[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49447-49449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24128]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-769-000, et al.]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

September 13, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-769-000]

    Take notice that on September 5, 1996, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (TGPL), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-769-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon the Luby and 
Petronilla Lateral Facilities in Nueces County, Texas, which was 
authorized in Docket Nos. G-2075, CP80-89, and CP78-541, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Specifically, TGPL proposes to abandon by sale to Corpus Christi 
Transmission Company, L.P. (CCTC),

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the Petronilla-Shield-Luby Line; the Luby Transmission Purchase 
Lateral; the Texas Eastern Pemex-Petronilla Transmission Purchase Line; 
the Sun-Luby Lateral; and the following three metering stations: the 
Sun-Luby M&R, the Texas Eastern Pemex-Petronilla Exchange M&R, and the 
Luby M&R. TGPL proposes to transfer these facilities, collectively 
referred to as the ``Luby and Petronilla Lateral Facilities'', at net 
book value, which was $122,537 as of August 31, 1996.
    Comment date: October 4, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Coastal States Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-770-000]

    Take notice that on September 5, 1996, Coastal States Gas 
Transmission Company (CSGTC), Nine Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas, 
77046, pursuant to Executive Order No. 10485 (18 Fed. Reg. 5397 
(1953)), Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (15 U.S.C. Sec. 717b) 
and Part 153 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, filed an application requesting a Presidential Permit and 
authorizations under Section 3 of the NGA to site, construct, operate, 
and maintain natural gas pipeline facilities at the International 
Boundary between the United States and the Republic of Mexico.
    CSGTC proposes to construct a border facility consisting of 
approximately 650 feet of 24-inch O.D. pipe near the City of Roma, 
Texas on the United States side of the border which is proximate to 
Ciudad Miguel Aleman in the State of Tamaulipas on the Mexican side of 
the border.
    Comment date: October 4, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company v. Natural Gas 
Processing Co.

[Docket No. CP96-771-000]

    Take notice that on September 5, 1996, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston), 200 North Third Street, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58501, filed with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-771-000 a 
complaint against Natural Gas Processing Co. (NGP), 101 Division 
Street, Worland, Wyoming 84201. Williston states that NGP is a 
vertically integrated natural gas enterprise engaged in the production, 
gathering, processing, transmission, and distribution of natural gas. 
Williston claims that NGP owns and operates natural gas transmission 
facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) without certificate or rate authority.1
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    \1\ Williston indicates that NGP also owns and operates various 
production, gathering and processing facilities which are not 
material to the activities which are the subject of this Complaint.
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    Williston also claims that NGP is about to commence construction of 
the Graybull transmission line for the purpose of transporting 
interstate natural gas supplies from Colorado Interstate Gas Company's 
(CIG) Gooseberry Creek measuring station to the distribution system of 
Wyoming Gas Company, a Division of NGP, in Basin and Greybull, Wyoming 
without applying for and obtaining certificate and rate authorization 
from the Commission under the NGA.
    Williston requests that the Commission (1) find that NGP is a 
``natural-gas company'' as defined in section 2(6) of the NGA; (2) find 
that NGP's construction, ownership and operation of facilities subject 
to the jurisdiction of the Commission without obtaining prior 
certificate and rate approvals from the Commission constitutes 
violations of the NGA; and (3) take immediate enforcement action to 
enjoin NGP's violations of the NGA. Williston further states that if 
the Commission is unable promptly to enjoin NGP from the violation on 
the basis of the pleadings, Williston requests that an evidentiary 
hearing be held on an expedited basis to support a decision in this 
matter.
    Comment date: October 15, 1996, in accordance with the first 
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. Answers to 
the complaint shall be due on or before October 15, 1996.

4. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-778-000]

    Take notice that on September 10, 1996, K N Interstate Gas 
Transmission Company (K N Interstate), 370 Van Gordon Street, P.O. Box 
281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304 filed in Docket No. CP96-778-000 
a request pursuant to Sections 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.212) for approval and permission 
to install and operate six new points of delivery for K N Energy, Inc. 
(K N) for resale to various customers by K N, under the blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP89-1043-000, 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.
    K N Interstate states that it proposes to install six new points of 
delivery in the states of Nebraska and Colorado. K N Interstate asserts 
that the total volumes of gas to be delivered at the proposed delivery 
points will be within the current maximum delivery quantities set forth 
in its transportation service agreement with K N. K N Interstate 
indicates that the proposed delivery points are not prohibited by its 
tariff and that the addition of the proposed delivery points will not 
adversely affect any of its customers.
    Comment date: October 28, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP96-779-000]

    Take notice that on September 10, 1996, K N Interstate Gas 
Transmission Co. (K N Interstate), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 
88228, filed in Docket No. CP96-779-000, an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations for an order permitting and approving the 
abandonment, by sale, of approximately 21.9 miles of 16-inch pipeline 
known as the Aledo East Extension facilities which are located in the 
State of Oklahoma and comprise a segment of K N Interstate's Buffalo 
Wallow System. K N Interstate states that the facilities, as a result 
of a series of transactions, will eventually be transferred to, and 
owned by, ONG Transmission Company, an intrastate pipeline company. K N 
Interstate also requests that the Commission declare that the Aledo 
East Extension facilities will be nonjurisdictional upon abandonment by 
sale, and the companies to which the facilities will be transferred 
will not be subject to the Commission's jurisdiction as a result of the 
contemplated transaction; all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Comment date: October 4, 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 
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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 
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. 96-24128 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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