[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58019-58020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28934]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-16-000]
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Application
October 23, 1998.
Take notice that on October 13, 1998, Dauphin Island Gathering
Partners (DIGP), 370 17th Street, Suite 900, Denver, Colorado, 80202,
filed in Docket No. CP99-16-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c)
of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to lease additional capacity
created by Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern) as a
result of the construction of loop line on Texas Eastern' Main Pass
System located offshore Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
DIGP requests authorization to lease 100,000 dt equivalent of
capacity per day from Texas Eastern, which would be the incremental
capacity created by Texas Eastern's proposed construction. It is
asserted that DIGP would use the capacity to transport gas for its
shippers from Texas Eastern's Main Pass Block 164 to the Venice Gas
Processing Plant in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Texas Eastern has
filed an application requesting certificate authorization for the
construction in Docket No. CP99-18-000.
It is stated that DIGP needs the capacity to transport natural gas
reserves from the offshore Main Pass and Viosca Knoll Areas to satisfy
increased demand by DIGP's customers. It is asserted that DIGP would
levy an incremental charge of between $0.00 and $0.10 per dt equivalent
on those shippers using the additional capacity. It is explained that
this would allow DIGP to recover its monthly lease payment to Texas
Eastern from those shippers benefiting from the additional
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capacity and that no other customers' rates would be affected. It is
stated that the primary term of the capacity lease would be 15 years,
commencing January 1, 2000.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before November 13, 1998,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 of 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 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 DIGP to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28934 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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