[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24798]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. PR09-33-000]
Kinder Morgan Border Pipeline LLC; Notice of Petition for Rate
Approval
October 7, 2009.
Take notice that on September 29, 2009, Kinder Morgan Border
Pipeline LLC (KM Border) filed a petition for rate approval pursuant to
section 284.123(b)(2) of the Commission's regulation. KM Border
requests the Commission to approve the continuation of its existing
rates, which are: (1) A two part maximum firm transportation rate for
service on its Import/Export Facility consisting of a demand charge of
$2.2381 per MMBtu of reserved Maximum Daily Transportation Quantity,
and a commodity charge of $0.00 per MMBtu of gas transported; (2) a
maximum interruptible rate of $0.0736 per MMBtu of gas transported on
its Import/Export Facility; (3) a two-part maximum firm transportation
rate for service on capacity leased from other intrastate pipelines
consisting of a demand a charge $1.5208 per MMBtu of reserved Maximum
Daily Transportation Quantity and a commodity charge of $0.00 per MMBtu
of gas transported; and (4) a maximum interruptible rate of $0.05 per
MMBtu of gas transported on such leased capacity.
KM Border further proposes to continue to retain as reimbursement
for compressor fuel varying amounts ranging from 0.57 percent to 1.55
percent, depending on the Points of Redelivery used. KM Border states
that the foregoing existing zone rates will, if approved by the
Commission, be applicable to firm and interruptible transportation
services provided by KM Border pursuant to section 311(a)(2) of the
Natural Gas Policy Act through the pipeline owned and operated by KM
Border (The Import/Export Facility), and through pipeline capacity
leased by KM Border (The Leased Capacity).
The Import/Export Facility consist of approximately 97 mile of 24-
inch pipeline that extends from a point of interconnection in Hidalgo
County, Texas, with the pipeline facilities of PEMEX Gas and
Petroquimica Basica at the International Border between the United
States and Mexico to a point of interconnection with the intrastate
pipeline facilities of Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC (KM Tejas)
located on the King Ranch, Kleberg County, Texas. The Leased Capacity
is capacity leased on the intrastate pipeline facilities of KM Tejas.
Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must
file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). 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 proceeding. Any
person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or
motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests
must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing
an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the
intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or
protests on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. 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.
This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 16, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-24798 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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