[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33107-33108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16221]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-27-001]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Amendment to
Application
June 20, 1996.
Take notice that on June 18, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (Natural), located at 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois
60148, filed in Docket No. CP96-27-001, an amendment to its application
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Subpart A of part
157 of the Commission's Regulations. Natural seeks a certificate of
public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and
operation of certain facilities which will increase the capacity of its
Amarillo Mainline system. Natural now amends its proposal to modify the
design of the proposed expansion. The details of Natural's amendment
are all as more fully set forth in its filing which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection. (For details of Natural's
original application, see Notice of Application in Docket No. CP96-27-
000, issued on October 25, 1995, and published in the Federal Register
on November 2, 1995, (60 FR 55711).)
Natural states that it is now requesting authorization to:
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(1) Construct and operate a new 9,000 horsepower compressor at
Station No. 110 in Henry County, Illinois,\1\
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\1\ Natural had previously proposed to relocate a smaller
compressor unit from Texas to Illinois.
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(2) Construct and operate about 9.7 miles of 36-inch pipeline loop
in Louisa and Muscatine Counties, Iowa. The loop would be immediately
upstream (to the west) of Station No. 199, which is in Muscatine
County.\2\
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\2\ Natural had previously proposed to retrofit Station No. 199
and increase its horsepower by 4,500.
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The primary purpose of Natural's proposal, to add new firm
transportation service downstream of from Harper, Iowa, has not been
changed. Other than described above, the other facilities proposed in
Natural's original application remain unchanged. Natural had previously
proposed to add 550,000 Mcf per day of new service, but reduced its
proposal to 525,000 Mcf per day of new service.\3\ Natural is still
planning to use roughly 180,000 Mcf per day of future released
capacity, plus 345,000 Mcf per day of the additional capacity gained
from the proposed facilities for these services. The total cost of
Natural's proposal has decreased from $87,467,000 to $85,415,000. Also,
Natural restates that it plans to recover the cost of this expansion by
means of an incremental rate applied to the 345,000 Mcf per day of
expansion capacity.
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\3\ One shipper which was previously part of the project,
Renaissance Energy (US) has dropped out.
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Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to this amendment to the application should on or before June
28, 1996 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 (28 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.20). 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 the proceeding or
to participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules. All persons who
have heretofore filed motions to intervene need not file again.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 the amended 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 is 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
Natural to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16221 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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