[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36891-36892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17987]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP93-117-002]


San Diego Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Application for 
Amended Section 3 Authorization Request and for a Presidential Permit

July 1, 1998.
    Take notice that on June 22, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric Company 
(SDG&E), Post Office Box 1831, San Diego, CA 92101, filed in Docket No. 
CP93-117-002 an application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA), as amended, and Subpart B of Part 153 of the Commission's 
Regulations thereunder, for an order amending previous authorization 
and Presidential Permit for the siting, construction, and operation of 
pipeline facilities and the place of exit for the export of natural gas 
at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in 
San Diego County, California,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
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    \1\ The original authorization and Presidential Permit were 
granted in Docket No. CP93-117-000, San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company, 64 FERC para. 61,221, rehr'g denied, 65 FERC para. 61,299 
(1993).
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    SDG&E is a local distribution company (LDC), and as such is exempt 
from the Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(c) of the NGA, the 
Hinshaw amendment, but is regulated

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by the California Public Utilities Commission. In Docket No. CP93-117-
000, SDG&E received authorization to construct, operate, and maintain a 
pipeline extending from SDG&E's existing distribution system to Otay 
Mesa, San Diego County, at the International Border with Mexico, and an 
associated meter station.
    SDG&E states that between the time the Commission granted its 
original authorization in 1993 and the present, the area intended for 
the proposed border crossing has become thickly settled. SDG&E 
therefore requests permission to amend its authorization to:
    1. Exclude the section of pipeline connecting SDG&E's existing 
system to the proposed facilities in the immediate vicinity of the 
border crossing;
    2. Move the location of the border crossing 1.73 miles east to 
approximately 32 deg. 33.2' N by 116 deg. 53.9' W;
    3. Reduce the pipeline size from 36 inches to 30 inches; and
    4. Reduce the maximum capacity from 500 MMCF/day to 350 MMCF/day.
    The facility will consist of a 100 foot by 120 foot meter station 
and 400 feet of 30-inch pipeline leading from the meter station to the 
International Boundary. Although not part of the Section 3 
authorization, SDG&E proposes to build approximately 3 miles of 
pipeline connecting the proposed facilities with SDG&E's existing 
Hinshaw distribution system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 22, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 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 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 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 
notion to intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and 
approval for the proposed abandonment 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 SDG&E to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17987 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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