[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59963-59964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29762]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-29-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
November 2, 1998.
Take notice that on October 20, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (Tennessee), a Delaware Corporation, P.O. Box 2511, Houston,
Texas 77252, tendered filing a request in Docket No. CP99-29-000,
pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.208 and 157.212 of the Commission's
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 18 CFR 157.208,
and 18 CFR 157.212), for authorization to construct and operate a
meter, a lateral and a bi-directional point to provide transportation
service to Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica (PGPB), under Tennessee's
blanket certificate authority granted September 1, 1982, in Docket No.
CP82-413-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA),
all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission
and open for public inspection.
Tennessee proposes to construct and operate an approximately 9.3
mile 24-inch outside diameter lateral with a proposed MAOP of 1000 psi
extending from Side Valve No. 409A-401 of Tennessee's Donna Lateral
Line at Mile Post 9.02 in Hidalgo County, Texas, to the proposed Border
Crossing Facilities that are the subject of a Section 3 and
Presidential Permit application that Tennessee filed contemporaneously
in Docket No. CP99-28-000. In addition, Tennessee will install a bi-
directional 12-inch ultrasonic meter at the Donna Lateral take-off (the
intersection of the Donna Lateral and the 9.3-mile lateral). Further,
Tennessee proposes to construct approximately 1500 feet of 24-inch pipe
which constitutes the aforementioned Border Crossing Facilities. Of the
total amount of the Border Crossing Facilities, 486 feet will be on the
U.S. side of the International Boundary. The remaining amount,
approximately 951 feet will be constructed from the International
Boundary to a PGPB meter station in Reynosa, Mexico. PGPB will own,
operate, and maintain the Border Crossing Facilities in Mexico. The
total estimated cost of Tennessee's facilities, including the 486 feet
of Border Crossing Facilities in the U.S., is $9.35 million.
Tennessee will use the meter as the back-up for custody transfer
measurements at PGPB's meter station in Reynosa, Mexico. The proposed
bi-directional point will be designated as the midpoint of the Rio
Grande/Rio Bravo River at the International Boundary. Tennessee
proposes to operate this point as a delivery point on its system and
make it available for use by its customers on a firm and interruptible
basis. In addition, Tennessee proposes to operate this point as a
receipt point pursuant to the automatic authorization provisions of 18
CFR 157.208.
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Tennessee states that (i) the total quantities to be received and/
or delivered at the delivery point after it is installed will not
exceed previously authorized total quantities; (ii) that the proposed
modification is not prohibited by its tariff; and (iii) that it has
sufficient capacity to accomplish receipt and/or deliveries at the
proposed point without detriment or disadvantage to Tennessee's other
customers.
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 385.234), a
motion to intervene or notice of intervention and, pursuant to Section
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
request. 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29762 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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