[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63853-63854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27338]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. GP01-1-000]


Shell Deepwater Development Inc., et al.; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

October 19, 2000.
    Take notice that on October 16, 2000, in Docket No. GP01-1-000, 
Shell Deepwater Development Inc., Shell Deepwater Production Inc., and 
Shell Offshore Inc. (collectively: Shell Producers) filed a petition 
for a Declaratory Order from the Commission finding that the services 
rendered through 15 offshore production complexes (see list below) are 
exempt

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from the reporting requirements of Order Nos. 639 and 639-A,\1\ for the 
reasons set forth in the petition. The subject petition is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ Regulations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
Governing the Movement of Natural Gas on Facilities on the Outer 
Continental Shelf, Order No. 639, 65 FR 20354 (Apr. 17, 2000), FERC 
Stats. & Regs. 31,514 (2000), 91 FERC 61,019 (2000), order on reh'g, 
Order No. 639-A, 92 FERC 61,077 (2000).

1. The West Delta 143 Production Complex
2. The Bullwinkle Production Complex
3. The Boxer Production Complex
4. The Enchilada (Garden Banks 128) Production Complex
5. The South Timbalier 300 Production Complex
6. The Bud Production Complex
7. The Ram-Powell Production Complex
8. The Spirit Production Complex
9. The Eugene Island 331 Production Complex
10. The Mississippi Canyon 311 Production Complex
11. The Eugene Island 158 Production Complex
12. The High Island 154 Production Complex
13. The High Island 179 Production Complex
14. The Brazos A-19 Production Complex
15. The Main Pass 290 Production Complex

    The Shell Producers contend that each of the above-referenced 
production complexes should qualify under Order No. 639's feeder-line 
exemption, and that certain of these facilities should qualify under 
either the single-shipper or shipper-owner exemption in Order No. 639. 
The Shell Producers also contend that Order No. 639's single-shipper 
and shipper-owner exemptions require clarification, and request that 
the Commission find that producer participation in the Minerals 
Management Service's royalty-in-kind (RIK) program will not cause 
otherwise applicable Order No. 639 exemptions to terminate.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before November 15, 2000. Protests will be considered by the Commission 
in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve 
to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to 
become a party must file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing 
are on file with the Commission and are available for public inspection 
in the Public Reference Room. This filing may be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance). Beginning November 1, 2000, comments and protests may be 
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-27338 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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