[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42605-42607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20912]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-212-001, et al.]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

August 9, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

Docket No. CP96-212-001

    Take notice that on August 1, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-212-001 an application pursuant

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to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, to amend CIG's protested prior 
notice request, filed on February 26, 1996 in Docket No. CP96-212-000, 
by deleting CIG's request for authorization to construct the Burlington 
Delivery Facility; and to instead seek Commission authorization to 
operate the constructed Burlington Delivery Facility pursuant to 
Section 7(c), all as more fully set forth in the application on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    By its February 26, 1996, prior notice filing, CIG sought 
authorization to operate, subject to the Natural Gas Act, certain 
facilities placed in operation solely to effectuate transportation 
under Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act, and to construct and 
operate a new delivery facility (The Town of Burlington Delivery 
Facility). The request was protested by Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company, on April 22, 1996, and the protest was not resolved, 
which resulted in the request being converted to a Section 7(c) filing.
    CIG avers that the basis for this amendment is to update the 
original filing as it pertains to the request for the Town of 
Burlington Delivery Facility. CIG indicates that subsequent to its 
prior notice request being converted to a Section 7(c) filing, that 
Wyoming Gas Company, the local distribution company who would be served 
from the Burlington Delivery Facility, requested that CIG construct the 
Burlington Facility under CIG's Section 311 authority. CIG states that 
it responded to Wyoming Gas' request and further states that Section 
311 transportation service to Wyoming Gas commenced on July 25, 1996.
    Comment date: August 30, 1996, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. CNG Transmission Corporation

Docket No. CP96-675-000

    Take notice that on July 29, 1996, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNG), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-675-000 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 a 
new measuring and regulation (M&R) station in the State of New York. 
CNG makes such request, under its blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-537-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as 
more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    CNG states that it proposes to construct a new M&R station in 
Tompkins County, New York, to serve as an interconnection to New York 
State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG), a local distribution company 
located in the vicinity. CNG estimates that 54,000 Dt per day will flow 
through the facility on a firm basis, stating that said volumes are 
within NYSEG's certificated entitlements. CNG indicates that NYSEG will 
use the volumes for its system supply from its Seneca Lake Storage 
project being constructed in Seneca County, New York.
    CNG further states that in order for it to deliver NYSEG's gas, a 
measuring and regulation station must be constructed near Danby, New 
York. It is also averred that certain auxiliary installations must also 
be installed (a filter/separator, various valves and yard and station 
piping, and buildings) at points of interconnection with CNG on Lines 1 
and 31.
    CNG indicates that NYSEG has agreed to reimburse CNG for the cost 
associated with this project.
    Comment date: September 23, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

 3. Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.

[Docket No. CP96-687-000]

    Take notice that on July 31, 1996, Iroquois Gas Transmission 
System, L.P. (Iroquois), One Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Shelton, 
Connecticut 06484, filed in Docket No. CP96-687-000, an application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for a certificate 
of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and 
operate a compressor station to be located near Athens, New York. 
Iroquois states that the compressor station is necessary to provide 
natural gas transportation services for two shippers in a total amount 
of 30,160 Mcf per day (Mcf/d). Iroquois' proposal is more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Iroquois proposes to construct and operate a new compressor station 
to be located near the Town of Athens in Greene County, New York. The 
site of the proposed compressor station is different from a site 
previously proposed by Iroquois for a similar project near Athens in 
Docket No. CP95-637-000. The proposal in Docket No. CP95-637-000 was 
withdrawn by Iroquois. The currently proposed site is in an 
``industrial zone'' along County Route 28 which is presently used as a 
private airstrip.
    The proposed Athens compressor station will be the third compressor 
station on Iroquois' system and will consist of one turbo-compressor 
unit with a 9,500 horsepower rating. Iroquois says that this new 
compressor station will provide capacity for the 30,160 Mcf/d of 
requested firm service, plus about 8,300 Mcf/d of additional 
unsubscribed excess capacity. The estimated cost of the proposed Athens 
compressor station is approximately $22 million, as detailed in Exhibit 
K of Iroquois' application.
    In its application Iroquois states that it has entered into 
Precedent Agreements with ProGas U.S.A., Inc. (ProGas) for new firm 
transportation service for 16,160 Mcf/d, and with Coastal Gas Marketing 
Company for new firm transportation service for 14,000 Mcf/d. Iroquois 
proposes to provide firm gas transportation service for these two 
shippers under its Part 284, Subpart G, Blanket Certificate and will be 
performed pursuant to Iroquois' RTS Rate Schedule and associated 
General Terms and Conditions of Iroquois' FERC Gas Tariff, First 
Revised Volume 1. Iroquois proposes to collect the return of capital 
for the Athens compressor station through the use of its systemwide 
depreciation rate.
    Iroquois says that it will charge these two shippers certain 
discounted rates for the new service under the terms of its effective 
Part 284 open-access RTS rate schedule. Two letter agreements and a 
workpaper detailing those discounted rates were filed with the 
Commission on August 5, 1996, under the privileged and confidential 
treatment rules specified in Section 388.112 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    Iroquois proposes to roll-in the construction and operation costs 
of the new Athens compressor station with the costs of its existing 
system. Consistent with the Commission's policy statement in Docket No. 
PL94-4, Iroquois has filed a schedule which shows the anticipated 
annual costs of the Athens compressor station and the increased system 
revenues associated with the new transportation service. Iroquois says 
that the schedule shows that construction and installation of the 
Athens compressor station and a rolling in of the associated costs and 
revenues will have no detrimental financial impact on Iroquois' 
existing shippers. Iroquois anticipates that the net effect of such a 
rolling in will benefit existing shippers by reducing their annual 
costs by $1.5 million.
    Comment date: August 30, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

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4. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-688-000]

    Take notice that on August 2, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-688-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205(b) and 
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205(b) and 157.212) to construct new delivery facilities 
pursuant to CIG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-21-000, 
all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    CIG proposes that the new delivery facilities would be located in 
Weld County, Colorado. It is stated that the proposed facilities would 
consist of a four-inch meter and appurtenant facilities for delivery of 
up to 13,500 MMBtu per day to PanEnergy Field Services, Inc. 
(PanEnergy). It is further stated that Thermo Cogeneration Partnership, 
the end user, would use the gas for cogeneration. CIG states that the 
new facilities have an estimated cost of approximately $50,000 which 
would be paid for/reimbursed by PanEnergy.
    Comment date: September 23, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-692-000]

    Take notice that on August 5, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP96-692-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for authorization to 
establish a new delivery point to accommodate deliveries of gas 
transported on an interruptible basis on behalf of Petroleum Source and 
Systems Group, Inc. (PSSG), a marketer of natural gas, in Yazoo County, 
Mississippi, under Texas Eastern's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-535-000, 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.
    Texas Eastern proposes to construct and operate delivery point 
facilities consisting of 2 valves, a meter, a meter run and 50 feet of 
2-inch pipeline, in order for PSSG to serve the Federal Correctional 
Institution at Yazoo City. It is stated that the facilities would be 
used to deliver up to 300 dt equivalent of natural gas per day under 
Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule IT-1. The cost of the facilities is 
estimated at $38,069 to Ohio Intrastate. It is asserted that the 
deliveries at the new delivery point would be made utilizing existing 
capacity on Texas Eastern's system. It is further asserted that Texas 
Eastern has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries without 
detriment or disadvantage to its other customers. It is explained that 
the proposed delivery point would not have any significant impact on 
Texas Eastern's peak day or annual deliveries.
    Comment date: September 23, 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 
therefor, 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. 96-20912 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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