[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-109-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

March 9, 2000.
    Take notice that on March 6, 2000, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, 
filed in Docket No. CP00-67-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 
157.208, and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.208, 157.216) for authorization to 
construct, operate, and maintain certain replacement facilities on 
Texas Eastern's existing 30-inch Line No. 16 located in Harris County, 
Texas as a miscellaneous rearrangement of existing facilities and to 
abandon by removal that segment of facilities being replaced under 
Texas Eastern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-535-000, 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set 
forth in the request that in 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).
    Texas Eastern requests authorization to: (i) construct, install, 
own, operate, and maintain approximately 3,112 feet of 30-inch pipeline 
on Texas Eastern's Line 16 in the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) from 
approximately milepost (MP) 341.68 to MP 342.05; (ii) install a 30-inch 
valve at MP 340.68 upstream of the rearrangement segment; (iii) remove 
and abandon approximately 3,176 feet of the existing 30-inch Line No. 
16 mainline of which approximately 2,342 feet will be removed and 834 
feet will be abandoned in place; and (iv) remove approximately 1,989 
fee of the existing 30-inch auxiliary Line No. 16. Texas Eastern 
declares that the replacement of the facilities is necessary to 
accommodate the deepening and widening of the HSC as proposed by the 
Port of Houston.
    Texas Eastern states that the estimated cost of the HSC pipeline 
replacement and removals is approximately $8,662,000.
    Texas Eastern declares that its proposal herein will be 
accomplished without detriment or disadvantage to Texas Eastern's 
customers.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Steven E. Tillman at (713) 627-5113, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642.
    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 to be 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 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-6311 Filed 3-14-00; 8:45 am]
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