[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54073-54074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25905]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-16-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application
October 13, 1995.
Take notice that on October 10, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation (Transco) P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed
in Docket No. CP96-16-000 an application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of
the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity for (1) authorization to construct and operate certain
pipeline facilities on Transco's mainline pipeline system in order to
create additional firm transportation capacity, extending from
Transco's production area in Louisiana to the vicinity of the border
between North Carolina and South Carolina (designated as the SunBelt
Expansion Project) and (2) approval of incremental initial rates for
the firm transportation service to be rendered through such incremental
firm transportation capacity, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Transco states that the SunBelt Expansion Project is an incremental
expansion of Transco's mainline in its Southeastern market area which
will provide the dekatherm equivalent of 145,666 Mcf per day (Mcf/d) of
additional firm transportation capacity. Transco proposes an in-service
date of November 1, 1997. Transco states that the incremental capacity
will provide access to two of Transco's major supply areas; 100,001
Mcf/d of the capacity will commence at Transco's Station 65 in St.
Helena Parish, Louisiana and 45,665 Mcf/d will commence at Station No.
85, which is at the point of interconnection between Transco's mainline
and its Mobile Bay Lateral near Butler, Alabama. The incremental
capacity will extend to points of delivery in the vicinity of Transco's
Station No. 145 near the North Carolina and South Carolina border.
Transco states that the firm transportation service under the
SunBelt Expansion Project will be rendered pursuant to Rate Schedule FT
of Transco's FERC Gas Tariff. Transco proposes initial rates designed
on a straight fixed-variable rate design methodology and an incremental
cost of service designed to recover the cost of the proposed
facilities.
In order to expand system capacity, Transco proposes to construct
and operate the following facilities:
(1) A 15,000 Horsepower (HP) compressor addition at Transco's
Station 80 in Jones and Jasper Counties, Mississippi.
(2) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's
Station 100 in Chilton County, Alabama to eliminate or modify
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual
operating hours and resulting in a uprate of 900 HP.
(3) A 15,000 HP compressor installation at a proposed new
compressor station (Station 105) in Coosa County, Alabama.
(4) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's
Station 110 in Randolph County, Alabama to eliminate or modify
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual
operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
(5) A 15,000 HP compressor installation at a proposed new
compressor station (Station 125) in Walton County, Georgia.
(6) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's
Station 130 in Madison County, Georgia to eliminate or modify
current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased annual
operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
(7) Modifications to existing compressor equipment at Transco's
Station 140 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina to eliminate or
modify current air permit restrictions, thereby allowing increased
annual operating hours and resulting in an uprate of 2,400 HP.
(8) 14.92 miles of 42-inch Mainline ``D'' pipeline loop between
Stations 140 and 145, beginning at milepost 1222.66 and ending at
milepost 1237.58 in Cherokee County, South Carolina.
Transco estimates that the project will cost $84,995,849, which
will be financed initially through short-term loans and funds on hand,
with permanent financing to be undertaken at a later date.
Transco proposes to charge a monthly reservation rate of $13.20 per
Mcf for firm transportation services from Station 65 to shipper
delivery points and $10.20 per Mcf for transportation from Station 85
to shipper delivery points. Transco indicates that SunBelt Expansion
Project shippers will also be charged the electric power unit rate,
fuel retention factor, ACA and GRI and any other applicable charges
under Rate Schedule FT. It is noted that the electric power unit rate
and fuel retention will vary depending on the location of each
shipper's receipt and delivery points.
Transco states that it has executed precedent agreements with ten
shippers which assure that all of the incremental firm capacity will be
subscribed on a firm basis for 20-year initial terms.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before November 3, 1995,
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 385.214 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 the proceeding or to participate as
a party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Transco to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25905 Filed 10-18-95; 8:45 am]
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