[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51650-51651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26076]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-750-000]


Mobil Natural Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

September 26, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 11, 1997, Mobil Natural Gas Pipeline 
Company (MNGPC), filed in Docket No. CP97-750-000 an application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorizations 
necessary to acquire and convert to natural gas service a 2.5 mile 
portion of a mothballed 6.5 mile pipeline previously used for fuel oil 
delivery; to own, operate, and maintain the Gibson Point Pipeline 
System and certain appurtenant facilities thereto; to construct check 
metering facilities at the Paulsboro, New Jersey refinery owned by 
Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil Oil); to construct a ``T'' with a flange 
at an interconnection with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation 
(Texas Eastern); to own certain facilities interconnecting with the 
existing Texas Eastern pipeline system; and to provide transportation 
service from the Texas Eastern interconnect to the Paulsboro, New 
Jersey refinery, all as set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    MNGPC states that it proposes to acquire and convert to gas service 
approximately 2.5 miles of the fuel oil pipeline extending from 
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where an interconnection is to be 
established with the existing 16-inch Line 1-A-1 of Texas Eastern, to 
the existing terminus at the Paulsboro Refinery. In addition, MNGPC 
proposes to construct check metering facilities at the Paulsboro 
Refinery and a ``T'' at the Texas Eastern interconnect. At the Texas 
Eastern interconnect, Texas Eastern will construct and operate a tap, a 
meter station, connecting pipe, and electronic gas measurement 
equipment. The sole function of the converted pipeline will be to 
provide transportation service to the Paulsboro Refinery owned by Mobil 
Oil, pursuant to a 15-year transportation agreement for 27 MMcf/day. It 
is stated that approval of this application will allow Mobil Oil to: 
(i) Obrain the lowest-cost fuel supply at its Paulsboro refinery; (ii) 
eliminate use of an existing electric compressor, thereby reducing 
emissions and noise levels at the refinery; and (iii) replace, with 
natural gas, refinery products that are currently being used to fuel a 
cogeneration facility.
    It is asserted that the pipeline would be converted and the 
metering facilities, the ``T'' with a flange, and the interconnecting 
facilities would be constructed in the fall of 1997 for an in-service 
date of December 17, 1997. The costs of Texas Eastern's construction of 
the interconnecting facilities are estimated to be approximately 
$1,135,000. The costs of constructing the metering facilities and the 
``T'' with

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a flange are estimated to be approximately $200,000.
    MNGPC states that the proposed conversion of the fuel oil pipeline 
to natural gas and the proposed construction and operation of the 
interconnecting facilities and facilities appurtenant to the Gibson 
Point Pipeline will have no significant environmental effects. 
Construction related to the pipeline will be minimal and will occur 
either on the well-buffered property of the Paulsboro Refinery itself 
or in areas that already are industrial in nature. No new right-of-way 
is required for the converted pipeline because MNGPC will use existing 
pipeline facilities located in an existing right-of-way.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 14, 1997 file 
with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
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 385.211 or 385.214 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.
    Take further notice that pursuant to the authority contained in and 
subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by Sections 7 
and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice before the 
Commission or its designee on this application if no petition to 
intervene is filed within the time required herein or if the Commission 
on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the application 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition for 
leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission, on its own 
motion, believes that a formal hearing is required, further notice of 
such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for MNGPC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-26076 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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