[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15738-15739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7985]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-262-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

March 26, 1999.
    Take notice that on March 17, 1999, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. 
CP99-262-000 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, for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing Tennessee to construct, install and operate 
compression and certain minor facilities in order to provide additional 
firm transportation service to customers in Zone 6 of its pipeline 
system (referred to as Eastern Express Project 2000--Zone 6 Receipts), 
all as more fully set forth in the application which 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 202-208-222 
for assistance).
    Specifically, Tennessee proposes to: (1) install an additional 6150 
horsepower compressor at its Compressor Station No. 261 in Hampden 
County, Massachusetts; (2) install an additional 7,170 horsepower 
compressor at its Compressor Station No. 266-A in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts; and (3) add an 8-inch delivery tap to its existing 
Southern Connecticut-Milford delivery point on Tennessee's 300 Line in 
New Haven County, Connecticut. Tennessee also proposes to construct and 
install certain facilities, in Worcester and Middlesex Counties, 
Massachusetts and in Hartford County, Connecticut, pursuant to Section 
2.55(a) of the Commission's Regulations. The estimated total cost of 
the proposed facilities is $28,143,423.
    Tennessee states that the proposed facilities will increase 
capacity on its Blackstone Lateral downstream of Compressor Station No. 
266-A by 292,000 Dth/d, and will increase capacity on its 300 Line 
downstream of Compressor Station No. 261 by 83,000 Dth/d. Tennessee 
further states that, as the result of an open-season held from February 
12, 1998 through March 24, 1998, Tennessee has entered into binding 
precedent agreements for firm transportation service to be rendered 
pursuant to Tennessee's Rate Schedule FT-A for 90,000 Dth/d of capacity 
associated with deliveries on its Blackstone Lateral and for 83,000      
Dth/d of capacity associated with deliveries on its 300 Line. Tennessee 
requests approval of the service agreements for the project which 
contain certain provisions which are different from those contained in 
Tennessee's pro forma FT-A Agreement.
    Shippers were given the option of selecting negotiated rates of 
recourse rates. Tennessee states that the negotiated rates provide for 
fixed reservation and commodity charges, for the primary term of the 
shipper's transportation agreement, in the amounts of $3.22 per Dth/
month for the reservation charge, and, for the commodity charge, 
$0.0643 for the first five years and $0.0543 for the second five years. 
The recourse rates are the applicable maximum reservation and commodity 
rates for transportation service within Zone 6 under Tennessee's Rate 
Schedule FT-A. Tennessee states that all shippers selected negotiated 
rates, and that revenues collected during the primary terms of the 
contracts will exceed the incremental cost-of-service for the project 
over a 10-year period.
    Tennessee states that the proposed project will enable gas supplies 
accessed by Portland Natural Gas Transmission System and Maritimes & 
Northeast Pipeline L.L.C. pipelines to be delivered to existing and new 
markets in New England. Tennessee requests that the Commission grant 
the requested authorizations by December 31, 1999, so that Tennessee 
can place the project in service by November 1, 2000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or making any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 16, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in

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accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of 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 be 
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 
on the 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acing Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7985 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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