[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9535-9536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2626]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. RM01-10-000; EY06-7-000; TS06-2-000]


Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers; Venice Gathering 
System, L.L.C.; Notice Granting Extension of the Waiver of Posting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements

February 15, 2006.
    On January 31, 2006, Venice Gathering System, L.L.C. (Venice 
Gathering) filed a third request seeking an extension of the emergency 
waiver of section 358.4(a)(2) of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 
358.4(a)(2) (2005). Venice Gathering requests an extension of that 
waiver as it relates to section 358.4(a)(2) of the Commission's 
regulations until the end of the gas day on March 31, 2006 or the date 
on which the Venice Gathering system has returned to full pre-hurricane 
operation. Venice Gathering also is seeking an extension of the waiver 
of section 358.4(b)(3)(iv) of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 
358.4(b)(3)(iv) (2005), with respect to the deadline for updating the 
information contained in its posted employee organizational charts and 
its posted job descriptions until the end of the gas day on February 
15, 2006.
    Venice owns and operates a FERC-jurisdictional natural gas 
gathering and transmission system consisting of (1) A twenty-six inch 
mainline, extending from the South Timbalier Block 151 compressor 
platform in the Gulf of Mexico to the Venice Plant, (2) a twenty-four 
inch mainline extending from the South Timbaliler Block 151 compressor 
platform to the West Delta Block 79A platform, and (3) a twenty-two 
inch mainline extending from the West Delta Block 79A platform to the 
Venice Plant located near Venice, Louisiana. In its initial request for 
exemption, Venice stated that Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage 
to processing plants and offshore pipelines located along the Louisiana 
Gulf Coast, including the Venice Plant and the Venice Gathering system.
    Venice states that these extensions are needed to permit all 
employees within its parent company who have expertise and availability 
to assist in the restoration efforts to engage in detailed 
communications about the status of the restoration efforts and to 
coordinate joint operations and repair work, without regard to their 
designations under Order No. 2004 and without the

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requirement to log each individual deviation from the Standards of 
Conduct.
    Venice Gathering states that, in order to enable it to take all 
appropriate steps within its control to restore its system to full, 
pre-hurricane operations, it is necessary that the waiver of the 
recording and posting requirements of section 358.4(a)(2) of the 
Commission's regulations be extended. Venice Gathering states, further, 
that due to the significant Targa resources devoted to the restoration 
project, it is left with limited resources to carry out revisions to 
its Web site postings related to its recent change in control after the 
Targa acquisition.
    The Commission granted a temporary emergency waiver of sections 
358.4(a)(2) and 358.4(b)(3)(iv) of the Commission's regulations in 
notices issued on November 28, 2005 and on January 25, 2006 in order to 
allow Venice Gathering to proceed with the restoration work on its 
pipeline facilities and on the Venice Gathering Processing Plant 
necessitated by Hurricane Katrina. In the January 25, 2006 notice, the 
Commission extended the waiver until the earlier of the end of the gas 
day on January 31, 2006, or the date on which the Venice Gathering 
system returned to full pre-hurricane operation, without prejudice to 
Venice Gathering requesting a further extension, if necessary.
    The Commission grants Venice a third extension of the waiver for 
sections 358.4(a)(2) and 358.4(b)(3)(iv) until the end of the gas day 
on February 28, 2006. This is the final extension that will be granted 
to Venice.
    The Commission directs Venice Gathering to ensure that the 
employees affected by this waiver observe the no-conduit prohibition in 
the Standards of Conduct, 18 CFR 358.5(b)(7) (2005).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-2626 Filed 2-23-06; 8:45 am]
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