[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29336-29337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14127]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-492-003]


CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Amendment

May 23, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 18, 1997, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNG), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-492-003, an amendment to its pending application in 
Docket No. CP96-492-000 as previously amended in Docket No. CP96-492-
002 for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, to phase Commission authorization 
of the facilities in its Seasonal Service Expansion Project (SSE), all 
as more fully set forth in the amendment which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    In this amendment, CNG seeks Commission authorization for the 
facilities originally proposed in two phases. In Phase I, CNG requests 
that the Commission issue a section 7(c) certificate which would:
     Authorize CNG to construct and operate the previously 
proposed TL492 pipeline and uprate the operating pressure in the 
existing PL-1 pipeline;
     Authorize CNG to construct and operate a new Measurement 
and Regulation Station and appurtenant facilities to be located south 
of the City of Butler, in Penn Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania; 
and
     Approve the lease agreement between CNG and Texas Eastern 
Transmission Corporation.

CNG says that expedited certification of the aforementioned facilities 
is necessary so that CNG may complete construction and place the 
facilities in-service for the 1997-1998 winter season.
    In Phase II, CNG requests that the Commission issue a section 7(c) 
certificate authorizing the construction and operation of the remainder 
of the proposed facilities and the lease agreement between CNG and Bath 
Petroleum, Inc. for the SSE storage service to be provided from storage 
caverns leased from Bath Petroleum, Inc.
    CNG filed information on May 12, 1997, stating that the Phase I 
facilities constitute a stand-alone project and that CNG would 
construct these facilities irrespective of Commission action with 
respect to the remainder of the facilities proposed in the original 
docket. On May 13, 1997, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas 
Eastern) filed information in Docket No. CP96-606-000, stating that all 
of Texas Eastern's proposed facilities related to the transportation of 
CNG's storage gas would be constructed in 1999. Such facilities would 
enable Texas Eastern to provide CNG the Maximum Lease Quantity of 
64,000 Dth/d (the sum of Texas Eastern's lease quantities to CNG for 
CNG's Phase I and II). In the event that Phase II of CNG's project is 
not authorized, then Texas Eastern would amend its proposed facilities, 
to be built in 1999, and the lease agreement to reflect the portion of 
CNG's proposed Phase I volumes, 24,500 Dth/d, that would flow on Texas 
Eastern.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said amendment should on or before May 30, 1997, file with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, a

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motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-14127 Filed 5-29-97; 8:45 am]
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