[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72299-72300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34597]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-606-001]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

December 24, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 18, 1998, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Company (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77251-
1642, filed in Docket No. CP96-606-001, an application pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, to amend the 
certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to Texas Eastern 
on July 21, 1997 in Docket Nos. CP96-606-001, et al., by revising the 
amount of capacity leased to CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG), and 
the facilities needed to provide such capacity to CNG, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Texas Eastern proposes to revise the Capacity Lease 
Agreement (dated June 25, 1996) between Texas Eastern and CNG to change 
the Maximum Lease Quantity to 19,500 Dth per day. Texas Eastern also 
proposes to construct, install, own, operate and maintain certain loop 
facilities on Texas Eastern's existing Penn-Jersey System in lieu of 
constructing the facilities on Texas Eastern's CRP System which were 
authorized in the Commission's July 21, 1997 Order. The proposed new 
facilities are 3.98 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline loop from 
milepost (M.P.) 2.90 to M.P. 6.88 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; 
certain station piping modifications at the Perulack Compressor 
Station; and certain aboveground facilities to connect the proposed 
pipeline loop to adjacent existing facilities.
    Texas Eastern states that the proposed facilities will provide up 
to 50,000 Dth per day of capacity on Texas Eastern's Penn-Jersey 
System. Texas Eastern further states that it will be ``at risk'' for 
the recovery of costs in excess of CNG's firm capacity entitlement.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 14, 1999, 
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 or Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 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 taken 
but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. 
The Commission's rules require that protestors provide copies of their 
protests to the party or person to whom the protests are directed. 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.
    A person obtaining intervenor status will be placed on the service 
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive 
copies of all documents issued by the Commission, filed by the 
applicant, or filed by all other intervenors. An intervenor can file 
for rehearing of any Commission order and can petition for court review 
of any such order. However, an intervenor must serve copies of comments 
or any other filing it makes with the Commission to every other 
intervenor in the proceeding, as well as filing an original and 14 
copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of such 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed 
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Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
environmental documents, and will be able to participate in meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission, and will 
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final 
order to a Federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
    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 NGA and the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held 
without further notice before the Commission or its designee on these 
applications 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 Texas Eastern to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34597 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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