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[FR Doc No: 94-29428]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-211-001, et al.]
Transwestern Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
November 21, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Transwestern Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-211-001]
Take notice that on November 16, 1994, Transwestern Pipeline
Company (Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston,
Texas 77251-1188, filed in Docket No. CP94-211-001 a request for
modification of a Commission order. Transwestern filed the request for
modification pursuant to Rule 212 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.212.
Transwestern, ``due to changed circumstances'', proposes to modify
the sale which was granted by the Commission in its Order Authorizing
Abandonment, issued November 1, 1994 in Docket No. CP94-211-000, 69
FERC 61,130 (1994). That November 1, 1994, order approved
Transwestern's abandonment of the Vaca Lateral by sale to Enron Oil and
Gas Company (Enron). Transwestern now proposes to modify the
transaction as a spindown whereby the Vaca Lateral will be transferred
to Transwestern Gathering Company (TGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Transwestern. Upon conveyance of the Vaca Lateral facilities to TGC,
TGC will in turn reconvey such facilities to Enron, the original
transferee.
Comment date: December 12, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. East Tennessee Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP95-66-000]
Take notice that on November 9, 1994, East Tennessee Natural Gas
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in
Docket No. CP95-66-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205, 157.212 and
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.212, 157.216) for authorization to abandon and replace
an existing delivery point facility in Sevier County, Tennessee for its
customer Sevier County Utility District (Sevier) under East Tennessee's
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000 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.
East Tennessee proposes to install a 4-inch stopple assembly on its
Sevierville lateral Line, 581 feet upstream of the current tap which
will be abandoned. This abandonment and replacement is necessary for
safety since the current tap is located adjacent to a heavily traveled
highway. The gas will continue to be metered and transferred to Sevier
upstream of the proposed tap.
East Tennessee proposes to abandon all pipe and the current
S.V.3302A-111 downstream of the new valve by removal. Sevier's current
FT-A contract will reflect the relocation of this tap. There will be no
maximum daily quantity increase with the tap's construction and peak
day and annual deliveries will not be affected.
East Tennessee will own, operate and maintain the proposed
facility. The estimated cost for current facilities abandonment is
$8,700, new facilities construction is $16,000, and the total project
cost is fully reimbursable to East Tennessee.
The total quantities to be delivered to Sevier after abandonment
and replacement of the facilities will not exceed that authorized to be
delivered. East Tennessee has sufficient capacity to accomplish
deliveries under the proposed change without detriment or disadvantage
to other customers.
Comment date: January 5, 1995, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
3. CNG Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP95-81-000]
Take notice that on November 16, 1994, CNG Transmission Corporation
(CNGT), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in
Docket No. CP95-81-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain pipeline
facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
CNGT proposes to (a) abandon in place one old deteriorated
pipeline, and (b) abandon by sale to CNG Producing Company (CNG
Producing, an affiliate) three short lines, a segment of another line,
and a small leased field compressor. CNGT states that the facilities
would be sold at net book value, $168,542. CNGT encloses letters from
the only affected producers (other than CNG Producing), Shawmut
Development Company (Shawmut), and Fairman Drilling Company, consenting
to the proposal. CNGT explains that the facilities are no longer
necessary to its operations because CNGT is not a merchant under its
Order 636 reorganization. CNGT anticipates that the facilities would be
operated as part of a non-jurisdictional gathering system, once
acquired by CNG Producing.
More specifically, CNGT proposes to:
(1) Abandon in place 2.71 miles of 8-inch pipeline (Line H-176) in
McElroy District in Tyler County, West Virginia, due to deterioration.
CNGT states that the line was built in 1925 and certificated on May 12,
1942, in Docket No. G-290 (3 FPC 994 (1943)). CNGT further states that
the sole customer of Hope Gas Inc., which was located on the line, has
been relocated to another line, and the line temporarily has been
closed off pending action on CNGT's abandonment proposal.
(2) Abandon three lines (LN 2270, LN 2272, LN 2397) and part of
line LN 2246, by sale to CNG Producing. CNGT states that the lines are
located in the East Cherry Tree area of Clearfield and Cambria
Counties, Pennsylvania, and total 3.22 miles of 2, 3, and 6-inch
pipeline. CNGT further states that the lines currently are operated at
a pressure of approximately 150 psig. It is stated that the lines were
constructed under CNGT's blanket certificate as reported in the annual
report of blanket certificated projects for 1984 and the budget
application report for 1982 filed by CNGT's predecessor in Docket No.
CP80-293-000.
(3) Abandon, by sale to CNG Producing, a 340-horsepower leased
field compressor and 63 feet of related 2-inch field pipe at Bells
Landing in Ferguson Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. CNGT
states that the compressor enables gas from a CNG Producing well to
enter a gathering system jointly owned by Shawmut with CNG Producing,
and operated by Shawmut. It is further stated that the compressor was
built in 1988 and reported in the annual report filed in November 1989
in Docket No. CP82-537-000.
Comment date: December 12, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
4. NorAm Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP95-82-000]
Take notice that on November 16, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed, in
Docket No. CP95-82-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an
order permitting and approving the abandonment and removal of a 300
h.p. skid-mounted compressor unit which will result in the down sizing
of its Calhoun Compressor Station in Quachita Parish, Louisiana, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
NGT states that it received authorization in Docket No. CP87-458-
000 to construct and operate the Calhoun Compressor Station, consisting
of three skid-mounted compressor units with a total of 980 horsepower
(h.p.) on NGT's HT-1, Section 34, Township 18N, Range 1E, Quachita
Parish, Louisiana. NGT relates that the compressor station was
installed to receive gas supply from the Calhoun Field central point
for the transmission of such gas through Line HT-1 into its mainline
system.
NGT maintains that due to declining production from the Calhoun
Field, it is no longer necessary to operate the 300 h.p. unit to
receive gas from this field. Additionally, NGT says the 300 h.p. unit
has been inactive for some time and would require repair before
becoming operational. NGT asserts that it will continue to operate the
two 340 h.p. units and no production will be interrupted or abandoned.
NGT further states that the removal would only be above ground
facilities within an existing fenced compressor station yard and no
soil would be disturbed.
Comment date: December 12, 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 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. 94-29428 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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