98-392. El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1102-1103]
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[FR Doc No: 98-392]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-163-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

January 2, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 24, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP98-163-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.212) for authorization to certificate and to continue the operation 
of an existing delivery point, installed under Section 311(a) of the 
Natural Gas Policy

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Act (NGPA), under El Paso's blanket certificate issued in Docket Nos. 
CP82-435-000 and CP88-433-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    El Paso's request for authorization states that on January 31, 
1997, El Paso modified the existing Dollarhide Plant Meter Station from 
a receipt point to a delivery point under Section 311(a) and since then 
has exclusively used this meter for the transportation and delivery of 
natural gas under Part 284, Subpart B of the Commission's Regulations. 
El Paso believes that certification of the Dollarhide Plant Meter 
Station, located in Andrews County, Texas pursuant to Section 157.212 
of the Commission's Regulations will allow the Dollarhide Plant Meter 
Station to be used more flexibly and with fewer restrictions, and, 
thus, is necessary and in the public interest.
    El Paso states that the continued operation of the existing 
Dollarhide Plant Meter Station under the NGA is not prohibited by El 
Paso's existing tariff. El Paso further states that it has sufficient 
capacity to accomplish the deliveries of the requested gas volumes 
without detriment or disadvantage to El Paso's other customers.
    The request further states that El Paso's environmental analysis 
applicable to the Section 311(a) modification of the Dollarhide Plant 
Meter Station supports the conclusion that the construction and 
requested continued operation of the Dollarhide Plant Meter Station was 
not and will not be a major Federal action significantly affecting the 
human environment.
    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. 98-392 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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