[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11853-11854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6277]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-252-002]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Amendment
March 7, 1997.
Take notice that on February 11, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso Texas 79978, filed in Docket
No. CP93-252-002, an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act to amend its pending application for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity filed with the Commission on March 16,
1993 in Docket No. CP93-252-000 (the Samalayuca Lateral Expansion
Project) to eliminate mainline facilities, to provide for incremental
rate treatment for the costs of the Samalayuca Lateral Expansion
Project, and to submit long-term transportation agreements, all as more
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Specifically, El Paso submitted Transportation Service Agreements
(TSAs) between El Paso and two shippers which serves as evidence of
binding, long-term firm commitments. El Paso states that Gasoductos de
Chihuahua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Gasoductos) and Pemex Gas y Petroquimica
Basica (Pemex) have executed TSAs with El Paso for transportation of up
to 168,133 Mcf (172,000 MMBtu) per day and 39,101 Mcf (40,000 MMBtu)
per day, respectively, on the Samalayuca Delivery Lateral Line. El Paso
indicates that its TSAs with Gasoductos and Pemex will provide for
transportation service from a point on El Paso's mainline at its Hueco
Compressor Station, where the proposed Samalayuca Delivery Lateral Line
will commence, to the International Boundary between the United States
and Mexico.
El Paso proposes to eliminate the following facilities included in
its original application: (i) compression totalling 28,000 horsepower
at the proposed Toyah Lake and Sierra Diablo Compressor Stations; (ii)
compression totalling 4,800 horsepower through an uprating and
restaging of one turbine unit at the existing Gresham Compressor
Station; and (iii) 14.9 miles of 30-inch
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O.D. pipeline loop. El Paso states that these modifications will reduce
the overall capital cost of the Project from $56.6 million to $15.4
million. El Paso says that the proposed take away capacity of the
Samalayuca Delivery Lateral Line will be reduced from 300,000 Mcf per
day to 208,000 Mcf (212,000 MMBtu) per day.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before March 28, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 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. All persons who have heretofore filed need not file
again.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary
[FR Doc. 97-6277 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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