[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7695]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-267-000]


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

March 24, 1999.
    Take notice that on March 22, 1999, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP99-
267-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212) for authorization to certificate and to continue the operation 
of an existing delivery point, installed under Section 311(a) of the 
Natural Gas Policy Act, under El Paso's 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 that is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance).
    El Paso states that the Desert Hills Delivery Point was installed 
under Section 311(a) and has exclusively used this delivery point for 
the transportation and delivery of natural gas under Part 284, Subpart 
B on behalf of Southwest Gas Corporation. El Paso states that the 
regulatory restriction placed on the operation of a facility installed 
under Section 311(a) of the NGPA prohibits El Paso shippers from 
utilizing this delivery point under any transportation arrangement 
other than a Subpart B transportation arrangement. In view of this 
limited service flexibility, El Paso believes that certification of the 
Desert Hills Delivery Point, located in Maricopa County, Arizona, 
pursuant to Section 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations, is 
necessary and in the public interest. El Paso states that continued 
operation of the facility is not prohibited by El Paso's existing 
Volume No. 1-A FERC Gas Tariff. El Paso states that is has sufficient 
capacity to accomplish the deliveries without detriment or disadvantage 
to El Paso'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 385.214) 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7695 Filed 3-29-99; 8:45 am]
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