[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48493-48494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24223]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RP98-381-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed
Changes in FERC Gas Tariff
September 3, 1998.
Take notice that on August 31, 1998 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC
Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, certain revised tariff sheets.
Transco states that Appendix B attached to the filing contains the
enumeration of the revised tariff sheets. Such tariff sheets are
proposed to be effective October 1, 1998.
Transco states that the purpose of the instant filing is to
implement the offering of firm transportation service on Transco's
production area supply laterals as permitted by the Commission's
Opinion Nos. 405, et seq., issued in Transco's Docket Nos. RP92-137 and
RP93-136 (Phase I). Opinion No. 405 expressly authorizes Transco to
make a limited Section 4 filing to implement that service.
As is detailed in the Statement of Nature, Reasons and Basis,
included as Appendix A thereto, Transco is proposing to offer firm
transportation service on Transco's production area supply laterals
upstream of Station 30, 45, 50 and 62 and on Transco's mainline
upstream of Stations 30 (collectively referred to as ``production area
supply laterals''), pursuant to a sixty day open season which is to
commence following Commission approval of the instant filing. Firm
transportation service on those production area supply laterals
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will replace Transco's ``IT feeder'' service structure and will be made
available pursuant to three new firm transportation rate schedules,
which are included in Appendix B thereto. These new rate schedules have
been developed to address the needs of production area shippers, and in
particular Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) shippers, for flexible firm
transportation service and to allow Transco to better compete with
pipelines currently offering comparable services for the attachment of
new production area supplies.
The three new firm transportation rate schedules are: Rate Schedule
FTSL1, a receipt-point based traditional firm transportation service;
Rate Schedule FTSL2, a receipt-point based firm transportation service
requiring a reserve commitment and providing for varying contract
quantities over time; and Rate Schedule FTSL3, a receipt-point based
firm transportation service providing for varying contract quantities
over time.
Transco states that copies of the filing are being mailed to its
customers, state commissions, and other interested parties.
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in
accordance with Sections 385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission's Rules
and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in
accordance with Section 154.210 of the Commission's Regulations.
Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants
parties to the proceedings. Any person wishing to become a party must
file a motion to intervene. Copies of this filing are on file with the
Commission and are available for public inspection in the Public
Reference Room.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24223 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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