96-31391. Western Gas Interstate Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65202]
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[FR Doc No: 96-31391]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-115-000]


Western Gas Interstate Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

December 3, 1996.
    Take notice that on November 22, 1996, Western Gas Interstate 
Company (WGI), 211 North Colorado, Midland, Texas 79701 filed in Docket 
No. CP97-115-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.211) for approval and permission to construct and operate a 
two-inch tap and related facilities for the City of Guymon, Oklahoma 
(Guymon), under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-441-
000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    WGI states that it proposes to be authorized under its blanket 
certificate, facilities that were originally constructed under 
emergency authority granted in Subpart I of Part 284 of the 
Commission's regulations in Docket No. EM96-5-000. WGI further states 
that it only recently acquired its interstate pipeline system, 
including the subject facilities, from a subsidiary of the Southern 
Union Company. WGI asserts that at the time it acquired these 
facilities, WGI's current owner was not aware that the company's 
previous owner had failed to take steps to secure appropriate 
regulatory approval for the tap, or that service through these 
facilities was no longer authorized.
    WGI indicates that deliveries to Guymon are currently authorized 
under WGI's Rate Schedule FT-N. WGI further indicates that peak day and 
annual deliveries are 125 Mcf and 25,000 Mcf, respectively. WGI asserts 
that service to Guymon will not affect service to any existing firm 
customer.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days after the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), 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 activities 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 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. 96-31391 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]
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