[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56012-56013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28006]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-3-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 14, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 2, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP99-3-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212) to certificate expanded service arrangements at the J.L. 
Hinson Tap Delivery Point all as more fully set forth in the request 
that is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    El Paso states that the certification of expanded service 
arrangements will permit the delivery of natural gas by El Paso to a 
second local distribution company (LDC), West Texas Gas Inc. (West 
Texas), in addition to natural gas service that can be provided by 
Westar Gas Transmission Company (Westar).
    El Paso states that Brian Hamilton, the end-user receiving natural 
gas service via the J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point from Westar, has 
requested that natural gas service arrangements at this delivery point 
be expanded to permit the delivery by El Paso of natural gas from a 
second LDC, West Texas. In order to accommodate this request, El Paso 
has agreed to expand the existing certificated service arrangement at 
the existing J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point to allow delivery by a 
second LDC, under Section 311(a) of the NGPA, and to provide Section 
311 transportation service to the J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point in 
Lamb County, Texas.
    The request further states that El Paso expanded service to the 
J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point via West Texas under Section 311(a) and 
has exclusively used this delivery point for the transportation and 
delivery of natural gas under Park 284, Subpart B.

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    The request also states that the regulatory restriction placed on 
the operation of a facility under Section 311(a) of the NGPA prohibits 
El Paso's shippers from utilizing this delivery point under any 
transportation arrangement other than a Subpart B transportation 
arrangement. In view of this limited service flexibility, El Paso 
believes that certification of expanded service arrangements at the 
J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point, located in Lamb County, Texas pursuant 
to Section 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations is necessary and in 
the public interest.
    El Paso states that expanded service arrangements from two LDC's at 
the existing J.L. Hinson Tap Delivery Point under the NGA is not 
prohibited by El Paso's existing Volume No. 1-A FERC Gas Tariff. El 
Paso further states that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the 
deliveries of the requested gas volumes without detriment or 
disadvantage to El Paso's 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 to be 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28006 Filed 10-19-98; 8:45 am]
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