[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47199-47200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23665]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-713-000]
Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
September 2, 1997.
Take notice that on August 25, 1997, Cove Point LNG Limited
Partnership (Cove Point), 2100 Cove Point Road, Lusby, Maryland 20657,
filed in Docket No. CP97-713-000, 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
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157.211) for authorization to construct and operate a new point of
delivery to Washington Gas Light Company (WGL) in Charles County,
Maryland, under Cove Point's blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP94-59-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection.
Cove Point requests authorization to construct and operate a
delivery point, identified as the Gardiner Road Tap, to be located in
Charles County, Maryland. Cove Point describes the Gardiner Road Tap as
two 16-inch taps to be located on either side of a check valve located
on Cove Point's 36-inch pipeline at or near Gardiner Road at the
intersection of the Cove Point Pipeline and the facilities to be
constructed by WGL. Cove Point says that WGL's facilities, upon
construction, will be interconnected to the Cove Point Pipeline by the
Gardiner Road Tap. Cove Point indicates it will provide service through
this delivery point pursuant to authorized rate schedules and within
certificated entitlements as shown below:
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Estimated Estimated
design day annual
Customer Rate schedule quantity quantity
(Dth) (Dth)
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WGL.......................................... FTS 100,000 400,000
FPS-1 50,000 500,000
FPS-2 50,000 250,000
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Cove Point explains that the construction and operation for the
additional point of delivery has been requested by WGL for firm
transportation and peaking service for residential and commercial use.
Cove Point says that WGL has not requested an increase in the peak day
entitlements in conjunction with this request to establish a new point
of delivery. Therefore, Cove Point asserts there is no impact on its
existing peak day obligations to its other customers as a result of the
proposed new point of delivery. Cove Point relates that WGL has agreed
to reimburse Cove Point 100% of the actual cost of construction to
construct and operate this new point of delivery which is approximately
$75,000 which includes an amount for gross-up for income tax purposes.
Cove Point says it will comply with all of the environmental
requirements of Section 157.206(d) of the Commission's regulations
prior to the construction of any facilities. Cove Point states that it
has obtained the appropriate environmental clearances from the Maryland
State Historic Preservation Office and the United States Department of
the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, for the proposed construction.
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
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23665 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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