[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-391]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-162-000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
January 2, 1998.
Take notice that on December 24, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978-1492, filed in Docket
No. CP98-162-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216(b) of
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205
and 157.216(b)) for authorization to abandon in place the Loop Line
from Tucson-Phoenix ``A'' Line to East Tucson Power Plant No. 4 (Line
No. 2090) located in Pima County, Arizona, under the blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, pursuant to Section 7(b)
of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
El Paso states that Line No. 2090, which was placed in-service in
May, 1968, is an approximately 171 foot long loop line interconnecting
El Paso's 10-3/4'' O.D. Tucson-Phoenix ``A'' Line with the East Tucson
Power Plant No. 4. El Paso states that Southwest Gas Corporation
(Southwest), formerly Tucson Gas & Electric Company (TG&E), the only
customer served through these facilities, by letter dated November 19,
1996, to El Paso requested abandonment of Line No. 2090. El Paso notes
that it then purged, capped, and isolated the loop line. El Paso
contends that the isolation of Line No. 2090 has not resulted in a
change in service, does not affect its ability to perform its
obligations under its Transportation Service Agreement with Southwest,
nor has it adversely impacted El Paso or its customers in any manner.
Line No. 2090 was originally constructed to accommodate the need
for additional fuel at the electric power generation to serve the
growing population in the Tucson area. El Paso states that the
projected need for additional volumes of gas for increased electric
generation did not materialize, making Line No. 2090 unnecessary. El
Paso states that it has provided written notification of the
abandonment to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after
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 Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor,
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the
day after the time allowed for filing a 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 Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-391 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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