[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58063-58065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28859]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-22-000, et al.]


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

November 4, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP97-22-000]

    Take notice that on October 10, 1996, as supplemented October 29, 
1996, Columbia Gas Transmission (CGT), P.O. Box 1273, Charleston, West 
Virginia 25325-1273, filed in Docket No. CP97-22-000 a request pursuant 
to Sections 157.205, 157.212, and 157.216(b) of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212, 
157.216(b)) for approval and permission to abandon certain minor 
facilities at a delivery point, modify another delivery point to 
Columbia Gas of Ohio (COH) in Muskingum County, Ohio, and partially 
reassign the maximum daily delivery obligations (mddo) and daily demand 
quantities from an existing point to COH to this particular point of 
delivery, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-
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.
    CGT states that it proposes to modify a delivery point to COH in 
Zanesville, Ohio and partially reassign the mddo from an existing point 
to COH to this particular delivery point. Columbia further states that 
to accommodate the modification of the delivery Columbia will abandon 
by removal a meter with two inch connections and miscellaneous fittings 
and pipe. Columbia asserts that the modifications sought herein will 
have no impact on Columbia's existing peak day obligations to its other 
customers.
    Comment date: December 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

2. Colorado Interstate Gas Company and Western Gas Interstate 
Company

[Docket No. CP97-53-000]

    Take notice that on October 21, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG) Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944 
and Western Gas Interstate Company (Western Gas) 211 North Colorado, 
Midland, Texas 79701, collectively referred to as Applicants, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-53-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, for permission and approval to abandon a 
transportation, exchange, and sales service that they perform in the 
Panhandle area of Texas and Oklahoma, all as more fully set forth in 
the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    The Applicants request permission and approval to abandon the 
service

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that they perform pursuant to their July 18, 1980, Gas Transportation, 
Exchange and Sales Agreement, as amended and CIG's Rate Schedule X-42 
and Western Gas' Rate Schedule X-2. Specifically, CIG proposes to 
abandon the transportation and exchange service that it provides and 
Western Gas proposes to abandon the exchange and sales service that it 
provides. The Applicants state that they both hold open access 
transportation certificates and have restructured their services 
pursuant to Order No. 636, and accordingly no longer require the above 
services.
    No facilities are proposed to be abandoned in this proceeding, and 
the Applicants declare no service other than that stated in this 
application will be terminated or otherwise affected as a consequence 
of the proposed abandonment.
    Comment date: November 25, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

3. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP97-66-000]

    Take notice that on October 24, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia Gas), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, 
West Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP97-66-000 a request 
pursuant to Section 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for permission 
and approval to abandon certain natural gas facilities located in 
Loudoun County, Virginia. Columbia Gas makes such request under its 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000 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.
    Specifically, Columbia Gas proposes to abandon, by removal, natural 
gas facilities consisting of a point of delivery to Washington Gas 
Light Company (Washington Gas), known as the Sterling Park measuring 
station. Columbia Gas proclaims that the measurement and regulation 
facilities at this point of delivery have not been used for deliveries 
since 1993, and that services provided to customers through that 
delivery point have since been either discontinued or reconnected to 
other existing distribution systems.
    It is indicated that Washington Gas does not object to Columbia 
Gas' proposed abandonment, and that the proposed abandonment will not 
result in a loss or a reduction in service to any customer. It is 
further stated that it will cost an estimated $7,400 to retire the 
facilities.
    Comment date: December 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

4. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP97-70-000]

    Take notice that on October 25, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP97-70-000, a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.212) for authorization to construct and 
operate a new gas measurement facility in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, 
which will serve as a point of delivery to Amite Foundry and Machine, 
Inc. (Amite). FGT makes such request, under its blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-553-000, 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.
    Specifically, FGT is proposing to construct and operate a 2-inch 
tap and a tap valve, at or near mile post 37.6 on FGT's existing 24-
inch mainline; approximately 50 feet of 2-inch connecting pipe; a minor 
2-inch meter bypass line, electronic flow measurement equipment; a 2-
inch rotary meter; and other miscellaneous appurtenant facilities so 
that FGT can deliver up to a maximum of 36 MMBtu of gas per hour to 
Amite, on an interruptible basis. It is stated that the volumes will be 
used to fuel Amite's day to day industrial operations.
    FGT states that the total volumes to be delivered after this 
request will not exceed the total volumes delivered prior to this 
request. FGT estimates that the proposed facilities will cost 
approximately $83,000 and, indicates that Amite has elected to 
reimburse FGT for all costs and expenses directly and indirectly 
incurred by FGT relating to the proposed construction in lieu of 
customer ownership.
    Comment date: December 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

5. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP97-73-000]

    Take notice that on October 28, 1996, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP97-73-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations, under its blanket certificate issued in 
Docket Nos. CP82-384-000 and CP82-384-001 to abandon certain facilities 
in Arkansas, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, NGT specifically proposes to abandon two inactive 2-
inch meter stations and two 2-inch taps on Line K-South in Union 
County, Arkansas, originally installed to deliver gas to ARKLA in the 
El Dorado area. ARKLA has discontinued use of these facilities and 
consented to their removal. No service will be abandoned as a result of 
this proposal. Cost of the facilities to be abandoned is $6,001. The 
taps will be abandoned in place and all above ground facilities 
removed.
    Comment date: December 19, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

6. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP97-76-000]

    Take notice that on October 29, 1996, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-76-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 
and 157.211 (18 CFR Sections 157.205 and 157.211) of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act, for authorization to construct a 
new delivery facility 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 to construct and operate a new delivery facility 
located in Morgan County, Colorado consisting of a 4-inch tap, valve, 
and measurement with appurtenant facilities. CIG states that the new 
delivery facility would be constructed pursuant to a request by Excel 
Corporation (Excel) and Leprino Foods Company (Leprino). It is stated 
that the proposed deliveries of natural gas for Excel are 3,200 MMBtu 
per day and 2,000 MMBtu per for Leprino. It is further stated that CIG 
has been advised that gas transported to the proposed delivery facility 
would be used in a beef processing plant by Excel and in a cheese 
processing plant by Leprino. CIG states that the estimated cost of the 
delivery facility is $91,000 which Excel and Leprino would reimburse to 
CIG.
    Comment date: December 19, 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

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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 
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. 96-28859 Filed 11-8-96; 8:45 am]
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