[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41601-41602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20331]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket Nos. CP96-678-000; CP96-679-000]


Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Application

August 5, 1996.
    Take notice that on July 30, 1996, Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC 
(GBGP), as successor in interest to the certificate of public 
convenience and necessity issued to Shell Gas Pipeline Company (SGPC) 
in Docket No. CP96-307-000, filed an application pursuant to Section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act requesting (1) a blanket transportation 
certificate under Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations; (2) 
approval of proposed initial rates, terms and conditions of service on 
the pipeline facilities certificated in Docket No. CP96-307-000; (3) a 
Part 157 blanket construction certificate; (4) authorization to 
construct and operate certain minor facilities necessary to effect 
deliveries to ANR Pipeline Company and Sea Robin Pipeline Company; and 
(5) pre-granted abandonment under Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
in the event the facilities certificated in Docket No. CP96-307-000 are 
ultimately determined to be gathering facilities that are not subject 
to the jurisdiction of the Commission under Section 1(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    GBGP states that by order issued May 16, 1996, in Docket No. CP96-
307-000, the Commission granted SGPC authority to construct and operate 
a 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline and related facilities 
extending approximately 50 miles from the ``A'' Platform in Garden 
Banks Block 128, offshore Louisiana, to the ``P'' Platform in South 
Marsh Island 76, offshore Louisiana. The order required that proposed 
rates, terms and conditions of service be filed within 75 days of the 
date of issuance of the May 16 order.
    Pursuant to a waiver of 18 CFR 157.20(e) granted in the May 16 
order, SGPC transferred the certificate to GBGP, a Delaware limited 
liability company. The members of GBGP are Shell Enchilada Gas Pipeline 
Company (SEGP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Gas Pipeline 
Company, and Hess Garden Banks Gas Gathering, Inc. (HGB), a wholly 
owned subsidiary of Amerada Hess Corporation. SEGP has an 80% 
membership interest in GBGP and HGB has a 20% membership interest.
    GBGP requests the issuance of a Part 284 blanket transportation 
certificate under which GBGP will offer FT-1, FT-2 and IT-1 
transportation services GBGP states that (1) the FT-1 service is a 
traditional firm transportation service with fixed MDQ and reservation 
charge; (2) the FT-2 service is a flexible firm service with variable 
MDQ and rates based on volumes shipped; and (3) the IT-1 service is a 
traditional interruptible transportation service.
    GBGP proposes to conduct an open season for subscriptions to 
capacity on the 30-inch line from November 4 to November 25, 1996. GBGP 
states that capacity pre-subscribed by those shippers who execute 
Precedent Agreements for FT-2 service on or before July 26, 1996 will 
not be included in the open season.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 26, 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 (18 CFR 385.214 and 
385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by 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 the 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 application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matters 
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 of 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

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unnecessary for GBGP to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20331 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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