[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48491-48492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19965]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-415-000]


Frontier Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

August 2, 2000.
    Take notice that on July 25, 2000, Frontier Energy, L.L.C. 
(Frontier Energy), c/o Sempra Energy, 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 
1400, Los Angeles, California 90013-1011, filed in Docket No. CP00-415-
000 an application pursuant to Sections 1(c) and 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) and Section 284.224 of the Commission's regulations (18 
CFR 284.224). Frontier Energy requested a finding that it is exempt 
from Commission jurisdiction pursuant to the ``Hinshaw exemption,'' and 
requested a blanket certificate of public convenience and necessity for 
authorization to transport natural gas in interstate commerce as though 
it were an intrastate pipeline as defined in Section 311 of the Natural 
Gas Policy Act. Frontier Energy also requested approval of rates for 
the services as set forth more fully in the application 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.
    Frontier Energy is a local distribution company which has 
constructed facilities used for the transportation and sale of natural 
gas in the State of North Carolina. The North Carolina Utilities 
Commission regulates the rates (including rates for retail gas 
transportation), services, and facilities of Frontier Energy in the 
North Carolina service areas served by Frontier Energy.
    Frontier Energy interconnects with the interstate pipeline 
facilities of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) 
within the State of North Carolina at a point approximately four miles 
southeast of Cooleemee, North Carolina, and transports gas from this 
point of interconnection through its facilities to deliver natural gas 
to customers within the State of North Carolina. Frontier Energy 
further states that all of the gas delivered by Frontier Energy to its

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customers is expected to be obtained from the interconnection with 
Transco and all of the gas so obtained is consumed within the State of 
North Carolina.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 23, 2000, 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 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 Frontier Energy to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-19965 Filed 8-7-00; 8:45 am]
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