[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40411-40413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19669]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-643-000, et al.]


Southern Natural Gas Company, et al. Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

July 25, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Southern Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-643-000]

    Take notice that on July 16, 1996, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-643-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to construct and operate new 
delivery point facilities in Carroll County, Georgia, to accommodate 
deliveries of natural gas to Southwire Corporation (Southwire), under 
Southern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-406-000 
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.
    Southern requests authorization to construct and operate facilities 
consisting of a dual 4-inch meter station and appurtenant facilities, 
to be located on Southern's 20-inch North Main Loop and 24-inch North 
Main 2nd Loop. The cost of the facilities is estimated at $260,900. It 
is stated that Southwire will reimburse Southern for the construction 
cost. Southern states that it will transport gas for Southwire under 
its Rate Schedule IT. It is asserted that Southern has the capability 
to accomplish the deliveries proposed without detriment or disadvantage 
to its other customers. It is further asserted that the deliveries at 
the proposed facilities will have no adverse effect on Southern's peak 
day capacity.
    Comment date: September 9, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

2. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP96-646-000]

    Take notice that on July 19, 1996, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) filed 
in Docket No. CP96-646-000 a request pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), for an order permitting and approving the 
abandonment, by

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sale, of ANR's fifty percent interest in certain 4-inch metering 
facilities to Transwestern Pipeline Company (Transwestern), all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission.
    The 4-inch metering facilities are located at an interconnection 
between ANR and Transwestern in Roberts County, Texas. Transwestern 
operates the facilities and delivers natural gas to ANR at this 
interconnection. Presently, the 4-inch metering facilities are jointly 
owned by Transwestern (50%) and ANR (50%).
    The 4-inch metering facilities consist of two 4-inch meter runs, 
flow control and pressure regulation facilities. The sale price of the 
facilities will be equal to their net book value as contained in the 
sales agreement entered into by ANR and Transwestern. As of April 30, 
1996, the net book value of ANR's interest in the 4-inch metering 
facilities was $18,841.
    Comment date: August 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership

[Docket No. CP96-647-000]

    Take notice that on July 19, 1996, Great Lakes Gas Transmission 
Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, Suite 1600, 
Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed an application in Docket No. CP96-647-
000 pursuant to 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and operate 
various segments of pipeline loop, additional compression and 
compression replacement equipment, and certain minor appurtenant and 
above-ground facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Great Lakes proposes to construct and operate (1) Three separate 
segments (22 miles, 26.7 miles and 22.8 miles) of 36-inch pipeline loop 
totalling 71.5 miles in Kittson, Clearwater, Beltrami, Hubbard, and 
Carlton Counties Minnesota and in Douglas County, Wisconsin; (2) 
install two 7,400 horsepower (HP) unit additions, one at the existing 
St. Vincent Compressor Station, and one at its existing Farwell 
Compressor Station, located in Kittson County and Clare County, 
Michigan, respectively; (3) replace an aerodynamic assembly at the 
Thief River Falls Compressor Station, located in Marshall County, 
Minnesota; and (4) construct and operate permanent above-ground 
facilities in Kittson, Beltrami, and Carlton Counties, Minnesota and 
Douglas County, Wisconsin, consisting of three loop-end crossover 
assemblies, the expansion of four existing mainline valve sites and, 
within the existing boundaries of the St. Vincent Compressor Station, a 
loopline valve and crossover assembly.
    Great Lakes states that the proposed facilities are necessary to 
permit it to transport an additional 126,000 Mcf per day (Mcfd) of 
natural gas between a point on the Unites States-Canada international 
boundary near St. Vincent, Minnesota, and a point on the United States-
Canada international boundary near St. Clair, Michigan, while at the 
same time serving existing firm requirements. Great Lakes states it has 
executed precedent agreements with five shippers which fully subscribe 
the proposed expansion. Great Lakes further states that the project 
facilities will provide system-wide benefits in the form of increased 
reliability, lower maintenance costs, and by eliminating a periodic 
capacity bottleneck at the beginning of Great Lakes' system. Great 
Lakes indicates that it is seeking pre-approval for rolled-in rate 
treatment, in accordance with the guidelines established by the 
Commission's Pricing Policy for New and Existing Facilities Constructed 
by Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines (Docket No. PL94-4-000). Great 
Lakes states that prior to filing the application, it solicited its 
existing firm customers to determine if any were willing to release 
capacity on a permanent basis in order to meet the additional market 
requirements as an alternative to construction of new facilities. No 
shipper offered to relinquish its capacity entitlement.
    Great Lakes proposes to construct its project in two phases so to 
avoid constructing the majority of its facilities during an 
environmentally sensitive period. Great Lakes seeks to construct 26.7 
miles of pipeline looping in Clearwater, Beltrami, and Hubbard Counties 
Minnesota between October 1, 1997 and February 15, 1998, and to 
construct the remaining facilities during the 1988 construction season. 
Great Lakes proposes to have all facilities in service by November 1, 
1998.
    Great Lakes estimates that the project will cost $149,300,000 and 
that rolled-in rate treatment will have less than a 5 percent impact on 
existing rates.
    Comment date: August 15, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-649-000]

    Take notice that on July 22, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission Company 
(Applicant), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-649-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to construct and operate a new delivery point, under 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-553-000,1 all as 
more fully set forth in the request for authorization on file with the 
Commission and open for public inspection.
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    \1\ See, 21 FERC para. 62,235 (1982).
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    Applicant proposes to construct a new delivery point in Wakulla 
County, Florida for the City of Tallahassee to accommodate gas 
deliveries to certain new industrial customers on an interruptible 
basis. Tallahassee elected to reimburse Applicant for all construction 
costs relating to the new meter station in lieu of customer ownership; 
estimated to be $114,000. Applicant proposes to deliver up to 1000 
MMBtu of gas per day at 60 psig. Applicant explains that the proposed 
quantities would be served from current existing certificated volumes.
    Applicant holds a blanket transportation certificate pursuant to 
Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations issued in Docket No. CP89-555-
000.2 Applicant states that construction of the proposed delivery 
point is not prohibited by its existing tariff and that it has 
sufficient capacity to accommodate the service proposed herein without 
determent or disadvantage to Applicant's other customers.
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    \2\ See, 51 FERC para. 61,309 (1990).
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    Comment date: September 9, 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.

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    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 Sec. 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. 96-19669 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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