed, owned, 
operated, and maintained by Algonquin, while the meter station 
building, regulators, heaters, and other remaining facilities will be 
constructed, owned, operated and maintained by Connecticut. Algonquin 
states that it does not propose to increase the Maximum Daily Delivery 
obligation under firm service agreements between Algonquin and 
Connecticut. Algonquin relates that Connecticut has requested a 
transfer of 200 MMBtu per day under Rate Schedule AFT-1 (F-4) of its 
entitlement for firm service from an existing delivery point at 
Mansfield, Connecticut to the proposed Hebron delivery point. Algonquin 
states that its peak day or annual commitments under firm service 
agreements will not be adversely affected by construction of the new 
station.
    Algonquin states that its existing tariff does not prohibit the 
addition of new delivery points. In addition, Algonquin states that it 
has sufficient capacity to accomplish the instant proposal without 
detriment or disadvantage to Algonquin's other firm customers.
    Comment date: August 26, 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 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18207 Filed 7-17-96; 8:45 am]
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