96-88. Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-113-000]


Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory 
Order

December 28, 1995.
    Take notice that on December 20, 1995, Shell Gas Pipeline Company 
(SGPC), P.O. Box 576, Houston, Texas 77001, filed a petition for 
declaratory order in Docket No. CP96-113-000, requesting that the 
Commission declare that certain facilities SGPC proposes to construct 
and operate in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) would have the primary 
function of gathering natural gas and would thereby be exempt from the 
Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act. These natural gas pipeline and appurtenant facilities, known as 
the Garden Banks Gathering System, will be located entirely in OCS 
waters and will consist of a 50-mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline with 
multiple lateral lines that will deliver gas into the 30-inch pipeline 
from various committed production blocks. The facts are fully set forth 
in the petition on which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    SGPC requests that the Commission evaluate the proposed Garden 
Banks Gathering System under the ``current modified primary function 
test'' used by the Commission to apply its jurisdiction over OCS 
facilities, and not to delay acting on its petition pending the outcome 
of Commission review of current policies regarding jurisdiction over 
OSC facilities in the Notice of Inquiry issued in Docket No. RM96-5-
000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make a protest with reference 
to said petition should, on or before January 18, 1996, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street, NE, Washington, 
DC 20426) a motion to intervene or protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211). 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-88 Filed 1-3-96; 8:45 am]
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