[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39124-39125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19001]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-637-000]
East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization
July 22, 1996.
Take notice that on July 11, 1996, East Tennessee Natural Gas
Company (East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in
Docket No. CP96-637-000, a request pursuant to Section 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 install a new delivery
point to provide for continued natural gas service to the Unicoi County
Gas Utility District (Unicoi). East Tennessee makes such request, under
its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000 pursuant to
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the
request on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Specifically, East Tennessee is proposing to install a 3-inch hot
tap, and electronic gas measurement equipment, on it's system in Unicoi
County, Tennessee, to provide continued firm natural gas transportation
service to Unicoi, a local distribution company. East Tennessee
indicates that it intends to provide said service to Unicoi under its
FT-GS Rate Schedule. It is further stated that East Tennessee proposes
to inspect Unicoi's installation of approximately 25 feet of 3-inch
interconnecting piping and a 4-inch turbine meter.
It is averred that Unicoi will provide a meter site adjacent to and
along East Tennessee's existing right-of-way, and that Unicoi will
install, own, operate and maintain the interconnecting piping, and will
install, own and maintain the measurement facilities. East Tennessee
states that it will install, own, operate and maintain the hot tap and
the electronic gas measurement equipment. East Tennessee further states
that Unicoi will reimburse it for the approximate $60,004 project cost.
East Tennessee states that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish
deliveries at the proposed new delivery point without detriment or
disadvantage to East Tennessee's other customers.
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-19001 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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