[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17346]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-595-000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
July 2, 1996.
Take notice that on June 25, 1996, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP96-
595-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and
157.212) for authorization to upgrade and relocate the existing
Chandler No. 3 Meter Station (meter station) located in Maricopa,
Arizona, under Northern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP82-432-000 and Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully
set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
El Paso proposes to upgrade and relocate a meter station to make
additional firm deliveries of natural gas to Southwest Gas Corporation
(Southwest) for service to Chandler, Arizona, and environs. El Paso
asserts that Southwest has requested additional firm service and that
the present meter station is unable to accommodate such delivery. It is
further asserted that, by letter agreement dated November 22, 1994, El
Paso and Southwest have agreed that El Paso would therefore upgrade the
existing meter station. El Paso states that, in order to facilitate
ease of maintenance and to eliminate a potentially hazardous situation,
El Paso has elected to relocate the existing meter station
approximately 53 feet north on the Tucson-Phoenix Line and the Tucson-
Phoenix Loop Line.
It is indicated that the proposed quantity of natural gas to be
transported on a firm basis to the upgraded meter station is estimated
to be 511,636 Mcf annually during the third full year of operation. It
is further indicated that the estimated maximum peak day gas
requirement at the meter station during the third calendar year of
service is 13,680 Mcf. El Paso asserts the gas will be used by
Southwest to satisfy the residential, residential space heating,
commercial, commercial space heating, and the industrial requirements
of customers in Chandler, Arizona, and environs. El Paso states that
the proposed firm transportation of gas to Southwest at the meter
station will have a negligible effect on El Paso's 1995 peak day and
total annual transportation quantities. El Paso further states that
estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $101,500, which Southwest
has agreed to reimburse El Paso.
Any person or the Commission Staff may, within 45 days of the
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214), a motion to intervene 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 therefore,
the proposed activities 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 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. 96-17346 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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