[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40341-40342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19733]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-651-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

July 22, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 18, 1997, Florida Gas Transmission Company 
(FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-651-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 
and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to construct and operate a 
new delivery point (Hines Delivery Point) in Polk County, Florida for 
delivery of natural gas to Florida Power Corporation (FPC) 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 construct, operate and own an additional delivery 
point to accommodate the transportation of natural gas for FPC on a 
self implementing basis pursuant to Subpart G of Part 284 of the 
Commission's Regulations. FGT states that, to accommodate gas 
deliveries to the proposed delivery point, FPC has acquired permanent 
firm capacity from various FGT shippers under FGT's Capacity 
Relinquishment Program in accordance with section 18 of the General 
Terms and Conditions of FGT's FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 
1.
    The proposed delivery point will include a tap at or near mile post 
6.39 on FGT's existing Agricola Lateral, approximately 0.9 mile of 
connecting line, metering and regulating facilities, electronic flow 
measurement equipment, and related appurtenant facilities for FGT to 
deliver up to 65,000 MMBtu per day and 23,725,000 MMBtu per year of gas 
to FPC. FGT states that it will be reimbursed for the construction 
costs which is estimated at $1,400,000.
    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 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

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authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19733 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
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