[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27214]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP00-3-000]
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
October 13, 1999.
Take notice that on October 6, 1999, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company (Panhandle), Post Office Box 4967, Houston, Texas 77210-4967,
filed in Docket No. CP00-3-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205
and 157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.208) for authorization to increase the maximum
allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of Panhandle's Tipton and Kokomo
Meter Stations (Meter Stations) and a portion of the Tipton Laterals,
all located in Tipton County, Indiana. Panhandle makes such request
under authorization issued in Docket No. CP83-83-000 pursuant to
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as fully set forth in the request
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing
may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm (call
202-208-2222 for assistance).
Communications concerning this filing should be addressed to:
William W. Grygar, Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs,
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Post Office Box 4967, Houston,
Texas 77210-4967, 713-989-70000.
In its application, Panhandle requests authorization, through a gas
uprate procedure, to increase the MAOP of its Tipton and Kokomo Meter
Stations and the last 1.3 miles of the Tipton laterals from 265 psig
MAOP up to 394 psig, to make gas available at a pressure required by
the Kokomo Gas and Fuel Company (Kokomo). It is stated that the
facilities to be installed will consist of two insulating flanges and
two 6-inch ball valves (a single-run worker-monitor regulating
station). Panhandle indicates that the uprate procedure and resulting
increase in the MAOP will not require any pipe replacement, hydrostatic
testing, or construction of additional facilities, and states that all
the minor auxiliary work will be confined within the fenced area of the
Meter Station. The estimated project cost is $56,600, of which 50% will
be reimbursed by Kokomo.
Panhandle states that the Meter Stations are both located at the
end of the Tipton Laterals (Laterals), which extend northwesterly from
Panhandle's Zionville mainlines in Hamilton County, Indiana
approximately 11 miles to the outlet of the Meter Stations in Tipton
County, Indiana.
Panhandle avers that the Laterals were constructed in the early to
mid-50's and 60's, and are currently used to deliver gas to Kokomo and
Indiana Gas Company (Indiana Gas) in Tipton County. Panhandle states
that it's regulators, located between the Zionville mainlines and meter
stations, are set to protect the 265 psig MAOP of Panhandle's
facilities downstream of the regulators. Kokomo currently relies on the
setting of Panhandle's regulators to control the pressure it receives
from Panhandle. The pressure loss between Panhandle's regulators and
Kokomo's facilities is more than Kokomo can accommodate to meet their
increasing customer requirements. As a result, Kokomo has requested
Panhandle to increase the MAOP of the Tipton and Kokomo Meter Stations
and Tipton Laterals downstream of the existing regulators in order to
make gas available to Kokomo at a pressure as close as possible to
Kokomo's MAOP of 265 psig. Panhandle has determined that it can uprate
these facilities to a MAOP of up to 394 psig in accordance with the
Department of Transportation requirements in Part 192 of Title 49 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
Panhandle states that Indiana Gas has notified Panhandle that its
system operation can accept Panhandle's modification of the Kokomo-
Tipton facilities, and that Indiana Gas has agreed that Panhandle can
increase the pressure with no impact on Indiana Gas.
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
therefore, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27214 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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