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[FR Doc No: 94-19016]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-434-001, et al.]
NorAm Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
July 27, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. NorAm Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP93-434-001]
Take notice that on July 22, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission Company
(NGT), formerly Arkla Energy Resources Company, 1600 Smith Street,
Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP93-434-001 an amendment to
its original application seeking abandonment authority required for NGT
to effect the sale and transfer to UtiliCorp United, Inc. (UtiliCorp)
of certain existing natural gas transmission lines, together with
equipment and facilities pertinent thereto, located in the State of
Kansas and services provided by means therefore, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
NGT states that on June 7, 1993, it filed an application in this
docket seeking permission and approval to abandon by sale to UtiliCorp
all NGT jurisdictional facilities located in the State of Kansas in
order to implement the Acquisition Agreement executed May 7, 1993. It
is stated that under the Acquisition Agreement, NGT and NorAm agreed to
sell and transfer to UtiliCorp both those local distribution facilities
located in Kansas and currently owned and operated by NorAm's Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Company (ALG) distribution division, as well as NGT's
jurisdictional transmission facilities. It is stated that the
transferred facilities would then be operated by UtiliCorp's division,
Peoples Natural Gas (PNG), as distribution utility facilities, with PNG
continuing to provide retail services to ALG's customer's and offering
transportation or other substitute services to NGT's current customers.
In connection therewith, NGT states that the proposed abandonment
contemplated the agreement by NGT and PNG to enter into a Capacity
Lease Agreement affecting a portion of the facilities to be transferred
pursuant to which NGT would continue to provide services to the City of
Winfield, Kansas for the remainder of the term of the then current
service agreement between NGT and Winfield.
It is stated that Winfield protested the application and requested
a hearing, raising concerns with respect to continuation of the
jurisdictional service to Winfield following the expiration of the
Capacity Lease and as to the jurisdictional status of the arrangement.
NGT states that it and PNG have engaged in discussions to resolve
Winfield's concerns and those presented by the Commission staff at the
May 19, 1994, technical conference convened in this proceeding. It is
stated that those negotiations have resulted in the agreement in
principle of NGT, NorAm and UtiliCorp to amend the Acquisition
Agreement.
NGT states that the primary purpose of the amendment will be to
delete certain facilities from the list of facilities to be conveyed to
UtiliCorp and to delete the Capacity Lease from the arrangement. It is
stated that the deleted facilities, which are more particularly
described in the amended application, will be retained by NGT, allowing
it to continue to provide direct transportation service to the City of
Winfield, Kansas.
Comment date: August 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-6-001]
Take notice that on July 21, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP94-6-001 an amendment (Amendment) to
its original application filed in the captioned proceeding on October
1, 1993, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the
installation of incremental pipeline and compression facilities
necessary for Texas Eastern to render an incremental firm
transportation service for CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG). Texas
Eastern states that it filed the Amendment to revise the proposed
facilities necessary to render the service for CNG and to revise the
proposed initial rates to be charged for the incremental service for
CNG, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Texas Eastern states that the revised initial rate is the result of
an increase requested by CNG and agreed to by Texas Eastern in the
quantities on gas to be transported for CNG and the facility changes.
In the original application, Texas Eastern proposed to construct
and operate certain replacement pipeline and compression facilities to
increase its mainline transmission capacity between the existing
interconnection with CNG at the Crayne Farm meter station, in
Waynesburg County, Pennsylvania, and the existing interconnection of
Texas Eastern's system with CNG's Line PL-1, near the Chambersburg
Compressor Station in Chambersburg County, Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern
proposed to provide an incremental 100,000 Dekatherms per day (Dth/d)
of transportation capacity for CNG. Texas Eastern states that CNG
proposed to utilize this capacity to render firm transportation service
for CNG customers served off of CNG's PL-1 Line.\1\
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\1\On November 18, 1993, in Docket No. CP94-89-000, CNG filed a
related application describing the services it proposes to render
for the CNG Customers.
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Instead of the facilities additions set forth in Section V of the
original application, Texas Eastern requests authorization to:
(a) Install, own and operate a 6,500 horsepower compressor addition
at Texas Eastern's existing compressor station at Uniontown, in Greene
County, Pennsylvania;
(b) Construct, install, own and operate 9.71 miles of 36-inch
replacement pipeline on Texas-Eastern's Line No. 1 between the existing
Uniontown and Bedford Compressor Stations in Fayette County
Pennsylvania;\2\
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\2\Texas Eastern states that the first 2.04 miles of replacement
pipeline were previously authorized in Texas Eastern's ITP Project
in Docket No. CP92-184-000, et al. on July 16, 1993. However, it is
stated that due to a change in the market requirements, such
facilities are no longer required for the project, and Texas Eastern
will file an amendment to its ITP Project to reflect the changes to
the ITP facilities.
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(c) Construct, install, own and operate 4.22 miles of 36-inch
replacement pipeline on Texas Eastern's Line No. 1 between the existing
Bedford and Chambersburg Compressor Stations in Bedford County,
Pennsylvania; and
(d) Charge an incremental reservation rate of $7.343 per Dth, as a
NGA section 7(c) initial rate separately stated as part of Texas
Eastern's Part 284 FT-1 Rate Schedule.
Texas Eastern submits that the Amendment reflects the increase in
firm transportation service to CNG from an MDQ of 100,000 Dth/d to
105,000 Dth/d, and the changed location and quantity of replacement
pipeline necessary to provide the corresponding increase in firm
capacity for CNG. Texas Eastern states that CNG has informed it that
CNG intends to notify the Commission in the near future that CNG
intends to render 105,000 Dth/d of firm downstream transportation
service for the CNG customers.
Texas Eastern proposes to build the facilities in order to provide
the incremental 105,000 Dth/d capacity required to render such service.
The facilities proposed will be ready for service by November 1, 1995.
It is estimated that the total capital costs of the proposed
compression and pipeline facilities in 1995 dollars, is $39,899,000.
For the Part 284 service to be rendered to CNG pursuant to Texas
Eastern's existing Rate Schedule FT-1 using the new capacity
contemplated in the application, Texas Eastern proposes to charge CNG,
as a NGA section 7 initial charge, an incremental Reservation Charge
separately stated as part of Texas Eastern's Part 284 Rate Schedule FT-
1 rates. Based upon the annual cost of the proposed facility additions,
Texas Eastern proposes an initial monthly Reservation Charge of $7.343
per Dth/d for the firm incremental transportation services beginning
November 1, 1995.
Comment date: August 17, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-675-000]
Take notice that on July 21, 1994, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West
Virginia 25314, filed in Docket No. CP94-675-000 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: (1)
reassign quantities of gas to be delivered at Virginia Natural Gas
Company (VNG) delivery points3, and (2) construct and operate
various appurtenant facilities along Columbia's transmission pipeline
system to accommodate the delivery shifts, under Columbia's blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000 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.
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\3\Proposed reassignment: (a) 33,475 Dekatherms per day (Dth/d)
from two VNG delivery taps located in Newport News and James City
County, Virginia to VNG's Norfolk delivery tap located in
Chesapeake, Virginia, and (b) 15,000 Dth/d from Newport News No. 2
Gate Station to Newport News No. 1 Gate Station.
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Columbia proposes to perform the reassignment of deliveries without
affecting any of its other customers since Columbia has sufficient
capacity on its existing pipeline system to accomplish the task. The
total volumes to be delivered do not exceed the total volumes
authorized prior to the request. However, due to current operational
restrictions, the following appurtenant facility modifications,
normally done pursuant to Section 2.55(a) of the General Policy, must
be made to accommodate the reassignment and subsequent station Maximum
Daily Delivery Obligation (MDDO) changes.
--Revamp the Measuring Station No. 802750, located on the discharge
side of the Bickers Compressor Station in Greene County, Virginia.
--Replace the regulator inlet piping to Goochland Measurement and
Regulation Station No. 831076 in Goochland County, Virginia.
--Install regulation on Line VM-107 at Mainline Valve No. 8 in
Goochland County, Virginia.
--Install regulation from Line VM-108 to Line VM-107 at Mainline Valve
No. 12 in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
--Replace a 3-inch regulator setting with a 6-inch regulator setting at
Petersburg regulator Station in Prince George county, Virginia.
--Replace a 6-inch regulator setting with a 4-inch regulator setting at
Newport News No. 2 Measurement and Regulation Station in James City
County, Virginia.
The estimated cost of the appurtenant facility modification is
$1,897,500, including the ``gross-up'' due to taxes. VNG will reimburse
Columbia 100% for the construction. The anticipated in-service date for
the modification and subsequent reassignment of deliveries is November
1, 1994. Columbia says that it will comply with all of the
environmental requirements of Sections 157.206(d) prior to the
construction of any facilities.
Comment date: September 12, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
4. Transwestern Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-676-000]
Take notice that on July 21, 1994, Transwestern Pipeline Company
(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in
Docket No. CP94-676-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and
157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to install and operate a tap
and valve at a new point of delivery, for the transportation of natural
gas to the Sid Richardson Gasoline Co. (Sid Richardson) located in
Winkler County, Texas, under Transwestern's blanket certificate issued
in Docket No. CP82-534-000 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.
Transwestern is proposing to transport up to 700 Mcf of natural gas
per day to Sid Richardson on an interruptible basis, under
Transwestern's Rate Schedule ITS-1. It is stated that Sid Richardson is
a producer, who proposes to use the gas as fuel for a compressor unit
it owns. It is further stated that Transwestern will transport the fuel
gas to Sid Richardson pursuant to Transwestern's blanket transportation
authority granted in Docket No. CP88-133-000 and Section 284.223 of the
Commission's Regulations.
Transwestern estimated the cost of the proposed facilities to be
approximately $10,700. It is stated that Sid Richardson will reimburse
Transwestern for the cost of the facilities.
Comment date: September 12, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
5. Algonquin Gas Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-684-000]
Take notice that on July 26, 1994, Algonquin Gas Transmission
Corporation (Algonquin), 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston,
Massachusetts 02135, filed in Docket No. CP94-684-000 a request
pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.212, and 157.216 of the Commission's
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212 and
157.216) for authorization to construct and operate facilities at three
existing metering and regulating stations to increase the capacity for
deliveries at those stations to Consolidated Edison Company of New
York, Inc. (Con Ed) and to abandon the facilities that are replaced by
the new facilities, under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No.
CP87-317-000, pursuant to Sections 7(c) and 7(b) 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.
It is stated that Con Ed is a shipper under several of Algonquin's
rate schedules, and has requested increased delivery capacity at three
existing points of interconnection between Con Ed and Algonquin for
deliveries under Algonquin's tariff. Algonquin states that Con Ed has
requested the construction of appurtenant facilities at existing meter
stations in Peekskill, Cortlandt, and Yorktown, New York. It is
indicated that the construction will involve changes to regulators,
meter run headers, meter tubes, heater piping, relief valves, and
station instrumentation. Algonquin states that these facility changes
will allow increased maximum daily deliveries at the Peekskill Station
from 15,937 million to 19,364 million Btu, at the Cortlandt Station
from 3,562 million Btu to 4,002 million Btu, and at the Yorktown
Station from 3,562 million Btu to 19,434 million Btu. Algonquin
estimates that the facility changes will cost $427,600, which will be
reimbursed by Con Ed upon the two parties finalizing an appropriate
agreement.
Algonquin states that it has sufficient system delivery flexibility
to accomplish these deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its
other customers. It is also indicated that Algonquin's tariff permits
Algonquin, at its option and with the customer's consent, to add
facilities and to be reimbursed by the customer for the cost of those
facilities.
Comment date: September 12, 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. 94-19016 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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