[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59962-59963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29761]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-28-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application for Section
3 Authorization and Request for a Presidential Permit
November 2, 1998.
Take notice that on October 20, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed an
application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and
Subpart B of Part 153 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
(Commission) Regulations under the NGA, for an order authorizing the
siting, construction, and operation of pipeline facilities and the
place of entry and exit for import and export of natural gas at the
International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo
County, Texas.
Additionally, Tennessee requests, pursuant to Subpart C of Part 153
of the Commission's Regulations under the NGA and in compliance with
Executive Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 12038, issuance of
a Presidential Permit for the construction, operation, maintenance, and
connection of
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pipeline facilities for the import and export of natural gas at the
International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo
County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica (PGPB) has requested that Tennessee
provide transportation service for PGPB to an interconnect with PGPB's
existing meter station in Reynosa, Mexico.\1\ In order for Tennessee to
provide the requested transportation service for PGPB, Tennessee will
construct new facilities consisting of (1) approximately 9.3 miles of
24-inch diameter lateral pipeline commencing from Side Valve No. 409A-
401 of Tennessee's existing Donna Lateral line 409A-100 located at Mile
Post 9.02 located in Hidalgo County, Texas, (2) a meter station, and
(3) approximately 1,500 feet of 24-inch diameter pipe (Border Crossing
Facilities) ending at an interconnect with an existing PGPB meter
station located in Reynosa, Mexico. These facilities are the subject of
a prior notice filing in Docket No. CP99-29-000.
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\1\ PGPB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos,
the Mexican national oil company. PGPB operates Mexico's interstate
natural gas pipeline network and is responsible for Mexican and
international natural gas, LNG and crude oil marketing.
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In order to provide for the importation and exportation of natural
gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico
in Reynosa, Mexico, Tennessee proposes to construct the Border Crossing
Facilities. Of this approximately 1,500 foot pipeline segment,
Tennessee will construct approximately 486 feet of 24-inch diameter
pipe from the terminus of the 9.3 mile lateral to a point which
represents the midpoint of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River at the
International Boundary. From the Mexican side of the midpoint of the
Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River, Tennessee will cause the construction on
PGPB's behalf of approximately 951 feet of 24-inch diameter pipeline,
with appurtenances, which shall extend to PGPB's meter station.
Tennessee will own, operate and maintain the Border Crossing Facilities
on the U.S. side of the International Boundary. PGPB will own, operate
and maintain the facilities extending from the Mexican side of the
International Boundary to its meter station.
Tennessee and PGPB have entered into a Transportation Service
Agreement (TSA) dated September 30, 1998, which provides for the firm
transportation of up to 185,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas by
Tennessee for PGPB between specified points of interconnection on
Tennessee's mainline facilities and the proposed interconnection point.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said document should, on or before, November 23, 1998,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
N.E., Washington, DC 20426 a protest or motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214) 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 Commission by
Section 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 document 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 motion 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29761 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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