[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27573-27574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13202]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-512-000]


Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

May 13, 1998.
    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C. 
(Destin), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP98-512-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to construct and operate a 
pipeline extension and appurtenant facilities in the Mississippi Canyon 
area of the Gulf of Mexico, to serve as gas supply facilities, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Destin proposes to install and operate approximately 31 miles of 
24-inch lateral pipeline from Chevron USA Inc.'s (Chevron) Viosca Knoll 
Block 900 Platform to a sub-sea tie-in to be located near the Main Pass 
Block 279 Platform, all in Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico, and 
appurtenant facilities including a pig launcher and measurement 
facilities. It is stated that the facilities are designated the Gemini 
Expansion Facilities and are being installed to gain access to a supply 
of natural gas from a new deep water prospect named Gemini in 
Mississippi Canyon Area Blocks 247, 291, and 292. It is asserted that 
Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. and Chevron have signed 
agreements with Destin for the transportation of up to 180 Mmcf of gas 
per day from the Gemini gas supply under Destin's Rate Schedule F-2.
    Destin proposes to own, operate and maintain the facilities as part 
of its pipeline system and to finance the cost of $37.2 million. Destin 
requests rolled-in rate treatment for the cost of the facilities, 
asserting that they will be an integral part of its system. Destin 
requests Commission authorization by July 31, 1998, in order to have 
the proposed facilities placed in service by March, 1999.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 3, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the 
NGA (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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA 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 motion to intervene is filed within the time required 
herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that a 
grant of the certificate is required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If a motion 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

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unnecessary for Destin to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13202 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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