[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42839-42840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21447]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-703-000]


Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Application

August 6, 1998.
    Take notice that on July 30, 1998, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company (Applicant), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, 
Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP98-703-000 an abbreviated 
application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as 
amended, and Section 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) regulations thereunder, for permission and approval to 
upgrade an existing delivery point located in Moultrie County, Illinois 
in order to accommodate increased deliveries of natural gas to Central 
Illinois Light Company (CILCO) for redelivery to Unity Grain & Supply 
(Unity), an existing customer of CILCO, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Applicant proposes to install, own, and operate an additional four-
inch Roots meter, construct approximately eighty feet of two-inch 
connecting pipe and six feet of four-inch connecting pipe and 
associated facilities, and appurtenant metering and regulating 
equipment. Applicant asserts that these modification are necessary to 
accommodate increased natural gas deliveries to CILCO for the amount of 
Unity. Specifically, Applicant states that the maximum design capacity 
of the delivery point will increase from 271 Mcf per Day to 
approximately 1,440 Mcf per Day at 100 psig. Applicant further asserts 
that this proposed upgrade will not increase the existing entitlement 
of CILCO under its current effective service agreements. It is stated 
that the estimated total cost for installing the proposed facilities is 
$64,110, which will be reimbursed 100 per cent by CILCO.
    Applicant states that it is applying for the proposal herein using 
case-specific authorization instead of filing pursuant to Section 
157.205 of Subpart F of the Commission's Regulations because CILCO and 
Unity are concerned that weather conditions may cause Unity to be 
unable to meet its requirements for testing and commencing grain drying 
operations in 1998. Accordingly, Applicant is requesting Section 7(c) 
authority to upgrade the delivery point in order to meet its customer's 
requirement for natural gas service on an expedited basis.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 13, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, a petition 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

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not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding.
    Any person wishing to become a party to the proceeding or to 
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a petition 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 Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission on this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provide for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-21447 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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