98-32161. El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-79-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

November 27, 1998.
    Take notice that on November 16, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas Company, 
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas, 79978, filed in Docket 
No. CP99-79-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon, by conveyance to PNM Gas 
Services, a Division of Public Service Company of New Mexico, a portion 
of Line No. 213 or T or C Line, all as more fully set forth in the 
request for authorization on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    El Paso proposes to convey approximately 12.5 miles of the T or C 
Line and to retain approximately 0.19 miles of T or C Line with the T 
or C Meter Station in order to continue deliveries of natural gas to 
PNM Gas Services. PNM Gas Services concludes that the integration of 
this segment would permit PNM Gas Services to resolve certain existing 
operational problems in the affected service area. Specifically, 
integration of the segment as part of PNM Gas Services' distribution 
system would permit PNM Gas Services to receive its volumes of gas 
directly off the California pipelines. Thus, PNM Gas Services would be 
better able to regulate pressure on its entire distribution system.
    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 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 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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-32161 Filed 12-2-98; 8:45 am]
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