[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72293-72294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34609]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-114-000]


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

December 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 14, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket 
No. CP99-114-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.212) for authorization to construct, and operate a new delivery 
point in Pinal County, Arizona, to be known as the Kai Farms #5 
Delivery Point, to permit the interruptible transportation and delivery 
of natural gas to Kai Farms Company (Kai Farms). El Paso makes such 
request under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request on file with the Commission.
    El Paso states that it provides interruptible transportation 
service to Kai Farms pursuant to the terms and conditions of a 
Transportation Service Agreement (TSA) dated August 18, 1988, as 
amended and restated April 1, 1991. It is indicated that the TSA 
provides for the interruptible transportation of natural gas from any 
point of interconnection on El Paso's interstate system to various 
points in Pima County, Arizona.
    El Paso states that Kai Farms has informed El Paso that in addition 
to its operations in Pima County, that Kai Farms has a farming business 
in Pinal County, Arizona, and that Kai Farms has installed irrigation 
pumps requiring natural gas for operation. El Paso by its request is 
proposing to construct and operate a new delivery point on El Paso's 
existing 6-inch Hayden Line (Line No. 2023) in Pinal County to serve 
Kai Farms in Pinal County.
    It is stated that the proposed quantity of natural gas to be 
transported on an interruptible basis to the Kai Farms #5 Delivery 
Point is estimated to be 219,000 Mcf annually, or an average of 600 Mcf 
per day. The estimated maximum peak day natural gas requirement is 840 
Mcf by the fifth year.
    El Paso avers that the construction of the proposed delivery point 
is not prohibited by El Paso's existing tariff, and that the total 
volumes to be delivered at the proposed delivery point will not exceed 
the total volumes

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authorized prior to the request. El Paso also states that it has 
sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries of interruptible 
service without detriment or disadvantage to El Paso's other customers.
    El Paso's proposed project cost is estimated to be approximately 
$11,400. El Paso states that Kai Farms has agreed to reimburse that 
project cost. It is indicated that Kai Farms will purchase and install 
one 2-inch mini turbine with a 1-inch insert and 2-inch by-pass and 
appurtenant facilities to measure gas proposed for delivery at the Kai 
Farms #5 Delivery Point. El Paso states that Kai Farms agrees to own 
and El Paso agrees to operate and maintain the metering facilities that 
Kai Farms purchases and installs.
    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. 98-34609 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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