[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7276]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-104-000]


Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast Company, L.P.; Notice of 
Petition for Declaratory Order

March 19, 2001.
    Take notice that on March 12, 2001, Williams Gas Processing-Gulf 
Coast Company, L.P. (WGP), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed a 
petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP01-104-000, requesting 
that the Commission declare that certain pipeline, compression, 
dehydration and separation facilities located in Offshore Texas and 
Louisiana and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana to be acquired from 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) would have the 
primary function of gathering of natural gas and would thereby be 
exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to section 1(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the petition which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This 
filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm 
(call 202-208-2222).
    WGP states that the pipeline facilities at issue consist of the 
North High Island/Cameron Gathering System, consisting of line segments 
totaling 217.128 miles of 4-to-30 inch segments of pipeline, along with 
compression, separation and dehydration facilities. It is stated that 
Transco and WGP have entered into a December 29, 1997, amendment to an 
existing transfer and assignment agreement, providing for the facility 
transfer. It is indicated that Transco has filed a companion 
application to abandon these facilities by transfer to WGP in Docket 
No. CP01-103-000.
    WGP submits that the primary function of the facilities is 
gathering, consistent with the criteria set forth in Farmland 
Industries, Inc. (23 FERC para. 61,063 (1983), as modified in 
subsequent orders. WGP also urges the Commission to approve the firm-
to-gathering rate design proposed by Transco in Docket No. RP92-137-
050. WGP submits that WGP's requested gathering determination and 
Transco's requested firm-to-gathering rate design go hand in hand, 
i.e., WGP's proposal determining the demarcation line between 
transmission and gathering, and Transco's proposal implementing firm 
transmission service to the point of non-jurisdictional gathering.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Mari 
M. Ramsey at (918) 573-2611.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference 
to said petition should on or before April 9, 2001, 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 385.211 or 385.214) 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. The Commission's rules require that protestors provide 
copies of their protests to the party or parties directly involved. 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by sections 7 
and 15 of the NGA 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.
    Also, comments, protests, or interventions 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.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for WGP to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7276 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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