[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58019-58020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28934]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-16-000]


Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Application

October 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 13, 1998, Dauphin Island Gathering 
Partners (DIGP), 370 17th Street, Suite 900, Denver, Colorado, 80202, 
filed in Docket No. CP99-16-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) 
of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to lease additional capacity 
created by Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) as a 
result of the construction of loop line on Texas Eastern' Main Pass 
System located offshore Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    DIGP requests authorization to lease 100,000 dt equivalent of 
capacity per day from Texas Eastern, which would be the incremental 
capacity created by Texas Eastern's proposed construction. It is 
asserted that DIGP would use the capacity to transport gas for its 
shippers from Texas Eastern's Main Pass Block 164 to the Venice Gas 
Processing Plant in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Texas Eastern has 
filed an application requesting certificate authorization for the 
construction in Docket No. CP99-18-000.
    It is stated that DIGP needs the capacity to transport natural gas 
reserves from the offshore Main Pass and Viosca Knoll Areas to satisfy 
increased demand by DIGP's customers. It is asserted that DIGP would 
levy an incremental charge of between $0.00 and $0.10 per dt equivalent 
on those shippers using the additional capacity. It is explained that 
this would allow DIGP to recover its monthly lease payment to Texas 
Eastern from those shippers benefiting from the additional

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capacity and that no other customers' rates would be affected. It is 
stated that the primary term of the capacity lease would be 15 years, 
commencing January 1, 2000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 13, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 of 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 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 or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate 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 DIGP to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28934 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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