[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 18890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9494]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-283-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application

April 12, 1999.
    Take notice that on April 1, 1999, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket 
No. CP99-283-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to 
construct an operate a fuel line in its Panhandle Field in Potter 
county, Texas, 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) 208-2222 for assistance).
    CIG states that the Texas Panhandle Field was the original 
producing area for CIG when the company began operations in 1928. CIG 
states that because of the long period of time in which the Panhandle 
Field has been producing, the wellhead pressure for many of the wells 
has decline significantly resulting in the need to install non-
jurisdictional field and wellhead compression. CIG also states that as 
the field has depleted, the lower quality of unprocessed fuel gas from 
the field has caused operating and maintenance problems for various 
compressor stations. CIG states that in 1996, its non-jurisdictional 
Panhandle Field Compressor No. 1 (PFC-1) was retired from service. It 
is stated that this compressor compressed gas from 17 wells and CIG 
installed six wellhead compressors to maintain gas production from 
these wells. CIG states that the PFC-1 obtained its fuel gas from a raw 
gas line. However, CIG maintains that the lower quality of unprocessed 
fuel gas from the field using well production gas as fuel may cause the 
field compressor to be subject to pre-ignition or pre-detonation, 
resulting in loss of efficiency, and increased maintenance. Therefore, 
CIG maintains that it would be beneficial to change the operation to 
allow the compressor unit to consume processed fuel. In order to do so, 
CIG proposes to construct and operate 70 feet of 2-inch diameter fuel 
line that would extend from an existing fuel gas line located in Potter 
County, Texas, to CIG's PFC-1.
    CIG estimates the cost of the facilities to be $1,000 which will be 
financed from funds on hand and internally generated cash from 
operations.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
May 3, 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 
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 
parties directly involve. 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 filed by the applicant and by every one of the 
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 submit copies of comments or any other filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as 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 
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 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application 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 CIG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9494 Filed 4-15-99; 8:45 am]
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