[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5977-5978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3195]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-202-000, et al.]


USG Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings

January 31, 1997.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. USG Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP97-202-000]

    Take notice that on January 22, 1997, USG Pipeline Company (USGPC), 
P.O. Box 806278, 125 S. Franklin St., Chicago, Illinois 60680-4124 
filed an application in Docket No. CP97-202-000 pursuant to section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, and Subpart A of Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity and a request for waivers of the applicable portions of Parts 
154, 201, 250, and 260 of the Commission's regulations. USGPC, a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of USG Corporation, states that it seeks 
Commission authorization to construct, own, and operate an interstate 
pipeline which will extend approximately 14.5 miles from a point of 
interconnection with East Tennessee Natural Gas Company in Marion 
County, Tennessee, to a point of delivery at the site of planned 
manufacturing facilities located in Jackson County, Alabama. USGPC 
states further that the pipeline will be constructed and operated to 
serve its affiliate and only customer, United States Gypsum Company. 
USGPC states that the pipeline will be financed out of corporate funds.
    Comment date: February 21, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. El Paso Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP97-203-000]

    Take notice that on January 24, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-203-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon a segment of pipeline and a tap 
and valve assembly (the Dixie tap) and the service related thereto, in 
Scurry County, Texas, under El Paso's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket Nos. CP82-435-000 and CP88-433-000 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 states that these minor facilities were available for 
utilization by El Paso to provide natural gas service to West Texas 
Gas, Inc. (West Texas) for resale to Dixie Petro-Chem., Inc.. To date, 
El Paso states that West Texas has never requested gas service from El 
Paso through these facilities and that West Texas does not have a 
current or future need for gas service here and that no other customers 
are served through the facilities. El Paso states that it has no future 
need for the facilities and by letter agreement dated December 5, 1996, 
El Paso and West Texas agreed to abandon in place approximately 0.959 
mile of 6-5/8'' O.D. pipeline extending from the 12-3/4'' O.D. Snyder 
Line to the American Magnesium Company Line and a tap and valve 
assembly, with appurtenances and service thereto. Ground disturbance 
will be limited to existing, previously-disturbed right-of-way.
    Comment date: March 17, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

3. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP97-204-000]

    Take notice that on January 24, 1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-204-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon an interruptible 
gas transportation service for Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 
(TETCO) performed under ANR's Rate Schedule X-154 which was authorized 
in Docket No. CP86-209-000, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    ANR states that abandonment is being proposed because there has not 
been any service provided under the agreement for a number of years and 
that the parties have mutually agreed to termination. No imbalances 
exist. ANR states that under the approved agreement, ANR received up to 
10,000 Dth/day for the account of TETCO in Ship Shoal Area Block 178, 
and delivered a thermally equivalent volume of gas less one percent for 
compressor fuel use to an existing onshore interconnection with TETCO 
in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. By mutual agreement, ANR states that 
the parties have agreed to terminate the transportation service 
effective close of business October 31, 1996. No facilities are 
proposed to be abandoned and that service obligations to its remaining 
customers will not be impaired after abandonment authorization.
    Comment date: February 21, 1997, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

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4. Williams Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP97-206-000]

    Take notice that on January 24, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP97-
206-000 a request pursuant to 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for 
authorization to abandon in place by sale to Warren Energy Resources, 
Limited Partnership (Warren), formerly NGC Resources, approximately 
27.3 miles of 16-inch lateral pipeline, related service and facilities, 
under WNG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000 
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.
    WNG proposes to abandon in place by sale to Warren approximately 
27.3 miles of the Rodman (Enid) 16-inch lateral pipeline (Line ``TM''), 
related service and facilities located in Alfalfa, Major and Garfield 
Counties, Oklahoma.
    WNG states that, as set out in the Assignment and Bill of Sale, 
WNG's right-of-way service obligation to the six domestic customers 
located on the 16-inch pipeline to be abandoned will be assumed by 
Warren since all facilities serving the domestics are part of the 
Assignment and Bill of Sale. WNG states that the sales price of the 
line is $690,000.
    Comment date: March 17, 1997, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

5. ANR Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP97-207-000]

    Take notice that on January 27, 1997, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243 filed in Docket No. 
CP96-207-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.211) for approval and permission to operate under the blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP88-532-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) 
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), an existing interconnection in Kane 
County, Illinois, that has been constructed pursuant to Section 311 of 
the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), all as more fully set forth 
in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    ANR states that it constructed an interconnection (Hampshire 
Interconnection) with Northern Illinois Gas Company (NiGas) in 
November, 1995 pursuant to NGPA Section 311. ANR further states that 
the facilities consist of meter station, heater, separator, flow 
control facilities, and approximately 2,900 feet of sixteen-inch 
piping. ANR indicates that the facilities cost approximately 
$3,200,000. ANR asserts that it has been delivering natural gas to 
NiGas at this interconnection for delivery to North Shore Gas Company 
under Rate Schedule ETS of ANR's FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume 
No. 1.
    By this application, ANR seeks authorization to operate the 
Hampshire Interconnection under the provisions of Section 7(c) of the 
NGA. ANR asserts that the NiGas Interconnection is designed for 300 
MMcf/day.
    Comment date: March 17, 1997, 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 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 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. 97-3195 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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