[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]
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