[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40066-40067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19571]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-633-000]


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

July 21, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 11, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-633-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) under the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to operate existing delivery point 
facilities constructed under the authorization of Section 311 of the 
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA) in Maricopa County, Arizona, for 
Part 284 transportation services by El Paso, under El Paso's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, pursuant to Section 7 of 
the NGA, 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 operate the existing 2-inch tap, meter and 
appurtenant facilities to serve Pimalco Inc. for use as fuel in the 
manufacture of aerospace aluminum on behalf of Oasis Pipeline Company. 
It is stated that El Paso was fully reimbursed for the $51,451 cost of 
installing the tap by Pimalco. It is estimated that the peak day and 
annual requirements for this delivery point are 400 Mcf and 146,000 
Mcf, respectively. It is asserted that the volume of gas delivered to 
Pimalco after the request will not exceed the volume of gas authorized 
prior to the request. It is further asserted that the proposal is not 
prohibited by El Paso's existing tariff and that El Paso has sufficient 
capacity to accomplish the deliveries without detriment or disadvantage 
to its other customers.
    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

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Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If no 
protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 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. 97-19571 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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