[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 47153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18734]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-455-000]


CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

August 7, 2008.
    Take notice that on August 1, 2008, CenterPoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company (CenterPoint), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, 
Texas, filed in Docket No. CP08-455-000 a prior notice request pursuant 
to sections 157.205 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA), and CenterPoint's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-384-000 on September 1, 1982,\1\ and amended in Docket No. 
CP82-384-001 on February 10, 1983.\2\ CenterPoint seeks authorization 
to install approximately one-half mile of 16-inch pipe, a rental 
compressor station, and a meter station in Red River Parish, Louisiana, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be 
viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, 
(202) 502-8659.
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    \1\ 20 FERC ] 62,408 (1982).
    \2\ 22 FERC ] 61,148 (1983).
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    Specifically, CenterPoint proposes to install approximately 2,215 
feet of 16-inch diameter steel pipe to interconnect its CP-5 line to 
Texas Eastern Transmission, LLC's Sligo Lateral Line 11-G, a rental 
1,680 horsepower Waukesha L7044GSI compressor station, and an 8-inch 
ultrasonic meter station, at a cost of $10.018 million. CenterPoint has 
filed this application under the Commission's prior notice procedures 
even though the estimated cost is below the maximum allowed for an 
automatic authorization cost limit of $10.2 million stated in section 
157.208(d) \3\ of the Commission's regulations because of the recent 
rapid increases in material and labor costs. The proposed project will 
allow CenterPoint to access supplies from the Sligo Gas Processing 
Plant \4\ which processes natural gas from the Sligo Field in northwest 
Louisiana. It will also create additional supply sources for 
CenterPoint's newly constructed pipeline from Carthage, TX, to the 
Perryville Hub in Louisiana (Line CP). The additional supply sources 
will allow CenterPoint to compete effectively in its geographic market 
and to offer its customers more transportation alternatives.
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    \3\ See 18 CFR 157.208(d) (2008).
    \4\ The Sligo Gas Processing Plant is owned by CenterPoint 
Energy Field Services, a non-jurisdictional gathering affiliate of 
CenterPoint.
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    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Larry Thomas, Director, Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company, P. O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or 
call (318) 429-2804.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 60 days after the 
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 Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (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 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 NGA.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable 
to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the 
protest or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: October 6, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18734 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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