[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26979]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-24-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 16, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 10, 1996, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket 
No. CP97-24-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212) for authorization to install and operate a new delivery point 
to accommodate deliveries of gas to El Paso Fuel Development Company 
(EPFD), in Mojave County, Arizona, under El Paso's blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, 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.
    El Paso proposes to construct and operate the new delivery point, 
to be known as the Needle Mountain LNG Meter Station, in order to 
deliver up to 12,000 Mcf natural gas on a peak day to EPFD, which is a 
subsidiary of El Paso, on a peak day and up to 4,380,000 Mcf on an 
annual basis. It is stated that EPFD has requested the delivery point 
in order to be able to receive gas for conversion to LNG at a 
liquefaction plant being constructed near Topock, Arizona. It is stated 
that the facilities would consist of a 4-inch tap and valve assembly, a 
3-inch meter run and appurtenant facilities, as well as approximately 
400 feet of 4-inch pipeline connecting the meter station to the LNG 
plant.
    El Paso proposes to make the deliveries by transporting the gas on 
an interruptible basis under a transportation service agreement with El 
Paso Gas Marketing Company, also a subsidiary of El Paso. The cost of 
the facilities is estimated at $89,800, and it is stated that El Paso 
will be reimbursed by EPFD for such costs. It is asserted that the 
total volumes to be delivered to EPFD after the addition of the 
requested delivery point would not exceed those presently authorized. 
It is further asserted that El Paso has sufficient capacity to 
accomplish the deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its 
other customers. It is further explained that El Paso's tariff does not 
prohibit the addition of delivery points.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
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. 96-26979 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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