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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-388-000, et al.]
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas
Certificate Filings
May 12, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-388-000]
Take notice that on April 28, 1994, Texas Gas Transmission
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 1160, Owensboro, Kentucky 42302,
filed an application in Docket No. CP94-388-000 pursuant to Section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon by
sale certain pipeline facilities, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Texas Gas proposes to abandon by sale to Enron Louisiana Energy
Company (ELEC) about 4,610 feet of 30-inch pipeline and appurtenances
(Plant Line) located between ANR Pipeline Company's (ANR) Eunice
Compressor Station and the inlet of ELEC's gas processing plant located
near Eunice, Louisiana (Eunice Plant). Texas Gas states that the Plant
Line was placed into service in 1977 to receive gas transported by ANR
for Texas Gas from the terminus of the High Island Offshore System to
ANR's Eunice Compressor Station. Texas Gas further explains that it
received such natural gas from ANR at the interconnection of the Plant
Line and ANR's Eunice Compressor Station for transportation through the
Plant Line to the Eunice Plant for processing and return to Texas Gas
at the interconnection of Texas Gas' mainline facilities with the
outlet of the Eunice Plant. Texas Gas also states that it transports
natural gas through the Plant Line for ANR under section 284 of the
Commission's regulations.
Texas Gas asserts that the proposed sale of the Plant Line is
contingent upon ELEC receiving a declaratory order from the Commission,
establishing that, upon transfer from Texas Gas to ELEC, the Plant Line
would constitute non-jurisdictional processing facilities.
Texas Gas states that all gas delivered for the account of Texas
Gas, on behalf of either Texas Gas or its customers, and received by
ELEC through the Plant Line, would be transported by ELEC through the
Plant Line at no charge and redelivered to Texas Gas at the outlet of
the Eunice Plant.
Comment date: June 2, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F
at the end of this notice.
2. Enron Louisiana Energy Company
[Docket No. CP94-390-000]
Take notice that on April 28, 1994, Enron Louisiana Energy Company
(ELEC), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in Docket No. CP94-
390-000 a petition for declaratory order requesting that the Commission
disclaim jurisdiction over certain facilities to be acquired from Texas
Gas Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas), all as more fully set forth
in the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
ELEC requests that the Commission issue an order declaring that a
4,610 foot, 30-inch pipeline and appurtenances (Plant Line) to be
acquired by ELEC from Texas Gas are incidental to the operation of
ELEC's Eunice Processing Plant (Eunice Plant) and that ELEC's ownership
and operation of the Plant Line in conjunction with its Eunice Plant
will not be subject to the Commission's jurisdiction under the Natural
Gas Act. ELEC states that the Plant Line is located between ANR
Pipeline Company's (ANR) Eunice Compressor Station and the inlet of
ELEC's Eunice Plant. ELEC also states that gas transported by ANR for
Texas Gas and third parties moves from ANR's Eunice Compressor Station
to ELEC's Eunice Plant through the Plant Line. ELEC asserts that
parties transporting gas through ANR's system, whose gas volumes are
processed at the Eunice Plant must enter into a transportation
agreement with Texas Gas for the transportation of natural gas through
the Plant Line for delivery and processing at the Eunice Plant.
ELEC states that the Plant Line is wholly incidental to the
extraction of hydrocarbons in the Eunice Plant and is not a facility
for the transportation or sale for resale of natural gas in interstate
commerce. ELEC further states that if it is permitted to own the Plant
Line as a non-jurisdictional extraction plant facility, ELEC would not
assess a transportation charge for natural gas from ANR or Texas Gas to
reach the Eunice Plant.
Comment date: June 2, 1994, in accordance with the first paragraph
of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Trunkline Gas Company ANR Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-530-000]
Take notice that on May 5, 1994, Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline),
P. O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, and ANR Pipeline Company
(ANR), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed, in
Docket No. CP94-530-000, a joint application pursuant to section 7(b)
of the Natural Gas Act and part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for
an order authorizing abandonment of the exchange service known as
Trunkline's Rate Schedule E-25 and as ANR's Rate Schedule X-85, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Trunkline and ANR state that they were authorized in Docket No.
CP79-189-000 to exchange up to 15,000 Mcf of natural gas per day. ANR
indicates that pursuant to this exchange service, it made deliveries to
Trunkline at the pipeline facilities of Stingray Pipeline Company at
West Cameron Block 269 and West Cameron Block 537, Offshore Louisiana.
Trunkline indicates that pursuant to this exchange service, it
delivered equivalent volumes of exchange gas to ANR at the High Island
Offshore System pipeline at High Island Area Blocks A-332, A-313, A-
316, A-343, and A-539, Offshore Texas, and/or the point of
interconnection between Stingray and HIOS located at High Island Area
Block A-330, Offshore Texas.
Trunkline states that it informed ANR by letter dated November 30,
1993, that it wished to terminate the exchange agreement. Trunkline and
ANR request that the effective date of the abandonment be the date of
the Commission's order authorizing the abandonment of the exchange
service. Trunkline and ANR state they do not propose to abandon any
facilities pursuant to the instant application. They further state that
such facilities will be used to provide open-access transportation
pursuant to Trunkline's and ANR's Part 284 blanket certificates.
Comment date: June 2, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F
at the end of this notice.
4. Florida Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP94-532-000]
Take notice that on May 6, 1994, Florida Gas Transmission Company
(FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188,
filed in Docket No. CP94-532-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 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 upgrade an existing
meter station under FGT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP82-553-000 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.
FGT proposes to upgrade the Indian River Plant Meter Station by
replacing the existing two 6-inch pressure regulators with two 10-inch
pressure regulators and installing a 12-inch orifice meter and other
related appurtenances necessary to deliver up to 7,200 MMBtu per hour
of gas to Orlando Utilities Commission in Brevard County, Florida.
Comment date: June 27, 1994, 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, 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 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 Sec. 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. 94-12276 Filed 5-18-94 8:45 am]
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