[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59409-59410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25508]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-469-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request For Blanket 
Authorization

September 29, 2000.
    Take notice that on September 21, 2000, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), a Delaware corporation, P.O. Box 2511, Houston, 
Texas 77252, filed in CP00-469-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.208(f)(2) of the Commission's (Commission) Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act, as amended, (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.208(f)(2)) and Tennessee's blanket certificate authorization 
granted in Docket No. CP82-413-000, 20 FERC para. 62,409 (1982), for 
authorization to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure 
(MAOP) through an uprate of Tennessee's Mariposa-Humble and Gyp-Hill 
laterals located in Brooks County, Texas, 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 http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    Tennessee states that it proposes to increase the MAOPs on Line No. 
404A-100 (Mariposa-Humble Line) from 794 to 908 psig and from 795 to 
947 psig on Line No. 404B-100 (Gyp-Hill Line) in order to facilitate 
reliable receipt of natural gas from producers on these laterals. 
Tennessee indicates that both pipelines are receipt side laterals that 
connect to Tennessee's parallel mainlines known as Line Nos. 400-1 and 
400-2. Tennessee then indicates that the operating pressure of 
Tennessee's mainline facilities often exceeds the existing MAOP of the

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Mariposa-Humble and Gyp-hill lines and for this reason producers can 
deliver gas in the Tennessee's system only when the operating pressure 
of the mainlines are lower than the pressure within the supply 
laterals. Tennessee states that the operating pressure on Tennessee's 
Line No. 400-1 can range as high as 903 psig and 860 psig on Line No. 
400-2. Thus, Tennessee states that it has proposed these uprates so it 
can consistently and reliably receive natural gas from the affected 
producers on these lateral lines. Tennessee indicates that the total 
cost of the uprates is estimated to be from $5,000 to $15,000.
    Tennessee states that Thomas G. Joyce, Certificates Manager, P.O. 
Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252 at (713) 420-2459 can be contacted for 
any further questions on this application.
    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 
therefore, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-25508 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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