[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-28261]
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[Federal Register: November 16, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-42-000, et al.]
NorAm Gas Transmission Co., et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
November 8, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. NorAm Gas Transmission Co.
[Docket No. CP95-42-000]
Take notice that on October 31, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket
No. CP95-42-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205, 157.208 and
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.208, 157.216) for authorization to construct and
operate facilities and to abandon facilities under NGT's blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et al., 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.
NGT proposes to replace and rearrange certain marketing lateral
segments located in Stephens County, Oklahoma. NGT describes the pipe
segments as generally being old and deteriorated.1 NGT advises
that delivery points for two of Arkla's domestic customers and one 6-
inch check meter on Line 10 would be relocated to the new Line 10
segment.
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\1\NGT states that Lines 10, 10-1, and 11-3 were acquired
through a merger with Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation (24 FPC
91 (1960)), and deliver gas to townborder stations served by Arkla,
a division of NorAm Energy Corp (Arkla).
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NGT states that the project would involve the installation of
approximately 5,050 feet of 10-inch pipe (replacement Line 10 segment)
and 20 feet of 8-inch pipe (to connect Line ADT-8 to Line 11-3 at
pipeline station no. 611+20). NGT states that it would abandon in place
the following:
(1) Two segments of Line 10, totaling 5,034 feet of 6-inch pipe,
(2) Two segments of Line 10-1, totaling 2,035 feet of 8-inch pipe,
(3) A segment of Line 11-3, totaling 2,980 feet of 10-inch pipe,
except for the Hell Creek crossing which would be used as part of
replacement Line 10,2 and
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\2\NGT advises that the Hell Creek crossing on Line 11-3 was
replaced in 1990.
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(4) A segment of Line ADT-8, totaling 610 feet of 8-inch pipe.
NGT explains that the project would permit it to consolidate the
operations of the abandoned segments to continue service within the
existing certificated entitlement to Arkla, through the new 10-inch
segment of Line 10. NGT estimates that the total cost of the
replacement facilities would be $244,743.
Comment date: December 23, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
[Docket No. CP95-49-000]
Take notice that on November 3, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (Tennessee) P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in
Docket No. CP95-49-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205(b) and
157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205(b) and 157.212) for authorization to operate three existing
delivery point facilities that were initially constructed under Section
311(a) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), all as more fully
set forth in the request on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
The request for authorization states that Tennessee has constructed
a number of delivery points under Section 311(a) of the NGA for use in
the transportation of natural gas under Subpart B of Part 284 of the
Commission's Regulations. Since Tennessee now renders significant
transportation of natural gas under its Subpart G blanket certificate,
it states it is imperative that maximum flexibility be attained so that
its facilities can be used for the benefit of all customers on
Tennessee's system.
Tennessee states that the location of the delivery points are in
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and Albany
County, New York.
It is stated that delivery volumes through the existing delivery
points would not impact Tennessee's peak day and annual deliveries;
that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its existing tariff;
and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the changes proposed
herein without detriment or disadvantage to Tennessee's other
customers.
Comment date: December 23, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
3. National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
[Docket No. CP95-50-000
Take notice that on November 3, 1994, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York, 14203,
filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. CP95-50-000
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization
to refunctionalize 33 pipeline segments with 14 appurtenant metering
and regulating stations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from
production and gathering to transmission effective March 1, 1995, all
as more fully set forth in the application which is open to the public
for inspection.
National proposes to refunctionalize 33 pipeline segments with 14
appurtenant metering and regulating stations in Clarion, Crawford, Elk,
Erie, and Jefferson Counties, Pennsylvania. The pipeline segments vary
between 78 and 47,183 feet in length and between two and eight inches
in diameter. National states that it currently classifies these
facilities as production and gathering for accounting purposes.
National proposes to reclassify these facilities as transmission.
National also states that the total net book value of the pipeline
segments, associated metering and regulating stations, and rights-of-
way that it proposes to refunctionalize amounts to $2,575,600.
Comment date: November 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
4. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.; Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.;
Texas Gas Transmission Corp.
[Docket No. CP95-60-000]
Take notice that on November 4, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West
Virginia 25314-1599, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia
Gulf), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314-
1599, and Texas Gas Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas) 3800 Frederica
Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, jointly as the Companies, filed in
Docket No. CP95-60-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and approval to
abandon certain exchange of gas by Columbia and Texas Gas into their
systems which obviated the need to construct and replace certain
facilities located in the South Bosco Field, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
and the North Chalkley Field, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana and provide
certain operational benefits for Texas Gas' system. The Companies state
that the exchanges are no longer required, as Columbia has terminated
the gas purchase agreements and any operational benefits to Texas Gas
provided under these exchanges have ceased to exist. The exchange
authority for which the Companies are seeking abandonment authority are
as follows:
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Docket No. (Mcfd) Company Rate schedule
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CP71-86............. 15,000 Columbia................ X-11
CP71-86............. 15,000 Columbia Gulf........... X-4
CP71-86............. 15,000 Texas Gas............... X-36
CP71-317............ 2,000 Columbia................ X-32
CP71-317............ 2,000 Columbia Gulf........... X-7
CP71-317............ 2,000 Texas Gas............... X-38
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Comment date: November 29, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraphs:
F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before the comment date,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 or 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 and/or permission and approval
for the proposed abandonment 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 applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
G. 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 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 therefor, 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. 94-28261 Filed 11-15-94; 8:45 am]
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