97-761. PanEnergy Field Services, Inc.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 1742]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-761]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    [Docket No. CP97-174-000]
    
    
    PanEnergy Field Services, Inc.; Notice of Petition for 
    Declaratory Order
    
    January 8, 1997.
        Take notice that on December 30, 1996, PanEnergy Field Services, 
    Inc. (Field Services),\1\ 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 900, Denver, 
    Colorado 80202, filed in Docket No. CP97-174-000 a petition pursuant to 
    Section 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Rule 207(a)(2) of the 
    Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207(a)(2)), 
    for the declaratory order disclaiming Commission jurisdiction over 
    certain facilities located upstream of its LaGloria Processing Plant in 
    Hildago, Brooks, and Jim Wells Counties, Texas (South Texas Facilities) 
    to be acquired from Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline),\2\ an affiliate, 
    and the services provided through them, all as more fully set forth in 
    the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
    inspection.
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        \1\ Field Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PanEnergy 
    Corp. and owns gathering and processing assets in the states of 
    Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New 
    Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.
        \2\ Trunkline has filed a related abandonment application in 
    Docket No. CP97-173-000.
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        Specifically, Field Services seeks a declaratory order from the 
    Commission finding that:
        (1) Upon transfer from Trunkline to Field Services, the South Texas 
    Facilities described in Section VI and Attachment B to its petition, 
    are facilities used for the gathering of natural gas and therefore 
    exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1(b) of 
    the NGA;
        (2) Field Services would not be a ``natural-gas company'' pursuant 
    to Section 2(6) of the NGA by virtue of its proposed acquisition, 
    ownership, and operation of the facilities;
        (3) The gathering services that Field Services seeks to perform as 
    described in Section VI and Attachment B to its petition would be 
    exempt from the Commissions jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the NGA; 
    and
        (4) Field Services' rates and charges for gathering services would 
    not be subject to the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to Sections 4 
    and 5 of the NGA.
        Field Services states that upon transfer of the facilities from 
    Trunkline to Field Services, Field Services would provide gathering 
    services on an open access, non-discriminatory basis and would not 
    become an ``affiliated marketer'' as defined by the Commission in its 
    rules. Field Services also states that the South Texas Facilities would 
    be transferred at their net book value.
        Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
    reference to said petition should on or before January 29, 1997, file 
    with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
    motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
    the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 384.214 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 be taken 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.
    Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
    Acting Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 97-761 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
01/13/1997
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-761
Pages:
1742-1742 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. CP97-174-000
PDF File:
97-761.pdf