[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22370]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-708-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

August 14, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 4, 1998, as supplemented on August 10, 
1998, NorAm Gas Transmission Company (NorAm), 1111 Louisiana Street, 
Houston, Texas, filed in Docket No. CP98-708-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211(b)) for authorization to 
install a delivery tap and related facilities to deliver increased 
volumes of gas to an existing customer, Cross Oil Refining and 
Marketing, Inc. (Cross), located in Union County, Arkansas. 
Specifically, NorAm proposes to install a 4-inch tap on its Line K and 
to construct 2.4 miles of 6-inch pipe (Line KT-10), under the blanket 
certificate issued and amended in Docket Nos. CP82-384-000 and CP82-
384-001, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NorAm states that these new facilities will allow peak day and 
annual deliveries of 4,000 Dth and 1,460,000 Dth, respectively. NorAm 
estimates the cost of construction to be $295,000, and states that 
Cross will reimburse NorAm for 50% of the total cost of these 
facilities. Currently, NorAm serves Cross' refinery through a delivery 
tap located on Line HM-18, a 4-inch diameter, low pressure, lateral 
line which is only capable of delivering only 3,000 Dth per day.
    Cross has executed an amendment to its firm transportation 
agreement to provide for a new contract demand total of 4,000 Dth per 
day and to establish Line KT-10 as the new primary delivery point. 
NorAm states that it will make minor modifications to the existing 
meter station to allow for higher pressure gas to be delivered to 
Cross. According to NorAm, Line HM-18 will stay in service as a backup 
source of delivery. NorAm states that it has sufficient capacity to 
accomplish the deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its 
other customers.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, 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 Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed 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 Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-22370 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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