[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51650-51651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26076]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-750-000]
Mobil Natural Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application
September 26, 1997.
Take notice that on September 11, 1997, Mobil Natural Gas Pipeline
Company (MNGPC), filed in Docket No. CP97-750-000 an application
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorizations
necessary to acquire and convert to natural gas service a 2.5 mile
portion of a mothballed 6.5 mile pipeline previously used for fuel oil
delivery; to own, operate, and maintain the Gibson Point Pipeline
System and certain appurtenant facilities thereto; to construct check
metering facilities at the Paulsboro, New Jersey refinery owned by
Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil Oil); to construct a ``T'' with a flange
at an interconnection with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
(Texas Eastern); to own certain facilities interconnecting with the
existing Texas Eastern pipeline system; and to provide transportation
service from the Texas Eastern interconnect to the Paulsboro, New
Jersey refinery, all as set forth in the application which is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
MNGPC states that it proposes to acquire and convert to gas service
approximately 2.5 miles of the fuel oil pipeline extending from
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where an interconnection is to be
established with the existing 16-inch Line 1-A-1 of Texas Eastern, to
the existing terminus at the Paulsboro Refinery. In addition, MNGPC
proposes to construct check metering facilities at the Paulsboro
Refinery and a ``T'' at the Texas Eastern interconnect. At the Texas
Eastern interconnect, Texas Eastern will construct and operate a tap, a
meter station, connecting pipe, and electronic gas measurement
equipment. The sole function of the converted pipeline will be to
provide transportation service to the Paulsboro Refinery owned by Mobil
Oil, pursuant to a 15-year transportation agreement for 27 MMcf/day. It
is stated that approval of this application will allow Mobil Oil to:
(i) Obrain the lowest-cost fuel supply at its Paulsboro refinery; (ii)
eliminate use of an existing electric compressor, thereby reducing
emissions and noise levels at the refinery; and (iii) replace, with
natural gas, refinery products that are currently being used to fuel a
cogeneration facility.
It is asserted that the pipeline would be converted and the
metering facilities, the ``T'' with a flange, and the interconnecting
facilities would be constructed in the fall of 1997 for an in-service
date of December 17, 1997. The costs of Texas Eastern's construction of
the interconnecting facilities are estimated to be approximately
$1,135,000. The costs of constructing the metering facilities and the
``T'' with
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a flange are estimated to be approximately $200,000.
MNGPC states that the proposed conversion of the fuel oil pipeline
to natural gas and the proposed construction and operation of the
interconnecting facilities and facilities appurtenant to the Gibson
Point Pipeline will have no significant environmental effects.
Construction related to the pipeline will be minimal and will occur
either on the well-buffered property of the Paulsboro Refinery itself
or in areas that already are industrial in nature. No new right-of-way
is required for the converted pipeline because MNGPC will use existing
pipeline facilities located in an existing right-of-way.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before October 14, 1997 file
with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
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 or 385.214 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 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 petition to
intervene is filed within the time required herein or if the Commission
on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the application
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 MNGPC to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-26076 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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