[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65299-65300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27995]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-12-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

October 26, 2000.
    Take notice that on October 16, 2000, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket 
No. CP01-12-000 an application pursuant to Sections 7(c) and (b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
to relocate and replace 6.88 miles of 16-inch diameter pipe on Line No. 
2039 with 24-inch pipe, and to relocate the existing Southern Avenue 
Meter Station located in Maricopa County, Arizona. In addition, El Paso 
requests permission and approval to abandon the replaced 16-inch 
diameter Line No. 2039 facilities and four miscellaneous tap facilities 
currently located on Line No. 2039, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is 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).
    El Paso states that tremendous residential and commercial growth in 
the West Phoenix area and its environs has raised serious issues 
relating to right-of-way encroachment and Department of Transportation 
(DOT) compliance. In response to these issues, El Paso states that it 
will relocate 6.88 miles of Line No. 2039 currently located at Elliot 
Road and 43rd Avenue in Maricopa County, Arizona, to a location that is 
east of the existing route. El Paso states that the increase in 
residential and commercial growth in the West Phoenix area has also 
prompted an increased need for the delivery of natural gas from Line 
No. 2039. It is stated that Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has 
requested El Paso to deliver an additional 95 MMcf per day of natural 
gas to its West Phoenix Power Plant located in Maricopa County, 
Arizona. It is stated that in order to accommodate APS' load growth 
requirement, the relocated Line No. 2039 will consist of 24-inch 
diameter pipe instead of 16-inch diameter pipe. In addition, it is 
stated that El Paso will relocate the existing Southern Avenue meter 
Station currently located on the existing 16-inch diameter Line No. 
2039 to a new location along the proposed 24-inch alignment. El Paso 
states that once Line No. 2039 has been relocated, replaced and in 
service, El Paso will abandon in place and by removal, the replaced 16-
inch Line No. 2039 pipeline facilities and four miscellaneous tap 
facilities currently located on Line No. 2039.
    El Paso states that the estimated cost of the proposed project is 
$6,579,988. El Paso states that the project will be financed with the 
use of internally generated funds and that APS has agreed to reimburse 
El Paso 50 percent of the cost of pipe relocation and replacement of 
the 6.88 miles of Line No. 2039. El Paso states that it will continue 
to charge its existing Part 284 rates for transportation. El Paso 
further states that the transportation rates to existing customers 
currently being served through Line No. 2039 will not change as a 
result of this project.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to A.W. 
Clark, Vice President, El Paso Natural Gas Company at (915) 496-2600, 
Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 16, 2000, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 take 
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. 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.
    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

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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 and permission and approval for 
the proposed abandonment are 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 El Paso to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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