[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15191-15192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8158]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-283-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

March 24, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 17, 1998, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP98-283-000 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 157.211) for authorization to 
construct and operate a new point of delivery for AK Steel Corporation 
(AK Steel), an industrial end-user, in Warren County, Ohio. Texas 
Eastern makes such request under its blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-535-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 
all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Texas Eastern proposes to install, own, operate, and 
maintain a new point of delivery on its existing Lebanon Lateral \1\ to 
accommodate AK Steel in Middletown, Ohio. Texas Eastern proposes to 
construct and install a 10-inch tap valve and a 10-inch check valve on 
the existing Lebanon Lateral facility, at approximately Mile Post 60.62 
in Warren County. It is stated that AK Steel will install, or cause to 
be installed, three 10-inch orifice meter runs plus associated piping, 
approximately 50 feet of 16-inch pipeline which will extend from the 
Meter Station to the Tap, and electronic gas measurement equipment.
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    \1\ The Lebanon Lateral facility is jointly owned by Texas 
Eastern and ANR Pipeline Company.
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    Texas Eastern states that the transportation service will be 
rendered pursuant to Texas Eastern's open access Rate Schedules 
included in Texas Eastern FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1. 
It is averred that transportation service to be rendered through the 
delivery point proposed herein will be performed utilizing existing 
capacity on Texas Eastern's system, and will have no effect on Texas 
Eastern's peak day or annual deliveries.
    Texas Eastern states that its filing of this request is in response 
to AK Steel's request to receive natural gas service directly from 
Texas Eastern. Cincinnati Gas & Electric (CG&E) is the Texas Eastern 
customer that currently provides interruptible service to AK Steel. AK 
Steel indicates that it has informed Texas Eastern that the service AK 
Steel receives from CG&E will terminate on December 31, 1998. The tap 
proposed in this request is scheduled to be available for service on or 
after January 1, 1999, Texas Eastern therefore submits that the 
installation of the tap proposed herein and the provisions of open-
access service to AK Steel will not constitute a bypass of CG&E.
    Project cost has been estimated to be approximately $87,000, and AK 
Steel has agreed to reimburse Texas Eastern's cost in full.
    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

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shall be treated as an application for authorization pursuant to 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-8158 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]
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