[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20700]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-671-000]


Panhandle Field Services Company; Notice Of Petition For 
Declaratory Order

July 31, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 29, 1997, Panhandle Field Services Company 
(Field Services),\1\ 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 900, Denver, 
Colorado 80202, filed in Docket No. CP97-671-000 a petition pursuant to 
Section 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Rule 207(a)(2) of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207 (a)(2)), 
for a declaratory order disclaiming Commission jurisdiction over 
certain facilities to be acquired from Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company (Panhandle),\2\ an affiliate, and the services provided through 
them, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ Field Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panhandle 
Eastern Pipe Line Company, and owns gathering and processing assets 
in the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
    \2\ Panhandle has filed a related abandonment application in 
Docket No. CP97-672-000.
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    Field Services seeks a declaratory order from the Commission 
finding that:
    (1) At the time of transfer, from Panhandle to Field Services, 
approximately 5.6 miles of 8-inch pipeline located between Field 
Services' Spooney Booster Station (Spooney Booster) and Panhandle's 
Hansford Compressor Station (Hansford Compressor) in Hansford County, 
Texas (Spooney 8-Inch Line) described in the petition would be 
facilities used for the gathering of natural gas exempt from Commission 
jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the NGA.
    (2) Field Services would not be a ``natural-gas company'' pursuant 
to Section 2(6) of the NGA by virtue of its proposed acquisition, 
ownership and operation of the facilities.
    (3) The gathering services that Field Services seeks to perform as 
described in its petition would be exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the NGA; and
    (4) Field Services' rates and charges for gathering services would 
not be subject to Sections 4 and 5 of the NGA.
    Field Services proposes to operate the Spooney 8-Inch Line as a gas 
gatherer providing gathering and related services between the Hansford 
Compressor and the Spooney Booster. Currently the Spooney 8-Inch Line 
moves gas from the Spooney Booster to the Hansford Compressor and 
parallels a Panhandle 6-inch line. Upon acquisition of the Spooney 8-
inch Line, Field Services states that it will physically disconnect the 
Spooney 8-Inch Line from the Hansford Compressor. Field Services states 
that it will use the line to gather gas from points to be constructed 
along its length and deliver the gathered gas through the Spooney 
Booster for delivery to Panhandle via the existing 6-inch line. Field 
Services states that it does not propose to engage in the sale or 
transportation of natural gas in any manner which would subject it to 
the Commission's jurisdiction under the NGA.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before August 21, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 384.214 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20700 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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