[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6338]
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[Federal Register: March 18, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-279-000]
Minerals, Inc., Petition for Declaratory Order and Alternative
Request for Extension and Waiver
March 14, 1994.
Take notice that on March 8, 1994, Minerals, Inc. (Minerals), 600
E. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, Texas 75062, filed in Docket No.
CP94-279-000 a petition for an order declaring that the facilities
acquired by Minerals are gathering facilities pursuant to section 1(b)
of the Natural Gas Act and therefore exempt from the Commission's
jurisdiction, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
It is stated that Minerals has recently purchased the gathering
facilities of Llano, an intrastate pipeline with facilities located in
the State of New Mexico. Minerals states that since the date of
acquisition, it has utilized the acquired gathering facilities in
conjunction with its processing, compression, treating and gas
marketing services, and is providing stand-alone gas gathering services
for a number of producers.
Minerals states that the acquired facilities range in size from
four inches to a maximum of twelve inches in diameter, and have a
combined total length of approximately 544 miles. It is stated that the
facilities are connected to both low- and high-pressure wells with
flowing pressures ranging from 20 psig to a maximum of 600 psig. It is
stated that most of the gas is delivered unprocessed to the inlets of
three processing plants connected to the acquired facilities: the Hobbs
Plant, the Antelope Ridge Plant and a processing plant owned and
operated by American Pipeline Corporation, an unrelated third party. It
is further stated that the residue gas is delivered at the outlet of
the plants to Llano's intrastate pipeline facilities or to various
interstate pipelines. In addition, it is stated that an average of
5,000 MMBtu per day and 3,500 MMBtu per day of unprocessed gas is
delivered directly into the interstate pipeline facilities of El Paso
Natural Gas Company (El Paso) and Transwestern Pipeline Company,
respectively, at the Rattlesnake Delivery Point located on the southern
end of the system, which deliveries will be terminated as soon as a
pending interconnection between El Paso and Llano is constructed and
placed into operation.
Minerals seeks an order declaring and affirming that these
facilities are gathering facilities, however, alternatively, requests
that it be granted an extension of time to file a petition for rate
approval, in the event that the Commission determines the facilities to
be transmission facilities.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said petition should on or before April 4, 1994, 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). 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-6338 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]
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