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[FR Doc No: 94-15802]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-607-000, et al.]
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas
Certificate Filings
June 22, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-607-000]
Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642,
Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP94-607-000 an
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for
permission and approval to abandon effective December 20, 1994 of the
firm transportation service Texas Eastern renders for Northern Natural
Gas Company (Northern) under Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-80,
(authorized in Docket No. CP76-362-000 Commission order issued August
31, 1976), all as more fully set forth in the application on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern notified Texas Eastern of Northern's election to terminate
Rate Schedule X-80 at the end of the primary term, December 20, 1994.
Texas Eastern does not propose to abandon any facilities.
Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-533-000]
Take notice that on July 21, 1994, at 10:00 am, the Commission
Staff will convene a technical conference in the above captioned docket
to discuss issues raised by the intervenors related to the proposal of
Tennessee to abandon by sale, to Channel Industries Gas Company, either
a undivided 30% interest in its ``San Salvador'' and its ``La Rosa/
Mustang Island,'' or alternatively, a undivided 100% interest in these
facilities to Channel.
The conference will be held at the offices of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 810 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All
interested parties are invited to attend. However, attendance at the
conference will not confer party status.
For further information, contact George Dornbusch (202) 208-0881,
Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7102C; or Hyun Kim (202) 208-2960,
Office of General Counsel, Room 4014, 825 North Capitol Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
3. Northern Natural Gas Company
[Docket No. CP94-608-000]
Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed an
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an
order permitting and approving the abandonment by sale to Enron
Gathering Company (EGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Operations
Corp., certain compression, dehydrating, delivery point and pipeline
facilities, with appurtenances, located in various counties in Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado and services rendered thereby.
Northern also requests approval concurrent with the conveyance of the
facilities to EGC to abandon certain agreements and services, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Northern request permission and approval to abandon by sale to EGC
the jurisdictional gathering facilities upstream of the initial point
of transmission which includes certain pipeline, compression,
purification, and dehydration and appurtenant facilities pursuant to
the Contract for Sale and Purchase of Assets dated June 14, 1994.
Northern's gathering facilities are comprised of 66 gathering systems
consisting of approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines
spread throughout three separate major producing regions located in the
Anadarko area of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in
Kansas and the Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in
Wyoming and Colorado. Northern also requests permission and approval to
permit Northern to transfer and assign any gathering contracts and
delivery services to EGC with the transfer of the facilities.
Northern states that EGC would operate the gathering system on a
non-jurisdictional basis and would assume all future operational and
economic responsibility for these facilities. Northern states that the
transfer would be subject to EGC assuming any of Northern's contractual
obligations which may exist at the time of the effective date of the
sale, and EGC would agree to provide gathering services previously
provided by Northern. Northern states that EGC intends to operate the
gathering facilities herein in a not unduly discriminatory manner and
would negotiate with the parties receiving gathering services from
Northern in each geographic area to establish the rates, terms, and
conditions that would apply in each geographic area.
Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
4. Enron Gathering Company
[Docket No. CP94-610-000]
Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Enron Gathering Company (EGC),
P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed a petition for
declaratory order in Docket No. CP94-610-000, requesting that the
Commission declare that facilities to be acquired by EGC from Northern
Natural Gas Company (Northern) are gathering facilities exempt from the
Commission's Regulations pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
EGC states that Northern is concurrently seeking in Docket No.
CP94-608-000, among other things, to abandon what it characterized as
its certificated gathering facilities comprising a portion of the
facilities to be conveyed to EGC. It is stated that the systems that
EGC seeks to acquire comprise 66 gathering systems consisting of
approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines spread throughout
three separate major producing regions located in the Anadarko area of
the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in Kansas and the
Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in Wyoming and
Colorado. It is indicated these systems with few exceptions (1) operate
at low pressure typically less than 250 psig; (2) consist of short,
small diameter pipe, between 2-inch for the smallest tie lines up to
26-inch in diameter for the final segments of some gathering lines
before entering the transmission compressor; (3) form a web like
configuration in appearance; and (4) are located upstream of the point
of compression on Northern's transmission facilities. EGC states that
some of these facilities have been certificated without regard as to
whether the facilities actually qualify as gathering facilities.
EGC states that it would offer gathering, treating, dehydrating,
purification and compression services to producers and shippers seeking
such services and would compete with the numerous other unregulated
gatherers of gas in the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma
and Texas upon the granting of this petition. EGC states it intends to
operate the gathering facilities in a not unduly discriminatory manner
and would offer existing customers the opportunity to continue service
under mutually agreeable terms, conditions and rates on a basis
consistent with services offered by other gatherers in the same
geographic area.
EGC states that these facilities perform services in the production
area prior to transportation in interstate commerce which are not
subject to Commission jurisdiction under the NGA and that there is no
longer any basis for continued Commission regulation of the facilities
or the rates or terms or conditions of service to be offered by EGC
upon the granting of this petition.
Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with the first paragraph
of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
5. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-611-000]
Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No.
CP94-611-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act for permission and approval to abandon a transportation service
which was authorized in Docket No. CP75-276,1 all as more fully
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to
public inspection.
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Tennessee proposes to abandon an interruptible transportation
service provided for Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G)
under an agreement dated September 8, 1975, on file as Tennessee's FERC
Rate Schedule T-24. It is stated that the service involves the
transportation of natural gas from receipt points in Cameron and Acadia
Parishes, Louisiana, to a delivery point located in Bergen County, New
Jersey, where it is delivered to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation for PSE&G's account. Tennessee explains that the service is
no longer required and that the parties terminated the arrangement by
letter agreement dated April 5, 1994.
Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
6. Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
[Docket No. CP94-613-000]
Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
(LNT), Suite 710, 16475 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75248-2661, filed
in Docket No. CP94-613-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of
the Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and approval to
abandon certain facilities that currently function as local
distribution facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
In its application, LNT proposes to abandon several laterals off
its mainline that function as local distribution facilities rather than
interstate pipeline facilities. LNT states that upon abandonment it
would treat such facilities as part of its distribution system, which
is regulated by the states of Arkansas and Louisiana.
Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
7. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-615-000]
Take notice that on June 20, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No.
CP94-615-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,
157.212) for authorization to operate an existing delivery point under
Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-413-000
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.
Tennessee proposes to operate the existing delivery point facility,
located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, that was initially
constructed pursuant to Section 311(a) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of
1978 (``NGPA'').
The request for authorization states that Tennessee has constructed
this delivery point under Section 311(a) of the NGPA for use in the
transportation of natural gas under subpart B of part 284 of the
Commission's Regulations. Tennessee states that since it renders
significant transportation service under its subpart G blanket
certificate, it is imperative that maximum flexibility be attained so
that its facilities can be used for the benefit of all customers on
Tennessee's system.
Tennessee states that the delivery of volumes through the existing
delivery point would not impact Tennessee's peak day and annual
deliveries; that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its
existing tariff; and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the
changes proposed herein without detriment or disadvantage to
Tennessee's other customers.
Comment date: August 8, 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, 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. 94-15802 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am]
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