[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5334]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-192-000]
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
March 1, 1996.
Take notice that on February 15, 1996, East Tennessee Natural Gas
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in
the above docket, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205
and 157.212), for authorization to establish a bi-directional point for
Virginia Gas Pipeline Company (Virginia Gas Pipeline), an intrastate
pipeline company and a subsidiary of Virginia Gas Company, under East
Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Specifically, Virginia Gas Pipeline has requested that East
Tennessee install a bi-directional point on East Tennessee's system to
establish a point for receipts from and deliveries to Virginia Gas
Pipeline in connection with Saltville Storage Field. East Tennessee
states that the interconnect will allow Virginia Gas Pipeline or its
affiliate to offer gas contract storage services to East Tennessee's
transportation customers.
In order to provide this bi-directional point, East Tennessee will
install, own, operate and maintain dual 4-inch hot taps, approximately
50-feet of 6-inch interconnect piping, 6-inch bi-directional flow
manifold, 6-inch turbine meter with bypass, chromatography, measurement
facilities and electronic gas measurement (EGM) located at
approximately M.P. 3311-1+5.8 in Smyth County, Virginia. The hot taps
and interconnect piping will be located on East Tennessee's right-of-
way. The meter station will be located on a site adjacent to East
Tennessee's existing right-of-way provided by Virginia Gas Pipeline.
East Tennessee states that following the installation of these
facilities, the point will become available for use as a receipt and
delivery point for open access transportation under its Part 284,
Subpart G blanket transportation certificate and the terms of its
tariff. East Tennessee states that it anticipates that its customers
that enter into storage agreements with Virginia Gas Pipeline or it
affiliates will utilize this receipt/delivery point in accordance with
the terms of its tariff. Further, East Tennessee and Virginia Gas
Pipeline have entered into an Operational Balancing Agreement for
service at this point pursuant to the terms and conditions of East
Tennessee's Rate Schedule LMS-PA.
East Tennessee states that the installed facilities will have the
capability to receive/deliver and measure 20,000 Dth per day at this
point. East Tennessee states that the addition of the proposed receipt/
delivery point will create opportunities to render additional
deliveries for the accounts of its customers. East Tennessee states
that the impact on peak day or annual deliveries is dependent on its
customers' subscription with Virginia Gas Pipeline and cannot be
determined at this time. East Tennessee asserts that the installation
of the proposed bi-directional point is not prohibited by its tariff,
and that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries at the
proposed new delivery point without detriment or disadvantage to any of
East Tennessee's other customers. The cost of the proposed facilities
is estimated to be $325,629.
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 Rules of Practice and Procedure (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
therefore, the proposed activity is deemed to be authorized effective
on 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5334 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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