96-25148. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Application

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51438-51439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25148]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-806-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company and Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company; Notice of Application

September 26, 1996.
    Take notice that on September 20, 1996, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee) and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia 
Gulf), (referred to collectively as Applicants), filed a joint 
application with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-806-000 pursuant to 
Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission to 
lease firm capacity to each other in accordance with a Reciprocal 
Operating Lease Agreement (Agreement), all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open for 
public inspection.
    The Applicants state that the proposed Agreement is designed to: 
(1) Provide Tennessee needed additional capacity on the South Pass 77 
system; (2) grant Columbia Gulf direct access from its mainline system 
to the South Pass 77 system through a lease of a portion of Tennessee's 
mainline facilities; and (3) amicably resolve a contract dispute 
between Tennessee and Columbia Gulf with respect to the Applicants' 
capacity rights on the South Pass 77 system which has impeded the 
attachment of new supplies the system.
    Columbia Gulf will retain 115,000 Mcf per day as its capacity 
entitlement on the South Pass 77 system and lease to Tennessee any 
capacity it would otherwise be entitled to over and above 115,000 Mcf 
per day.
    Columbia Gulf will lease 115,000 Mcf per day of capacity (an amount 
equal to Columbia Gulf's retained capacity entitlement on the South 
Pass 77 system) on Tennessee's mainline system and the South Pass 77 
system to a point of interconnection between Tennessee and Columbia 
Gulf at Egan, Louisiana.
    Applicants state that the lease of capacity will provide their 
customers with greater flexibility, increased supply and market 
opportunities. Tennessee's customers will have increased access to 
receipt points on the South Pass 77 system and Columbia Gulf's 
customers will have direct access to South Pass area production for the 
first time. Applicants also represent the Agreement will have no 
detrimental impacts on any existing customers. Further, applicants 
maintain this new access has the potential to increase the value of 
released capacity on both systems.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest with reference to 
said application should on or before October 17, 1996, 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 385.211) 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 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.
    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

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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 permission and approval for 
the proposed authorizations are 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 the Applicants to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25148 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
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