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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-65-000, et al.]
Transwestern Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
November 16, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Transwestern Pipeline Company and Natural Gas Pipeline Company
of America
[Docket No. CP95-65-000]
Take notice that on November 9, 1994, Transwestern Pipeline Company
(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 and Natural Gas
Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard,
Illinois 60148, filed in Docket No. CP95-65-000 a joint application
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and
approval to abandon an exchange service between Transwestern and
Natural performed under Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's
Rate Schedule X-18, authorized in Transwestern's Docket No. CP68-344
and Natural's Docket No. CP68-358, all as more fully set forth in the
joint application on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
It is stated that pursuant to a gas exchange agreement between
Transwestern and Natural dated August 16, 1968 (Agreement),
Transwestern and Natural were authorized to exchange natural gas during
periods of emergency in Eddy County, New Mexico and Hansford and Gray
Counties, Texas. It is also stated that the exchange service was to be
performed under Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's Rate
Schedule X-18.
It is stated that by a termination agreement between Transwestern
and Natural dated October 12, 1994, Transwestern and Natural agreed to
terminate the Agreement as of December 1, 1993. It is also stated that
Transwestern and Natural have therefore requested authority in this
joint application to abandon the exchange service authorized in
Transwestern's Docket No. CP68-344 and Natural's Docket No. CP68-358,
which was to be performed by Transwestern and Natural under the
Agreement, and cancel Transwestern's Rate Schedule X-7 and Natural's
Rate Schedule X-18.
Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. Trunkline Gas Company
[Docket No. CP95-67-000]
Take notice that on November 10, 1994, Trunkline Gas Company
(Trunkline), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket
No. CP95-67-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon 160 feet of 16-inch
diameter pipeline located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, all as more
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Trunkline proposes to abandon 160 feet of its 205A-0100 Kaplan
mainline located between Gate Valves 205A-1 and 205A-101, downstream of
its Trident Lowery Plant. Trunkline states that in August 1992, it
discovered that this segment of pipeline had incurred an internal
corrosion leak and determined that it should be replaced under
Sec. 2.55(b) of the Commission's Regulations. Trunkline also states
that in December 1993, it removed the 160 feet of pipeline and rerouted
the gas coming from the Trident Lowery Plant into its adjacent 24-inch
Line 200-2 for a short haul to the next downstream crossover. Trunkline
asserts that it is not necessary to replace the subject pipeline
segment because its present system is capable of the short-haul of the
Lowery Plant volumes without any detrimental impact on system
requirements or daily operations.
Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP95-74-000]
Take notice that on November 15, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77056-1642,
filed an application in Docket No. CP95-74-000 pursuant to Section 7(c)
of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing it to provide additional firm long-term
incremental transportation service for Rate Schedule FTS-7 and FTS-8
customers, to construct and operate additional pipeline facilities
required to render such services, and to charge revised FTS-7 and FTS-8
rates reflecting the incremental facility costs, all as more fully set
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Texas Eastern requests the subject authorization to provide firm
transportation service for New Jersey Natural Gas Company (NJN),
Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), and Colonial Gas Company (Colonial),
collectively referred to as the Customers. Texas Eastern proposes to
render the firm transportation service for the Customers to and from
the interconnection of Texas Eastern's and CNG Transmission
Corporation's (CNG) facilities at the Oakford storage field at Meter
Station No. 082 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern
states that it will redeliver the requested volumes of natural gas to
the customers at existing points of delivery.
Texas Eastern indicates that pursuant to Rate Schedules FTS-7 and
FTS-8, a former SS-2 or SS-3 customer can request firm transportation
under Rate Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 (``firm-up'') of all or a portion
the interruptible delivery component of the service formerly provided
under Rate Schedules SS-2 and SS-3. their service. It is further stated
that Rate Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 also provide that if Texas Eastern
goes forward with such requests, receives required authorizations and
expands its system, the costs associated with the expansion will be
borne by all Rate Schedule FTS-7 and FTS-8 customers
In addition, to requesting authorization to provide additional
transportation service to the Customers pursuant to Rate Schedules FTS-
7 and FTS-8, Texas Eastern seeks to construct and operate certain
facilities necessary to provide this service and to ``roll-in'' the
capital costs to its existing FTS-7 and FTS-8 rates as permitted by
those rate schedules.
Specifically, Texas Eastern requests authorization to:
(1) Provide firm, additional, long-term, incremental transportation
service of natural gas under Rate Schedules FTS-7 and/or FTS-8 of up to
a total of 8,776 Dekatherms per day (Dthd) for the Customers as
follows:
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FTS-7 FTS-8
Dth/d Dth/d
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NJN................................................... 1,449 3
PGW................................................... 318 7
Colonial.............................................. 6,984 15
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Total........................................... 8,751 25
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(2) Construct, install, own and operate facilities necessary to
provide the proposed services, consisting of approximately 2.39 miles
of 36-inch pipeline looping in two separate segments within the state
of Pennsylvania. The specific facilities include:
1.0 mile of 36-inch pipeline looping between Texas
Eastern's Delmont Compressor Station in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania and
1.39 miles of 36-inch pipeline looping between Texas
Eastern's existing Shermans Dale and Grantsville Compressor Stations in
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The estimated total cost of the proposed facilities (in 1996 dollar
is $8,203,000, of which $8,180,000 is attributable to FTS-7 service and
the remaining $23,000 is attributable to FTS-8 service. Texas Eastern
would finance the proposed facilities with short-term borrowings or
funds on hand. Texas Eastern proposes to complete the construction and
installation of the incremental facilities on or about November 1,
1996, the proposed date of in-service for the firm transportation
service proposed herein.
(3) Adjust the reservation charges applicable to Rate Schedules
FTS-7 and FTS-8 to reflect the impact of ``rolling in'' the costs
associated with the expanded facilities. Texas Eastern states that the
rate treatment is a material aspect of the agreements between it and
the customers and therefore requests that the Commission specifically
authorize this treatment, consistent with the Commission's previous
``firm-up'' orders, the agreement of the parties and Section 10 of Rate
Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8
Based on the annual cost of service for the facilities proposed
herein, Texas Eastern proposes for Rate Schedule FTS-7, a revised
reservation charge of $7.138 per dth. For Rate Schedule FTS-8, Texas
Eastern estimates a revised reservation charge of $6.972 per dth. Texas
Eastern asserts that provision of this service will, therefore, have no
impact on the rate or services of Texas Eastern's other customers.
Prior to the commencement of the proposed incremental services, Texas
Eastern states that it will file revised tariff sheets for Rate
Schedules FTS-7 and FTS-8 to reflect the adjusted reservation charges.
Comment date: December 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
4. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation
[Docket No. CP95-78-000]
Take notice that on November 15, 1994, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251,
filed in Docket No. CP95-78-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for
authorization to construct and operate facilities located at Compressor
Station 200, Chester County, Pennsylvania to comply with the Clear Air
Act Amendments of 1990, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket
No. CP82-426-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all
as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Transco states that the Clear Air Act Amendments of 1990 and state
implementation plans pursuant thereto require certain reductions of
NOX (oxides of nitrogen) air emissions at certain of Transco's
compressor stations. Transco proposes to install certain facilities at
the compressor stations to achieve the reductions of NOX. It is
stated that Transco plans to install these facilities pursuant to its
part 157 subpart F blanket certificate. \1\ Transco states that it
would file under the prior notice procedure if the total cost of
installing facilities at a compressor station exceeded $6.6 million.
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\1\Transco states that it plans to install these facilities
under the blanket authorization based on the precedent established
in an order issued to Transco on December 27, 1993, in Docket No.
CP93-737-000 (65 FERC 61,408). It is indicated that in that order
the Commission authorized Transco to install under its blanket
certificate a turbocharger at one of its compressor stations as a
pilot project to reduce NOX emissions.
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Specifically, Transco states that at Station No. 200 in Chester
County, Pennsylvania it plans to install turbocharger and associated
equipment on six of the thirteen existing engines in order to reduce
NOX emissions. It is stated that these engines currently do not
have turbochargers on them. It is also stated that on the other seven
engines, Transco states that it plans to modify the existing
turbochargers to increase their capacity and install associated
equipment in order to reduce NOX emissions. It is stated that, in
both cases, these emissions would be reduced because of an increase in
the air-to-fuel ratio and other engine adjustments. Transco states that
the higher air content serves to increase the heat capacity of the
mixture in the combustion chamber, which lowers combustion temperature
and thus reduces the formation of NOX.
Transco further states that with respect to the installation of
turbochargers on the six engines where there have been none before, the
potential would be created of these engines being capable of performing
at above their current operating horsepower. It is stated that since
that station is automated, Transco has the ability to shut down other
engines or reduce their load to ensure that the station would not
operate above the stations' total certificated horsepower. Transco
states that, since it would install these turbochargers at Station No.
200 solely to address an environmental matter, i.e., NOx
emissions, Transco has no intent or need to operate the station above
its certificated horsepower. Therefore, Transco states that when it
installs these turbochargers at Station No. 200, it would adjust the
automation program at the station so the station would not operate
above its certificated horsepower.\2\
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\2\It is stated that the potential for increased horsepower on
these six engines is the same as the situation that existed in
connection with installation of the turbocharger referred to in
footnote one of this notice. Transco states that as with the
representation in this filing, in that previous case Transco
represented that it would adjust the automation program at the
station so the station would not operate above its certificated
horsepower. As stated in footnote one, in that previous case the
Commission authorized Transco to install the turbocharger pursuant
to its blanket certificate, stating that `` the fact that the
equipment has the potential to alter capacity is, in this instance,
incidental to the purpose [of reducing NOx emissions] for which
the turbocharger would be installed.''
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Transco states that, at the other seven engines, modification of
the existing turbochargers to increase their capacity would not create
the potential of the engines performing above their current operating
horsepower because the engines are already operating at maximum
horsepower and cannot operate at a higher horsepower output. Thus, it
is stated, there would be increase in the capacity on Transco's system
in the vicinity of the station as a result of installation of the six
new turbochargers. It is also indicated that all of the installation
work would be within the yard of the existing station.
It is stated that the estimated cost of Transco's proposed
facilities in $14,694,000.
Comment date: January 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G 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 Sec. 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. 94-29425 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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