[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10369-10370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5367]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-238-000]


Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

February 25, 1998.
    Take notice that on February 17, 1998, Destin Pipeline Company, 
L.L.C. (Destin), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP98-238-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.208) for authorization to construct, install and 
operate a lateral pipeline and appurtenant facilities to accommodate 
the transportation of natural gas production from two new production 
platforms to be located in Main Pass Block 279 (Main Pass 279 Platform) 
and in Main Pass Block 281 (Main Pass 281 Platform) for connection into 
Destin's 36-inch mainline system at its Main Pass 260 Platform for 
ultimate delivery to downstream pipeline interconnections in southern 
and central Mississippi, under Destin's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket Nos. CP96-657-000 and -001 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.
    Specifically, Destin is proposing to construct, install and operate 
(i) Approximately 65,000 feet of 24-inch-diameter lateral pipeline from 
Destin's Main Pass 260 Platform to a sub-sea valve near the Main Pass 
279 Platform, a pig receiver to be installed at the Main Pass 260 
Platform, and sub-sea valving to be installed at the end of the 24-inch 
lateral pipeline in Main Pass Block 279, all in Federal Waters, Gulf of 
Mexico; (ii) approximately 1,000 feet of 12-inch-diameter tie-in 
pipeline from a sub-sea tie-in located on the 24-inch lateral near the 
Main Pass 279 Platform to the Main Pass 279 Platform, a riser, and a 
pig launcher to be installed at the Main Pass 279 Platform, all in 
Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico; (iii) approximately 6,500 feet of 20-
inch-diameter tie-in pipeline from a sub-sea tie-in located on the 24-
inch lateral in Main Pass Block 280 to the Main Pass 281 Platform, a 
riser, and a pig launcher to be installed at the Main Pass 281 
Platform, all in Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico; and (iv) two Receipt 
Points located on the Main Pass 279 and the Main Pass 281 Platforms, 
with measurement facilities to be installed at both Receipt Points.
    Destin states that the proposed facilities will enable it to 
receive additional gas supplies from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for 
transportation to downstream markets onshore in Mississippi. Destin 
states that CNG Producing Company, majority working interest owner and 
operator, and two smaller working interest owners, Walter Oil & Gas 
Corporation and Sonat Exploration GOM Inc., have requested 
transportation services on Destin's system for their production from 
leases in Block 734 in the Viosca Knoll Area and in Blocks 279, 280, 
281 and 284 in the Main Pass Area, East Addition, Gulf of Mexico 
(Committed Leases). Destin states that these shippers have entered into 
Reserve Commitment Agreements with Destin under which they have 
dedicated their production from the Committed Leases. Destin also 
states that the shippers have initially agreed to transport up to 230 
MMcf per day of production from the Committed Leases, and that such 
production will be transported through the proposed Lateral Facilities 
and through Destin's mainline system under Destin's Rate Schedule FT-2.
    Destin estimates the cost for the construction and installation of 
the jurisdictional facilities to be $14,990,068. The total cost of the 
project is $18,990,068, which includes a contribution in Aid of 
Construction of

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$4,000,000 to be made by Destin for a portion of the cost of the 
shippers' production platform which Destin proposes to include in its 
jurisdictional rate base.
    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 Sec. 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 therefore, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5367 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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