[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24867]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-621-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

September 20, 1999.
    Take notice that on September 14, 1999, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP99-621-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission's Regulations 
thereunder, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing Texas Eastern to construct, own, operate and maintain 
certain facilities to render a firm lateral transportation service for 
up to 120,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural gas to Williams 
Energy Marketing & Trading Company (Williams), all as more fully set 
forth in the application 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).
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Steven E. Tillman, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Texas Eastern 
Transmission Corporation, PO Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, (713) 
627-5113 & (713) 627-5947 (FAX).
    The facilities will comprise 3.6 miles of 16-inch pipeline lateral 
extending from points on Texas Eastern's existing two 30-inch main 
lines in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania to a proposed tie-in with the 
Ironwood Electric Generating Plant, located near Lebanon, Pennsylvania 
and currently under construction. Texas Eastern proposes to commence 
construction of the facilities in June, 2000 to meet its September 1, 
2000 in service date for test gas deliveries to the Ironwood Plant. The 
cost of the facilities is estimated to be approximately $5.725 million 
based on year of construction dollars. Texas Eastern states that firm 
lateral transportation service of up to 120,000 Dth/d will be rendered 
to Williams.
    Texas Eastern requests authorization to charge a NGA Section 7(c) 
initial rate, as a separately stated market area lateral charge 
consisting of an incremental reservation charge rate under Texas 
Eastern's Rate Schedule FT-1, which includes both a Peak and Off-Peak 
reservation charge rate. The initial reservation charge rates are 
designed to recover sixty percent (60%) of the annual reservation 
charge obligation of Williams during the period beginning May 1, 
through September 30 of each service year, and forty percent (40%) of 
the annual reservation charge obligation of Williams during the period 
beginning October 1 through April 30 of each service year. Texas 
Eastern states that the rates are designed on an incremental basis, 
using Texas Eastern's cost-of-service factors approved in Docket No. 
RP90-119, et al.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
October 12, 1999, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
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 taken 
but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. 
The Commission's rules require that protesters provide copies of their 
protests to the party or parties directly involved. 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 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 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will 
be unnecessary for Texas Eastern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24867 Filed 9-23-99; 8:45 am]
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