[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16870-16872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8036]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-265-000, et al.]
ANR Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings
March 24, 1995.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. ANR Pipeline Co.
[Docket No. CP95-265-000]
Take notice that on March 22, 1995, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500
Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. CP95-
265-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212(a) of the
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and
157.212(a)) for authorization to construct and operate an
interconnection which will allow a bi-directional flow of natural gas
between ANR and the Egan Hub Partners, L.P. (Egan), in Acadia Parish,
Louisiana, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-480-
000, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
The interconnection (``Egan Interconnection'') will be located in
Section 37, T9S, R2W, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The proposed Egan
Interconnection will consist of two 12-inch hot taps into ANR's
existing 26-inch mainlines; associated valves, controllers, and
flanges; and [[Page 16871]] approximately ten feet of 12-inch pipeline
to tie into Egan's proposed facilities. ANR states that the proposed
interconnection will allow Egan to transport natural gas from Egan's
proposed natural gas storage facilities located at or near the
Evangeline Field, Jennings Salt Dome, Acadia Parish, Louisiana. ANR
states that, on February 3, 1994, Egan notified the Commission of its
intention to construct facilities, relating to its proposed storage
facility, pursuant to Section 311(a)(2) of the Natural Gas Policy Act.
The proposed interconnection will have a maximum capacity of 300
Mmcf/d. ANR states that it has been fully reimbursed for the costs of
the facilities at approximately $144,000. ANR asserts that the addition
of the interconnection will have no adverse impact on the peak day and
annual entitlements of any of ANR's existing customers.
Comment date: May 8, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G
at the end of this notice.
2. Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.
[Docket No. CP95-269-000]
Take notice that on March 17, 1995, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company
(Koch), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed in Docket No.
CP95-269-000 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 modify an existing meter station located
in Anderson County, Texas, to permit the delivery of natural gas
instead of receipt, under Koch's blanket certificate issued in Docket
No. CP82-430-000 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.
Koch proposes to reverse the flow at the meter station in order to
serve Four Square Gas Company (Four Square) on behalf of DeSoto
Pipeline Company (DeSoto). It is stated that Koch is authorized to
provide a transportation service for DeSoto under the terms of an
interruptible transportation agreement dated October 1, 1994, and
pursuant to Koch's Rate Schedule ITS. It is asserted that the
deliveries made at the revised delivery point would be within DeSoto's
certificated entitlement from Koch. It is further asserted that the
deliveries would have no impact on Koch's curtailment plan. Koch states
that it has sufficient capacity to render the proposed service without
detriment or disadvantage to its other existing customers and that its
tariff does not prohibit the proposed modification of facilities. The
cost of the modification is estimated at $5,200.
Comment date: May 8, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G
at the end of this notice.
3. Northern Natural Gas Co.
[Docket No. CP95-270-000]
Take notice that on March 17, 1995, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in
Docket No. CP95-270-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon certain
compression, dehydration, and pipeline facilities, all located within
Reeves, Pecos, and Ward Counties, Texas by sale to Mobil Producing
Texas & New Mexico Inc. (Mobil), all as more fully set forth in the
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern proposes to sell approximately 39 miles of pipeline with
diameters ranging between 8 inches and 24 inches, 3 lateral compressor
stations, and 2 dehydration plants to Mobil, for $675,000. This sale
would be made in accordance with the provisions of an Asset Purchase
Agreement with Mobil dated January 31, 1995. Northern mentions that
these facilities were constructed as gas supply facilities under
authority granted in Docket Nos. CP67-10, CP68-122, CP74-24, CP76-477,
CP81-33-001, CP81-509, and CP82-401.
Northern states that Mobil will be filing a petition for a
declaratory order seeking a determination that the conveyed facilities
are gathering facilities not subject to the Commission's jurisdiction
pursuant to NGA Section 1(b).
Comment date: April 14, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
4. Mobil Natural Gas Inc.
[Docket No. CP95-272-000]
Take notice that on March 17, 1995, Mobil Natural Gas Inc. (MNGI),
12450 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, Texas 77060-1991, filed a petition
for a declaratory order in Docket No. CP95-272-000, requesting that the
Commission declare that the facilities to be acquired from Northern
Natural Gas Company are gathering facilities exempt from Commission
jurisdiction under Section 1 (b) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more
fully set forth in the petition which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
MNGI states that it will purchase compression, purification, and
pipeline facilities located in Reeves, Pecos, and Ward Counties, Texas.
MNGI mentions that these facilities include approximately 39 miles of
8-inch to 24-inch pipeline and appurtenances.
In support of its claim that the primary function of the proposed
facilities is gathering, MNGI states the following: (1) all of the
facilities are located behind Mobil Corporation's Waha and Coyanosa gas
processing plants, (2) these facilities will be used to improve the
delivery of locally produced gas to these plants, (3) none of the gas
that would flow through these facilities would have been treated or
processed, (4) these pipelines are currently being operated at field
gathering pressures of 235 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) or less
and would be operated below 500 psig at maximum flow rate, (5) the 17
miles of 24-inch Reeves pipeline could be deemed gathering because it
is a lateral line constructed solely to connect a gathering system to a
mainline.
Comment date: April 14, 1995, in accordance with the first
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
5. Texas Gas Transmission Corp.
[Docket No. CP95-275-000]
Take notice that on March 20, 1995, Texas Gas Transmission
Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky
42301, filed in Docket No. CP95-275-000 an application pursuant to
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to
abandon by transfer approximately 45,361 feet of pipeline and
associated appurtenances located in Panola County, Texas, all as more
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Texas Gas proposes to abandon approximately 144 feet of 8\5/8\-inch
pipeline and approximately 45,217 feet of 20-inch pipeline, along with
associated appurtenances, originating at the Union Pacific Resources
Company (UPRC) operated Carthage Compressor Station and extending to
the UPRC operated East Texas Plant, located in Panola County, Texas
(20-Inch Pipeline).
Texas Gas states that as a result of changes occurring in Texas
Gas's supply arrangements, Texas Gas entered into a lease arrangement
in 1972 with Champlin Petroleum Company (Champlin), UPRC's predecessor
in interest, whereby Champlin, and ultimately UPRC, used the subject
line to move gas received from various producers between UPRC's East
Texas Plant and its Carthage Compressor [[Page 16872]] Station for
processing and redelivery to various purchasers.
Texas Gas states that recently, Texas Gas and UPRC have negotiated
an agreement to terminate the above-described lease arrangement and,
upon receipt of regulatory approval, transfer ownership of the 20-Inch
Pipeline from Texas Gas to the UPRC operated East Texas Gas Systems
(the Carthage Hub) located at the tailgate of the UPRC East Texas
Plant, contingent upon the Carthage Hub receiving a declaratory order
from the Commission that such facilities, upon transfer, will
constitute nonjurisdictional gathering facilities. Texas Gas states
that an application requesting such a declaratory order is to be filed
in the near future by the Carthage Hub, a Texas general partnership and
an intrastate pipeline.
Comment date: April 14, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
6. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
[Docket No. CP95-277-000]
Take notice that on March 22, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP95-277-000, a request
pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for
authorization to construct and operate eight new delivery points in
West Virginia for its firm transportation customer, Mountaineer Gas
Company (MGC), under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-
76-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection.
Columbia proposes to construct and operate the new delivery points
in Jackson County, Clay County, Kanawha County, Wayne County, and
Lincoln County, West Virginia. Columbia states the facilities will be
located on Columbia's existing right-of-way which will interconnect
with meters MGC will install on the right-of-way to provide service to
eight residential customers. Columbia states the firm transportation
will be in accordance with Part 284 of the Commission's regulations and
Columbia's Rate Schedules FTS and SST.
Columbia estimates the design day quantity will be 12.0 Dth, and
the annual quantity will be 1,200 Dth. Columbia states that the
quantities to be provided through the new delivery points will be
within Columbia authorized level of service, and therefore, there will
be no impact on Columbia's existing design day and annual obligations
to its customers as a result of this request. Columbia estimates that
the cost to install the new taps will be approximately $150 per tap
which will be treated as an O&M Expense.
Columbia says it will comply with all of the environmental
requirements of Section 157.206(d) of the Commission's regulations
prior to the construction of any facilities. 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.
Comment date: May 8, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G
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, 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.
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 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-8036 Filed 3-31-95; 8:45 am]
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