[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23837]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP89-629-034]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment

September 8, 1999.
    Take notice that on August 26, 1999, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), filed in Docket No. CP89-629-034, an application pursuant 
to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for an amendment of the 
certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP89-629-000, et al., on November 14, 
1990,\1\ and amended in an order issued on October 9, 1991.\2\ 
Tennessee requests that the Commission authorize a reduction in the 
primary term of its Rate Schedule NET firm transportation agreement 
with Commonwealth Gas Company (Commonwealth) by 12 months so that the 
agreement expires on December 1, 2011. Tennessee also requests that, in 
the event that the Commission finds that such an amendment agreement 
would materially deviate from the pro forma NET firm transportation 
agreement, the Commission ``pre-approve'' the amended agreement, 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 Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-
2222 for assistance).
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    \1\ 53 FERC para. 61,194 (1990).
    \2\ 57 FERC para. 61,047 (1991).
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    Tennesse states that Commonwealth has executed an agreement, for 
4,500 Dth/d of firm transportation service under Tennessee's Rate 
Schedule NET, which has a primary term that expires on November 30, 
2012. Tennessee indicates that Commonwealth has an agreement for 
upstream transportation with Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. 
(Iroquois) that has a termination date of December 1, 2011. Tennessee 
states that Commonwealth has requested that Tennessee reduce the term 
of their agreement so that the termination date would coincide with the 
termination date of Commonwealth's agreement with Iroquois, and that 
Commonwealth, as consideration, has agreed to a long-term extension of 
a certain FT-A transportation agreement with Tennessee.
    Tennessee requests that the Commission grant the requested 
authorizations by October 15, 1999, so that all issues related to 
Commonwealth's NET service can be resolved prior to the deadline by 
which Commonwealth must provide notice to Tennessee regarding its 
decision to extend or terminate certain transportation agreements.
    Any question regarding this amendment should be directed to David 
E. Maranville, Counsel, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 2511, 
Houston, Texas 77252 at (713) 420-3525.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 29, 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 385.211 and 385.214) 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 
involved. Any person wishing to become a party in any proceeding herein 
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 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 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 to be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-23837 Filed 9-13-99; 8:45 am]
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