[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20389-20390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10901]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-356-000]


Kern River Gas Transmission Company and Mojave Pipeline Company; 
Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

April 20, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 16, 1998, Kern River Gas Transmission 
Company (Kern River), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, and 
Mojave Pipeline Company (Mojave), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, 
filed a joint prior notice request with the Commission in Docket No. 
CP98-356-000 pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to 
construct and operate a delivery point in Kern County, California, 
under Kern River's blanket certificates issued in Docket Nos. CP89-
2047-000 and CP89-2048-000 and under Mojave's blanket certificates 
issued in Docket Nos. CP89-1-000 and CP89-2-000 pursuant to Section 7 
of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in the request which is open to 
the public for inspection.
    Kern River and Mojave jointly proposed to construct and operate a 
delivery point on their jointly owned ``Common Facilities'' in Kern 
County to provide natural gas deliveries to MacPherson Oil Company 
(MacPherson). The proposed delivery point would consist of one 8-inch 
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and valve assembly off of existing header facilities and one 4-inch 
Daniels turbine meter, with appurtenances. Kern River states that 
MacPherson would reimburse Kern River for the estimated $98,100 
construction cost of the delivery point. Kern River also states that it 
would in turn reimburse Mojave for its share of the construction cost.
    Kern River and Mojave state that their respective FERC Gas Tariff 
provisions permit the construction of the proposed delivery point and 
that they have sufficient capacity to accomplish their proposed 
deliveries to MacPherson without detriment or disadvantage to their 
other customers.
    Kern River and Mojave state that they would deliver a total of 
15,000 Mcf of natural gas per day and up to 5,475 MMcf of natural gas 
annually to MacPherson at the proposed delivery point. Kern River and 
Mojave also state that they would transport gas on a firm basis 
pursuant to their respective Rate Schedules FT-1 of their FERC Gas 
Tariff.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the 
Commission has issued this notice, 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If 
no protest is filed within the allowed time, 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 NGA.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10901 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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