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[FR Doc No: 94-4114]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP91-2243-002 et al.]
Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation, et al. Natural Gas
Certificate Filings
February 15, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation
Docket No. CP91-2243-002
Take notice that on February 8, 1994, Distrigas of Massachusetts
(DOMAC) with an office at 200 State Street, Boston Massachusetts 02109,
filed in Docket No. CP91-2243-002 pursuant to section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act and part 157 of the Commission's regulations an application for
an amendment to the certificate of public convenience and necessity
issued by the Commission in this Docket on December 3, 1991 (Distrigas
of Massachusetts Corporation, 57 FERC 61,295, 1991; clarified 58 FERC
61,297 (March 18, 1992)). The December 3 Certificate authorized DOMAC
to install additional vaporization capacity and appurtenant facilities
at DOMAC's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Everett,
Massachusetts. That Certificate, as clarified, required DOMAC to
complete construction of the authorized facilities by March 18, 1994.
Because of intervening developments and changes in DOMAC's original
market projections, installation of the certificated facilities by the
March 18, 1994, in-service date is no longer warranted by current
market demand. Accordingly, given the substantial lead times needed to
complete design and to obtain needed equipment, DOMAC requests that the
December 3 Certificate be amended to remove the in-service date. In
place of a specific in-service date, DOMAC requests that the
certificate require DOMAC to file with the Commission by March 31,
1995, final design specifications and evidence that final equipment
orders have been placed. Timing of completion of the certificated
facilities will thus depend on the completion and delivery of the
required equipment and will not require further intervention by the
Commission to precisely tailor the certificate to the delivery dates
for that equipment.
Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
2. Williams Natural Gas Company
Docket No. CP94-196-000
Take notice that on January 24, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company
(WNG), Post Office Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed an
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an
order permitting the abandonment of certain of its gathering system
facilities by conveyance to Williams Gas Processing - Mid-Continent
Region Company (WGP-MCR), all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
WNG will convey approximately 88 miles of predominantly small
diameter pipeline, 38,286 horsepower of compression, two drip control
plants and various appurtenant facilities, all used to gather gas from
approximately 700 wells in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
WNG will sell the facilities to WGP-MCR at the net book value at the
time of conveyance.
Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
3. Williams Natural Gas Company
Docket No. CP94-221-000
Take notice that on February 9, 1994, Williams Natural Gas Company
(WNG) P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP94-
221-000 an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing WNG
to replace approximately 20 feet of 20-inch transition pipeline and,
upon replacement, to hydrotest and increase the maximum allowable
operating pressure (MAOP) of the Blackwell, Oklahoma to Hesston, Kansas
segment of WNG's system, all as more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Specifically, WNG states that in order to increase the MAOP of the
Blackwell to Hesston portion of its pipeline system approximately 20
feet of 20-inch pipeline, in five four-foot sections, must be replaced.
WNG states that the pipe replacement and subsequent uprating will give
WNG the capability to transport increased volumes of gas to the Wichita
market center. WNG further states that the increased MAOP will also
enhance service reliability and flexibility by increasing WNG's ability
to shift demand volumes between the north and south portions of its
pipeline system.
WNG states that the proposed replacement and uprating will cost
approximately $222,000, which will be paid from funds on hand.
Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
4. Arkla Energy Resources Company
Docket No. CP94-222-000
Take notice that on February 9, 1994, Arkla Energy Resources
Company (AER), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed a
prior notice request with the Commission in Docket No. CP94-222-000
pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to construct and operate a one-
inch delivery tap in St. Francis County, Arkansas, under AER's blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et al. and deliver
natural gas under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP88-
820-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth
in the request which is open to the public for inspection.
AER proposes to construct and operate a one-inch delivery tap in
St. Francis County, Arkansas, for the delivery of natural gas to
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company's (ALG) customer, James E. Knox. AER
would deliver approximately 85 Mcf of natural gas annually and one Mcf
on a peak day. AER states that Mr. Knox would reimburse AER for the
estimate $1,600 in construction costs for the proposed delivery tap.
AER also states that it would transport gas to ALG and provide service
under its Order No. 636 restructured rate schedules, the volumes would
be within ALG's certificated entitlements, and AER's tariff allows the
addition of new delivery points.
Comment date: April 1, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
G at the end of this notice.
5. K N Interstate Gas Transmission Co.
Docket No. CP94-225-000
Take notice that on February 10, 1994, K N Interstate Gas
Transmission Co (KNI)\1\, P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228,
filed an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act
for an order permitting and approving the abandonment of facilities by
KNI sale to GPM Gas Corporation (GPM) all as more fully set forth in
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
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\1\By order issued May 5, 1993, in Docket No. CP93-41-000, KNI
became the successor to the jurisdictional operations of K N Energy,
Inc., which in turn had previously succeeded to the operations of
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc. To avoid confusion, KNI,
the current jurisdictional entity, rather than whichever corporate
entity existed at the time, will be referred to as the
jurisdictional entity.
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KNI requests permission from the Commission to abandon, by transfer
to GPM, the following facilities:
(a) 27,773 feet of 12.75-inch steel pipeline extending north from
the former Tyrone Plant in Texas County, Oklahoma to a point of
interconnect with Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in Seward
County, Kansas,
(b) 46,813 feet of 8.625-inch steel pipeline extending south from
the former Tyrone Plant to points of interconnect with the facilities
of Colorado Interstate Gas Company and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company in Texas County, Oklahoma, and
(c) 4,564 feet of 4.5-inch steel pipe extending from a point
southwest of the former Tyrone Plant site north to a point of
interconnect with the facilities of Northern in Texas County, Oklahoma,
and various valves, regulators, and miscellaneous facilities.
KNI states that the Tyrone System, located in Beaver and Texas
Counties, Oklahoma and Seward County, Kansas, was constructed in 1953.
KNI indicates that the system was constructed even though it was
isolated from the rest of its system. It was also indicated that
adequate reserves could not be purchased adjacent to its main pipeline
system. KNI states that gas purchased by KNI was delivered from the
Tyrone System to third parties for ultimate redelivery to KNI on its
mainline system. KNI advised that over time its reliance upon the
supplies connected to the Tyrone System diminished and, as a result,
KNI released all of the gas supplies it had under contract along the
Tyrone System.
It is indicated that because the Tyrone System was isolated and
distant from its mainline system and was no longer needed to move its
system supplies, K N transferred its facilities upstream of the Tyrone
Plant to GPM but did not transfer the residue lines connecting the
plant with the three downstream interstate transporters. The Commission
approved this abandonment by sale by order issued August 4, 1993, in
Docket No. CP92-661-000 and also determined that the upstream
facilities were non-jurisdictional gathering lines. KNI also states
that, upon acquisition of the Tyrone gathering facilities, GPM began
using these facilities to gather gas for delivery to its own processing
plants. It is then indicated that, as a result, gas no longer flowed to
the Tyrone Plant for processing and for ultimate delivery into KNI's
residue lines. It is also stated that, subsequently, the owner of the
Tyrone Plant sold the plant, and removed the facility from the plant
site.
KNI states that, with the removal of the Tyrone Plant, the residue
lines are no longer usable to KNI. KNI now seeks to transfer these
facilities to GPM. It is indicated that pursuant to a memorandum of
understanding, KNI would receive the net book value of the residue
lines ($36,000 as of October 31, 1993) in return for the transfer of
facilities to GPM. KNI states that by abandoning the remainder of the
Tyrone System facilities, it would eliminate the expense and
inefficiencies associated with the isolated facilities.
Comment date: March 8, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraphs
F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before the comment date,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20426, a motion to intervene or a 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 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 Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by sections 7 and 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 application 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 certificate and/or permission and approval
for the proposed abandonment are 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 applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
G. 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 Sec. 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-4114 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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