[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48154-48155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22877]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-603-000]


Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application

August 27, 1999.
    Take notice that on August 18, 1999, Midcoast Interstate 
Transmission, Inc. (MIT), formerly Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company, 3230 Second Street, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661, filed an 
application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and part 
157 of the Commission's Regulations, requesting a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing to continue to operate certain 
existing compressor and related facilities at the Sheffield Compressor 
Station, in order to ensure its ability to satisfy its firm service 
requirements, all as more fully set forth in the application which is 
on file with the Commission and open to the public inspection. The 
application may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    On October 2, 1997, the Commission issued in Docket No. CP 97-699-
000 a limited-term certificate, authorizing MIT to operate for a one-
year period ending November 1, 1998, two standby 350 horsepower Clark 
compressor units and related facilities, located at its Sheffield 
Compressor Station in Colbert County, Alabama. The utilization of the 
two standby compressor units would allow MIT time to determine whether 
a more permanent service arrangement would be required based on the 
outcome of the North Alabama Pipeline project of Southern Natural Gas 
Company (Southern) in Docket No. CP96-153-000 and the service decisions 
of the customers, the Cities of Decatur and Huntsville (Decatur and 
Huntsville), that the project was designed to serve. On October 28, 
1998, the Commission issued an Order Amending Limited Term Certificate 
for a one-year extension, from November 1, 1998, until November 1, 
1999.
    Currently, MIT is seeking certificate authority to continue to 
operate the two existing compressor units, and related facilities, at 
the Sheffield Compressor Station. MIT's new firm service contracts that 
Decatur and Huntsville have executed extend to November 1, 2002, for 
Decatur, and to April 1, 2003, for Huntsville. According to MIT, the 
continued operation of the two compressors is essential to MIT 
fulfilling all of its firm service obligation, including those 
contracted by the Decatur and Huntsville. During the past two years, 
MIT asserts that it has used the units intermittently, during short, 
peak periods, in order to fulfill its firm service obligations. The 
compressor units are longstanding units that are already in place, and 
according to MIT would avoid the need for any new construction.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Bernard A. Foster, III, Attorney for MIT, 2001 L Street, NW, Suite 400, 
Washington, DC 20036 at (202) 822-8888, or Jan Rogers, Vice President

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Regulatory Affairs, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 2950, Houston, Texas 77002 at 
(713) 650-8900.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 17, 1999, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 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. 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.
    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 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 MIT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-22877 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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