[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42241-42243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20689]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-667-000, et al.]


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

August 8, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-667-000]

    Take notice that on July 25, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314, filed in Docket No. CP96-667-000 an application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon a transportation service which was authorized in 
Docket Nos. CP76-492 and CP77-519, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that Columbia proposes to abandon transportation 
service which was once required for the transportation of gas by 
Columbia for Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (Orange and Rockland). 
This service which was performed under Columbia's Rate Schedule X-97, 
was authorized by the Commission's Opinion and Order issued June 21, 
1979, at 7 FERC 61,278 (1979) at Docket No. CP76-492, et al., which 
included, inter alia, Columbia's Docket No. CP77-519.
    Pursuant to the terms of a transportation agreement dated April 4, 
1977, Columbia agreed to deliver up to 1,000,000 Mcf of natural gas 
annually to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee) for the account 
of Orange and Rockland for storage injection. This gas was purchased by 
Orange and Rockland from Columbia under its CDS Rate Schedule and was 
delivered by Columbia to Tennessee during the summer injection period 
at Tennessee's existing South Ceredo, West Virginia sales meter station 
delivery point to Columbia or at other mutually agreeable points of 
interconnection.
    Columbia further agreed to receive during the winter withdrawal 
period up to 10,000 Mcf of gas per day (up to 1,000,000 Mcf annually) 
from Tennessee at Tennessee's existing Milford, Pennsylvania sales 
meter station

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delivery point to Columbia or at other mutually agreeable points of 
interconnection. Columbia transported the withdrawal gas on an 
interruptible basis and redelivered it to Orange and Rockland at 
existing points of delivery in eastern New York.
    Orange and Rockland agreed to pay Columbia a transportation charge 
which reflected Columbia's average system-wide unit storage and 
transmission costs, exclusive of company-use and unaccounted for gas, 
as reflected in rate filings of Columbia. The charges were subject to 
adjustment as reflected in pending and future rate filings. Also, 
Columbia retained for company-use and unaccounted-for gas a percentage 
of the total gas volumes received by Columbia for transportation to 
Orange and Rockland. This percentage of retention was adjusted from 
time to time to reflect changes in its operation.
    Comment date: August 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. CNG Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-674-000]

    Take notice that on July 29, 1996, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNG), P.O. Box 2450, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 26302-2450, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-674-000 a request pursuant to Secs.  157.205 and 
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for approval and permission to install a new 
delivery point, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-537-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 
all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    CNG states that it proposes to install a tap and appurtenant 
facilities to serve as a new delivery point to T. W. Phillips Gas and 
Oil Company, a local distribution company in Allegany County, 
Pennsylvania. It is indicated that Phillips will install meter and 
regulation equipment adjacent to CNG's Line TL-469 for Phillips' system 
supply obligations. It is further indicated that the annual deliveries 
through the proposed facilities will not exceed 3,650,000 Mcf. CNG 
asserts that it will transport natural gas to Phillips under existing, 
certificated transportation arrangements with Phillips. CNG further 
asserts that the estimated construction costs of the proposed 
facilities is $75,000.
    Comment date: September 23, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, CNG Transmission 
Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-681-000]

    Take notice that on July 30, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 
and CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG), 445 West Main Street, 
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26302-2450, herein referred to as Applicants, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-681-000, a joint abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations, for an order granting permission and approval 
to abandon an exchange service agreement between the Applicants, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicants state that the exchange service is governed by Rate 
Schedules X-54 for Texas Eastern and X-3 for CNG. Applicants further 
state that they have agreed to terminate the exchange service pursuant 
to the terms and conditions of a termination agreement dated March 7, 
1995.
    Comment date: August 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

4. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-685-000]

    Take notice that on July 31, 1996, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP96-
685-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212, 157.216) for authorization: (1) To replace and relocate the 
Oswego town border meter setting and, after the relocation and 
replacement, (2) to abandon by sale to Western Resources, Inc. 
approximately 1.2 miles of 4-inch lateral pipeline downstream of the 
new meter site, all located in Labette County, Kansas, under WNG's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000 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.
    WNG proposes to reclaim the Oswego double run 3-inch orifice meter 
and regulator setting and to relocate and install a new dual 3-inch 
rotary meter and regulator setting in Labette County, Kansas. WNG 
states that the Oswego town border meter setting was originally 
installed in 1932 and that the installation of a new rotary meter 
setting will provide for more accurate measurement at low volumes. WNG 
estimates that the cost to replace the Oswego town border setting to be 
$50,786 and the sales price of the 4-inch lateral pipeline to be 
$10,000.
    Comment date: September 23, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-689-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket 
No. CP96-689-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act for authorization to operate in interstate commerce certain 
existing gathering lines located in Potter, Moore and Hartley Counties, 
Texas, for the purpose of providing fuel gas from CIG's transmission 
system to three field compressor stations, all as more fully set forth 
in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    CIG requests authorization to operate existing nonjurisdictional 
gathering lines consisting of approximately 10.0 miles of 10-inch-
diameter and 1.3 miles of 14-inch-diameter pipelines. The lines will be 
used to provide processed gas from CIG's transmission system for use as 
fuel gas to nonjurisdictional field compressors No. 3, No. 25 and No. 
27 located in the Panhandle Field of Texas.
    CIG states that the three field compressors are currently using 
unprocessed fuel which is resulting in a loss of efficiency and 
increased maintenance. CIG believes that providing processed gas to the 
field compressors will provide for more efficient operation of these 
compressor stations and decrease maintenance requirements. CIG states 
that there are no new facilities proposed except for minor yard piping 
to connect the processed gas to the compressor units.
    CIG proposes to backflow processed gas from its transmission system 
through an existing certificated line of approximately 2.55 miles that 
will connect with the existing 14-inch-diameter line for the delivery 
of the fuel gas to the three field compressors.
    Comment date: August 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

6. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-693-000]

    Take notice that on August 5, 1996, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42301, filed in Docket No. CP96-693-000 an

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application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon a transportation service provided 
for Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) by Texas Gas, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Texas Gas proposes to abandon a transportation service performed 
for LG&E pursuant to a contract between Texas Gas and LG&E dated 
November 1, 1993 (Agreement). Texas Gas states the Agreement provides 
for Texas Gas to transport up to 30,000 MMBtu per day (winter and 
summer) for LG&E on a firm basis under Rate Schedule FT, and is 
authorized pursuant to Section 284.223 of the Commission's regulations 
and the blanket certificate issued to Texas Gas in Docket No. CP88-686-
000.
    Texas Gas states that by letter dated October 23, 1995, LG&E 
notified Texas Gas of its desire to terminate the Agreement effective 
November 1, 1996, at the end of its first roll-over term. Texas Gas 
states that in its Order No. 636 restructuring case (Docket No. RS92-
24), the Commission approved the designation by Texas Gas of a certain 
class of transportation agreements which would not be terminated 
without prior Commission approval, and that the subject Agreement is 
one of those listed in Section 32.3 of Texas Gas's FERC Gas Tariff as 
requiring specific prior Commission approval before abandonment would 
be authorized. Thus, by this application, Texas Gas seeks authority to 
abandon service to LG&E under the Agreement effective November 1, 1996.
    Comment date: August 29, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F 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 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. 96-20689 Filed 8-13-96; 8:45 am]
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