[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48493-48494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24223]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-381-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed 
Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

September 3, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 31, 1998 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC 
Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, certain revised tariff sheets. 
Transco states that Appendix B attached to the filing contains the 
enumeration of the revised tariff sheets. Such tariff sheets are 
proposed to be effective October 1, 1998.
    Transco states that the purpose of the instant filing is to 
implement the offering of firm transportation service on Transco's 
production area supply laterals as permitted by the Commission's 
Opinion Nos. 405, et seq., issued in Transco's Docket Nos. RP92-137 and 
RP93-136 (Phase I). Opinion No. 405 expressly authorizes Transco to 
make a limited Section 4 filing to implement that service.
    As is detailed in the Statement of Nature, Reasons and Basis, 
included as Appendix A thereto, Transco is proposing to offer firm 
transportation service on Transco's production area supply laterals 
upstream of Station 30, 45, 50 and 62 and on Transco's mainline 
upstream of Stations 30 (collectively referred to as ``production area 
supply laterals''), pursuant to a sixty day open season which is to 
commence following Commission approval of the instant filing. Firm 
transportation service on those production area supply laterals

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will replace Transco's ``IT feeder'' service structure and will be made 
available pursuant to three new firm transportation rate schedules, 
which are included in Appendix B thereto. These new rate schedules have 
been developed to address the needs of production area shippers, and in 
particular Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) shippers, for flexible firm 
transportation service and to allow Transco to better compete with 
pipelines currently offering comparable services for the attachment of 
new production area supplies.
    The three new firm transportation rate schedules are: Rate Schedule 
FTSL1, a receipt-point based traditional firm transportation service; 
Rate Schedule FTSL2, a receipt-point based firm transportation service 
requiring a reserve commitment and providing for varying contract 
quantities over time; and Rate Schedule FTSL3, a receipt-point based 
firm transportation service providing for varying contract quantities 
over time.
    Transco states that copies of the filing are being mailed to its 
customers, state commissions, and other interested parties.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in 
accordance with Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 
Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants 
parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must 
file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the 
Commission and are available for public inspection in the Public 
Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24223 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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