[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43752-43753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21656]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-721-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

August 21, 1996
    Take notice that on August 16, 1996, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. 
CP96-721-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for 
authorization to uprate by 1000 horsepower (hp) an existing compressor 
unit at Station 230-C, Lockport, New York, that will expand the 
capacity of the jointly-owned Niagara Spur Loop Line in order to permit 
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel) to provide an 
additional 21,344 Dth per day of annual firm transportation service (as 
set forth in National Fuel's application for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity in Docket No. CP96-671-000), all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Tennessee states that it is filing this application as operator and 
co-owner of

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the Niagara Spur Loop Line pursuant to the terms of a Construction and 
Ownership Agreement (C&O Agreement). It is stated that the C&O 
Agreement governs expansions of the Niagara Spur Loop Line and provides 
that Tennessee, as operator, will seek all regulatory approvals from 
the Commission to construct the facilities necessary for such 
expansions. Tennessee further states that National Fuel has notified 
Tennessee and the other co-owners of its intention to use its expansion 
rights on the Niagara Spur Lool Line under the C&O agreement to provide 
additional firm service and has requested Tennessee to uprate an 
existing compressor station so that National Fuel can transport 
additional quantities of gas on a firm basis over the Niagara Spur Loop 
Line from the Niagara Import Point to an interconnection with 
National's facilities at Clarence, New York.
    It is stated that the total cost of the uprating is estimated to be 
$51,620, and, in accordance with the C&O Agreement, all costs actually 
incurred in the preparation and prosecution of this application and the 
construction of the facilities will be paid by National Fuel to 
Tennessee as such costs are incurred. In addition, it is stated that 
National Fuel is required to make payments to the co-owners of the 
Niagara Spur Loop Line under the C&O Agreement to equalize the capital 
cost per Mcf-mile of all the co-owners. Tennessee states that these 
payments are intended to give all co-owners the benefit of the 
inexpensive expansibility of the Niagara Spur Loop Line that can be 
achieved through additional compression facilities. Tennessee contends 
that the amount of the cost equalization payments to all co-owners is 
currently estimated to be $562,450.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 4, 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 or 385.211) 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 with 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 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-21656 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am]
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