[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26979]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-24-000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
October 16, 1996.
Take notice that on October 10, 1996, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket
No. CP97-24-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,
157.212) for authorization to install and operate a new delivery point
to accommodate deliveries of gas to El Paso Fuel Development Company
(EPFD), in Mojave County, Arizona, under El Paso's blanket certificate
issued in Docket No. CP82-435-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
El Paso proposes to construct and operate the new delivery point,
to be known as the Needle Mountain LNG Meter Station, in order to
deliver up to 12,000 Mcf natural gas on a peak day to EPFD, which is a
subsidiary of El Paso, on a peak day and up to 4,380,000 Mcf on an
annual basis. It is stated that EPFD has requested the delivery point
in order to be able to receive gas for conversion to LNG at a
liquefaction plant being constructed near Topock, Arizona. It is stated
that the facilities would consist of a 4-inch tap and valve assembly, a
3-inch meter run and appurtenant facilities, as well as approximately
400 feet of 4-inch pipeline connecting the meter station to the LNG
plant.
El Paso proposes to make the deliveries by transporting the gas on
an interruptible basis under a transportation service agreement with El
Paso Gas Marketing Company, also a subsidiary of El Paso. The cost of
the facilities is estimated at $89,800, and it is stated that El Paso
will be reimbursed by EPFD for such costs. It is asserted that the
total volumes to be delivered to EPFD after the addition of the
requested delivery point would not exceed those presently authorized.
It is further asserted that El Paso has sufficient capacity to
accomplish the deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its
other customers. It is further explained that El Paso's tariff does not
prohibit the addition of delivery points.
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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26979 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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