[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5442]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-97-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

March 1, 2000.
    Take notice that on February 23, 2000, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978-1492, filed in Docket 
No. CP00-97-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.16(b) of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.208(b)) for authorization to uprate the Maximum Allowable 
Operating Pressure (MAOP) of the Ramsey Plant Line (Line 3152),\1\ 
originating in Eddy County, New Mexico, and terminating in Reeves 
County, Texas, and to thereafter operate Line 3152 at the higher MAOP 
under the blankete certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, 
pursaunt to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection. The application may be viewed on the web at 
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
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    \1\ Line No. 3152 is a 6\5/8\'' O.D. lateral line approximately 
8.7 miles long, which was originally constructed as a gas supply 
lateral and was designed to operate at an MAOP of 650 psig in order 
to receive up to approximately 10 MMcf/d of natural gas under 
budget-type authority in Docket No. G-17256 (21 FPC 474).
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    El Paso states it received a request from Huntington Energy, L.L.C. 
(Huntington) to deliver gas from high pressure gas sources to El Paso's 
California Mainline System and that the requested uprate will permit it 
to receive up to 30 MMcf/d of gas for transportation for Huntington. El 
Paso states that Line No. 3152 currently has a certificated operating 
limit of 650 psig, El Paso seeks authorization to uprate the MAOP to 
960 psig. El Paso states that estimated cost to uprate Line No. 3152 
with the installation of pressure regulators is $88,900, which 
Huntington will reimburse El Paso for all costs associated with the 
uprating. El Paso plans an in-service date for the operation of Line 
No. 3152 at the higher MAOP of 960 psig of no later than May 1, 2000.
    El Paso states that Line No. 3152 was originally used to deliver 
gas from the former Continental Ramsey Oil Plant Receipt Point 
(Continental) into its 16'' Jal-El Paso ``A'' Line. In 1993, 
Continental was converted to a delivery point and became the Conoco 
Ramsey Plant Delivery Point (Concoc) and El Paso reversed the flow of 
gas in Line No. 3152. In 1997, the Orla Petco Delivery Point (Orla) was 
installed adjacent to Conoco. According to El Paso, the reversal of the 
flow on Line No. 3152 will not adversely affect deliveries to Conoco 
and Orla, since they will be served by natural gas supplies from the 
Huntington Receipt Point.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Robert T. Tomlinson, Director, Tariff and Certificate Department for El 
Paso, 100 North Stanton, El Paso, Texas 79901 at (915) 496-5959, or 
Michael D. Moore, Director, Federal Agency Relations for El Paso, 601 
13th Street, NW., Suite 850 South, Washington, DC 20005 at (202) 662-
4310.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursaunt to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boegers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-5442 Filed 3-2-00; 8;45 am]
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