98-11175. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23280-23281]
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[FR Doc No: 98-11175]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-353-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

April 22, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 15, 1998, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP98-353-000 a request 
pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for 
authorization to construct and operate a new delivery point in 
Maryland, under Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP83-76-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Columbia proposes to construct and operate a new point of delivery 
to Washington Gas Light Company (WGL) on Columbia's pipeline number WG 
in Poolesville Township, Montgomery County, Maryland. The 
interconnecting facilities will consist of installing a 4-inch tap, 3-
inch meter, electronic measurement and approximately 250 feet of 4-inch 
pipeline. Transportation service will be firm service provided under 
Columbia's Rate Schedule Storage Service Transportation (SST). The 
estimated natural gas quantities to be delivered is 3,500 Dth/day and 
1,277,500 Dth/annually. Columbia states that the point of delivery has 
been requested by WGL to serve both residential and commercial 
customers. WGL has not requested an increase in its firm entitlement in 
conjunction with this request. The estimated cost is $176,074 which 
includes ``gross up'' for income tax purposes and WGL will reimburse 
Columbia 100% of the actual total cost of construction.
    Columbia states that the new point of delivery will have no effect 
on its peak

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day and annual deliveries, that its existing tariff does not prohibit 
the addition of new delivery points, and that deliveries will be 
accomplished without detriment or disadvantage to its other customers 
and that the total volumes delivered will not exceed total volumes 
authorized prior to this request.
    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,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11175 Filed 4-27-98; 8:45 am]
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