96-12139. Valero Transmission Company and West Texas Gas, Inc.; Notice of Application for Authorization To Operate Border Facilities and for Presidential Permit  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 24483-24484]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-12139]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    [Docket No. CP96-497-000]
    
    
    Valero Transmission Company and West Texas Gas, Inc.; Notice of 
    Application for Authorization To Operate Border Facilities and for 
    Presidential Permit
    
    May 9, 1996.
        Take notice that on May 6, 1996, Valero Transmission Company 
    (Valero), General Partner of Valero Transmission, L.P., P.O. Box 500, 
    San Antonio, Texas 78292 and West Texas Gas, Inc. (WTG), 211 North 
    Colorado, Midland, Texas 79701, filed in Docket No. CP96-497-000, a 
    joint application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and 
    Sections 153.10-153.12 of the Commission's Regulations and Executive 
    Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 12038 to: (1) terminate the 
    Presidential Permit and Section 3 authorization previously issued to 
    Valero to own, operate, and maintain border facilities near Eagle Pass, 
    Texas; and (2) simultaneously issue a Presidential Permit and Section 3 
    authorization to WTG to own, operate, and maintain the Eagle Pass 
    border facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which 
    is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection.
    
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        Applicants state that Valero was issued a Presidential Permit and 
    Section 3 authorization in Docket Nos. CP84-361-000 and CP84-366-000, 
    respectively, to construct or repair and operate on the international 
    boundary between the U.S. and Mexico near Eagle Pass, Texas, two 
    parallel eight-inch pipelines which connect with the facilities of 
    Petroleos Mexicanos.
        Applicants further state that on March 18, 1996, Valero 
    Transmission, L.P. and WTG entered into an Asset Acquisition Proposal 
    pursuant to which WTG has agreed to purchase certain intrastate 
    pipeline facilities in Texas, including the Eagle Pass border 
    facilities, which are the subject of this joint application. The sale 
    occurred on April 30, 1996, with the sale of the Eagle Pass facilities 
    conditioned upon (1) the termination of Valero's Presidential Permit 
    and Section 3 authorization; and (2) the issuance of a Presidential 
    Permit and Section 3 authorization to WTG to own, operate, and maintain 
    the facilities. No new facilities or service are proposed by WTG in 
    this application.
        Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
    reference to said application should on or before May 30, 1996, file 
    with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
    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 and 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
    Regulatory Commission by Sections 3 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 authorization is required by the public 
    convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
    filed, or if the Commission on its 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 Valero and WTG to appear or be represented 
    at the hearing.
    Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
    Acting Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-12139 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6717-01-M
    
    

Document Information

Published:
05/15/1996
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-12139
Pages:
24483-24484 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. CP96-497-000
PDF File:
96-12139.pdf