[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65564-65565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31626]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-134-000]
MarkWest Hydrocarbon Partners, Ltd.; Notice of Petition for
Declaratory Order
December 9, 1996.
Take notice that, on November 27, 1996, in Docket No. CP97-134-000,
MarkWest Hydrocarbon Partners, Ltd. (MarkWest), 5613 DTC Parkway, Suite
400, Englewood, Colorado 80111, filed a petition with the Commission,
pursuant to Rule 207 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.307), for a declaratory order disclaiming
jurisdiction over the Cobb Extraction Plant in Kanawha County, West
Virginia, and the Boldman Extraction Plant in Pike County, West
Virginia, all as more fully set forth in
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the application, which is on file with the Commission and open to
public inspection.
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) filed an
application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act in a
related proceeding in Docket No. CP97-116-000, for permission and
approval to abandon the Cobb and Boldman Plants. MarkWest states that
it built the Boldman Plant and leased it to Columbia. According to
MarkWest, Columbia is now selling the Cobb Plant (to MarkWest) and
canceling its Boldman Plant lease with MarkWest.
Previously, in similar proceedings that are still pending before
the Commission, Columbia filed an application in Docket No. CP96-118-
000, for permission and approval to abandon (by sale to MarkWest) its
Kenova Gas Processing Plant, in Wayne County, West Virginia, and
MarkWest filed a companion petition in Docket No. CP96-121-000, for a
declaratory order disclaiming jurisdiction over the new gas processing
plant that MarkWest was building at the old Kenova Plant site. MarkWest
incorporates (by reference) in Docket No. CP97-134-000, its reasoning
and support for the disclaimer of jurisdiction that it sought in Docket
No. CP96-121-000.
MarkWest states that the natural gas liquids (NGL) extracted from
the Cobb and Boldman Plants have been part of the same sales contract
covering NGL extraction from the Kenova Plant. MarkWest states that
Columbia filed a comprehensive settlement on November 22, 1996, in
Docket No. RP95-408-000, et al. MarkWest further states that, as part
of Columbia's comprehensive settlement of its pending rate case, in
Docket No. RP95-408-000, under section 4 of the Natural Gas Act, and in
other proceedings, Columbia is completing the unbundling of gathering
and products extraction, spinning-off all of its products extraction
services to MarkWest.
MarkWest states that all consenting parties to Stipulation II of
Columbia's November 22, 1996 settlement proposal either support or do
not oppose Columbia's proposed abandonment of the Cobb and Boldman
Plants, as set forth in Columbia's application in Docket No. CP97-116-
000. MarkWest states that the consenting parties also support or do not
oppose the Kenova transfer in Dockets CP96-118-000 and CP96-121-000.
MarkWest further states that Commission authorization of the spin-off
transfer of the Kenova, Cobb, and Boldman Plants to MarkWest, as
specified in the aforementioned dockets, is a condition precedent to
the Commission's final approval of the overall settlement.
Accordingly, MarkWest requests the Commission to issue an order
finding that the Cobb and Boldman Extraction Plants are outside the
Commission's certificate jurisdiction under section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act.
Any person desiring to be heard, or to make any protest with
reference to said application should, on or before December 30, 1996,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.,
20426, a motion to intervene or 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 the proceeding, or to participate
as a party in any hearing therein, must file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-31626 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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