[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59962-59963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29761]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-28-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application for Section 
3 Authorization and Request for a Presidential Permit

November 2, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 20, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and 
Subpart B of Part 153 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) Regulations under the NGA, for an order authorizing the 
siting, construction, and operation of pipeline facilities and the 
place of entry and exit for import and export of natural gas at the 
International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo 
County, Texas.
    Additionally, Tennessee requests, pursuant to Subpart C of Part 153 
of the Commission's Regulations under the NGA and in compliance with 
Executive Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 12038, issuance of 
a Presidential Permit for the construction, operation, maintenance, and 
connection of

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pipeline facilities for the import and export of natural gas at the 
International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo 
County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica (PGPB) has requested that Tennessee 
provide transportation service for PGPB to an interconnect with PGPB's 
existing meter station in Reynosa, Mexico.\1\ In order for Tennessee to 
provide the requested transportation service for PGPB, Tennessee will 
construct new facilities consisting of (1) approximately 9.3 miles of 
24-inch diameter lateral pipeline commencing from Side Valve No. 409A-
401 of Tennessee's existing Donna Lateral line 409A-100 located at Mile 
Post 9.02 located in Hidalgo County, Texas, (2) a meter station, and 
(3) approximately 1,500 feet of 24-inch diameter pipe (Border Crossing 
Facilities) ending at an interconnect with an existing PGPB meter 
station located in Reynosa, Mexico. These facilities are the subject of 
a prior notice filing in Docket No. CP99-29-000.
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    \1\ PGPB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos, 
the Mexican national oil company. PGPB operates Mexico's interstate 
natural gas pipeline network and is responsible for Mexican and 
international natural gas, LNG and crude oil marketing.
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    In order to provide for the importation and exportation of natural 
gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico 
in Reynosa, Mexico, Tennessee proposes to construct the Border Crossing 
Facilities. Of this approximately 1,500 foot pipeline segment, 
Tennessee will construct approximately 486 feet of 24-inch diameter 
pipe from the terminus of the 9.3 mile lateral to a point which 
represents the midpoint of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River at the 
International Boundary. From the Mexican side of the midpoint of the 
Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River, Tennessee will cause the construction on 
PGPB's behalf of approximately 951 feet of 24-inch diameter pipeline, 
with appurtenances, which shall extend to PGPB's meter station. 
Tennessee will own, operate and maintain the Border Crossing Facilities 
on the U.S. side of the International Boundary. PGPB will own, operate 
and maintain the facilities extending from the Mexican side of the 
International Boundary to its meter station.
    Tennessee and PGPB have entered into a Transportation Service 
Agreement (TSA) dated September 30, 1998, which provides for the firm 
transportation of up to 185,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas by 
Tennessee for PGPB between specified points of interconnection on 
Tennessee's mainline facilities and the proposed interconnection point.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said document should, on or before, November 23, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, DC 20426 a protest or motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214) 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 Commission by 
Section 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 document 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 motion 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29761 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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