[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-391]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-162-000]


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

January 2, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 24, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978-1492, filed in Docket 
No. CP98-162-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216(b) of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.216(b)) for authorization to abandon in place the Loop Line 
from Tucson-Phoenix ``A'' Line to East Tucson Power Plant No. 4 (Line 
No. 2090) located in Pima County, Arizona, under the blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, pursuant to Section 7(b) 
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.
    El Paso states that Line No. 2090, which was placed in-service in 
May, 1968, is an approximately 171 foot long loop line interconnecting 
El Paso's 10-3/4'' O.D. Tucson-Phoenix ``A'' Line with the East Tucson 
Power Plant No. 4. El Paso states that Southwest Gas Corporation 
(Southwest), formerly Tucson Gas & Electric Company (TG&E), the only 
customer served through these facilities, by letter dated November 19, 
1996, to El Paso requested abandonment of Line No. 2090. El Paso notes 
that it then purged, capped, and isolated the loop line. El Paso 
contends that the isolation of Line No. 2090 has not resulted in a 
change in service, does not affect its ability to perform its 
obligations under its Transportation Service Agreement with Southwest, 
nor has it adversely impacted El Paso or its customers in any manner.
    Line No. 2090 was originally constructed to accommodate the need 
for additional fuel at the electric power generation to serve the 
growing population in the Tucson area. El Paso states that the 
projected need for additional volumes of gas for increased electric 
generation did not materialize, making Line No. 2090 unnecessary. El 
Paso states that it has provided written notification of the 
abandonment to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
    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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-391 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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