[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 247 (Monday, December 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32459]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-153-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company, Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

December 17, 1996.
    Take notice that on December 13, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, 1400 Smith Street, 
Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in Docket No. CP97-153-000 a request 
pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212 and 157.216 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon an existing meter station and to 
reactivate an existing delivery tap and lateral, both located in Putnam 
County, Florida, under FGT's 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 that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    FGT proposes to abandon by sale to Gainesville Regional Utilities 
(GRU) its Cyprus Mines Hawthorne Meter Station. FGT states that the 
meter station has been inactive since 1974 when Cyprus Mines ceased 
operations at its Hawthorne Plant. It is stated that GRU will bear the 
cost of removing the inactive facilities. It is stated that GRU will 
upgrade the meter station which it will own and operate. FGT proposes 
to reactivate the inactive tap and lateral line formerly utilized by 
Cyprus Mines. FGT proposes to construct electronic flow measurement 
equipment and appurtenances (EFM) in order to accommodate deliveries of 
600 MMBtu equivalent of natural gas on an average day and 219,000 MMBtu 
equivalent on an annual basis by GRU to Georgia Pacific Corporation 
(Georgia Pacific) at its Hawthorne plant. It is estimated that the cost 
of FGT's EFM equipment is $33,500, for which FGT will be reimbursed by 
GRU. GRU proposes to construct 2.7 miles of non-jurisdictional 4-inch 
pipeline downstream of the meter station to connect it to Georgia 
Pacific's plant. It is asserted that the reactivation will not increase 
FGT's currently certificated level of service under its FTS-1 service 
agreement and will not have any impact on FGT's peak day or annual 
deliveries. It is further asserted that FGT has sufficient capacity to 
render the service without detriment or disadvantage to its other 
existing customers and that its 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 National Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest 
to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor 
the prospect 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 96-32459 Filed 12-20-96; 8:45 am]
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