[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59963-59964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29762]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-29-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

November 2, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 20, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), a Delaware Corporation, P.O. Box 2511, Houston, 
Texas 77252, tendered filing a request in Docket No. CP99-29-000, 
pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.208 and 157.212 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 18 CFR 157.208, 
and 18 CFR 157.212), for authorization to construct and operate a 
meter, a lateral and a bi-directional point to provide transportation 
service to Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica (PGPB), under Tennessee's 
blanket certificate authority granted September 1, 1982, in Docket No. 
CP82-413-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 
all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission 
and open for public inspection.
    Tennessee proposes to construct and operate an approximately 9.3 
mile 24-inch outside diameter lateral with a proposed MAOP of 1000 psi 
extending from Side Valve No. 409A-401 of Tennessee's Donna Lateral 
Line at Mile Post 9.02 in Hidalgo County, Texas, to the proposed Border 
Crossing Facilities that are the subject of a Section 3 and 
Presidential Permit application that Tennessee filed contemporaneously 
in Docket No. CP99-28-000. In addition, Tennessee will install a bi-
directional 12-inch ultrasonic meter at the Donna Lateral take-off (the 
intersection of the Donna Lateral and the 9.3-mile lateral). Further, 
Tennessee proposes to construct approximately 1500 feet of 24-inch pipe 
which constitutes the aforementioned Border Crossing Facilities. Of the 
total amount of the Border Crossing Facilities, 486 feet will be on the 
U.S. side of the International Boundary. The remaining amount, 
approximately 951 feet will be constructed from the International 
Boundary to a PGPB meter station in Reynosa, Mexico. PGPB will own, 
operate, and maintain the Border Crossing Facilities in Mexico. The 
total estimated cost of Tennessee's facilities, including the 486 feet 
of Border Crossing Facilities in the U.S., is $9.35 million.
    Tennessee will use the meter as the back-up for custody transfer 
measurements at PGPB's meter station in Reynosa, Mexico. The proposed 
bi-directional point will be designated as the midpoint of the Rio 
Grande/Rio Bravo River at the International Boundary. Tennessee 
proposes to operate this point as a delivery point on its system and 
make it available for use by its customers on a firm and interruptible 
basis. In addition, Tennessee proposes to operate this point as a 
receipt point pursuant to the automatic authorization provisions of 18 
CFR 157.208.

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    Tennessee states that (i) the total quantities to be received and/
or delivered at the delivery point after it is installed will not 
exceed previously authorized total quantities; (ii) that the proposed 
modification is not prohibited by its tariff; and (iii) that it has 
sufficient capacity to accomplish receipt and/or deliveries at the 
proposed point without detriment or disadvantage to Tennessee'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 385.234), 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 
request. 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. 98-29762 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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