[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29980-29981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14481]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-545-000]
Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc.; Notice of Petition
for Declaratory Order
May 27, 1998.
Take notice that on May 13, 1998, Colorado Engineering Experiment
Station, Inc. (CEESI), 54043 WCR 37, Nunn, Colorado 80648, filed in
Docket No. CP98-545-000, a petition pursuant to Rule 207 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207),
requesting the Commission to determine and declare that it lacks
jurisdiction pursuant to the Natural Gas Act (NGA), other statutes
including the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), and any regulations
promulgated thereunder, over the construction, maintenance and
operation of CEESI's proposed natural gas meter calibration facilities
and appurtenances; all as more fully set forth in the petition which is
on file with the Commission and open for public inspection.
CEESI plans to develop a natural gas meter calibration facility at
Northern Border Pipeline Company's (Northern Border) Ventura
Measurement Station (Ventura Station) located near Ventura, Iowa, for
the primary purpose of calibrating large volume flowmeters. The meter
calibration facility to be operated by CEESI will consist of reference
meters, meter testing facilities and instrumentation, 30-inch piping
and buildings. CEESI states that the Ventura Station provide the
following essential elements for calibrating large volume meters: (i) A
consistent year around daily flow of a large volume of natural gas;
(ii) a high pressure system; and (iii) cold winter conditions.
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CEESI states that the planned calibration facility will provide
manufacturers and users of large volume flow meters in the United
States access to a calibration facility in the United States, resulting
in reduced expense and time required to test and transport such meters.
In addition, CEESI avers that the facility will provide the opportunity
to further develop the ultrasonic flowmeter technology and to develop
United States standards for ultrasonic flowmeters.
CEESI further states that Northern Border will install about 900
feet of 30-inch pipe and a tie-over between Ventura to Harper, Iowa and
the outlet of the CEESI facility all located in the Ventura Station
yard to accommodate CEESI's calibration facility. The 30-inch pipe will
connect the meter calibration facility and Northern Border's system.
Northern Border will also construct two buildings for CEESI, one to
house instrumentation and one for the testing of meters. CEESI will
reimburse Northern Border for any operating or maintenance costs. CEESI
will also pay Northern Border a fee related to the 30-inch pipe, the
tie-over, buildings and appurtenances installed by Northern Border.
CEESI will replace in kind any natural gas volume lost during the meter
calibration process. The gas loss during the meter calibration process
will be minimis. Operation of the CEESI facilities will not result in
costs or charges to Northern Border's customers.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before June 17, 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
Natural Gas Act (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 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 Section 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act 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 and 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 unnecessary for the CEESI to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14481 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]
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