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[FR Doc No: 94-22802]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-744-000, et al.]
Florida Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
September 7, 1994.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. Florida Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP94-744-000]
Take notice that on August 29, 1994, Florida Gas Transmission
Company (FGT), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in
Docket No. CP94-744-000, as supplemented on September 1, 1994, a
request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for
authorization to abandon and remove a meter station which served as a
delivery facility for Deseret Ranches of Florida, Inc. (Deseret) in
Osceola County, Florida, under FGT's blanket certificate issued in
Docket No. CP82-553-000, pursuant to Section 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.
FGT states that Deseret has requested, by letter dated June 14,
1994, FGT to remove the inactive meter station, which once served as a
delivery point to Deseret under an agreement dated October 1, 1986, by
and between FGT and Deseret. FGT further states that upon its
restructuring of its services under Order 636, Deseret elected to
change its energy source and did not execute a new service agreement
with FGT. FGT indicates that the meter station served only Deseret. FGT
also indicates that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its
existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to continue all
services without detriment or disadvantage to FGT's other customers.
Comment date: October 24, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
2. Texas Gas Transmission Corporation and Texas Eastern
Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP94-735-000]
Take notice that on August 24, 1994, Texas Gas Transmission
Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky
42301 and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O.
Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP94-735-000
an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for
permission and approval to abandon a transportation and exchange
service between Texas Gas and Texas Eastern, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Texas Gas and Texas Eastern state that a gas transportation and
exchange agreement (Agreement) between Texas Gas and Texas Eastern
provided for the parties to exchange up to 20,000 Mcf per day of
natural gas between West Cameron Block 237, Offshore Louisiana and HIOS
Block A-568, Offshore Texas. Texas Gas and Texas Eastern indicate that
pending the delivery by Texas Eastern of the Block A-568 volumes of gas
to Texas Gas, the Agreement also provided that Texas Eastern would
transport 20,000 Mcf per day of natural gas for Texas Gas on an interim
basis to a point of interconnection between the facilities of Texas
Eastern and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) near
Ragley, Louisiana, and certain points where Texas Eastern's and Texas
Gas's system interconnected.
According to Texas Gas and Texas Eastern, Texas Gas and Texas
Eastern mutually agreed to cancel the Agreement effective May 31, 1994,
because the exchange services provided under the Agreement are no
longer needed by either Texas Gas or Texas Eastern. Texas Gas and Texas
Eastern indicate that there will be no abandonment of facilities
related to the proposed abandonment of services.
Comment date: September 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
3. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
[Docket No. CP94-750-000]
Take notice that on August 30, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline Company
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148,
filed in Docket No. CP94-750-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
for authorization to abandon certain meter runs and sidetaps, under its
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-402-000,1 all as
more fully set forth in the request for authorization on file with the
Commission and open for public inspection.
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\1\See, 20 FERC 62,415 (1982).
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Natural seeks authorization to abandon two 10-inch meter runs and
two sidetaps, one 12-inch and one 8-inch, located at Natural's Volo
Meter and Regulator Station (Volo Meter Station), Lake County,
Illinois. Natural states that the facilities were constructed pursuant
to an order issued June 13, 1950,2 to Texas Illinois Natural Gas
Pipeline Company (Texas Illinois).3 Natural states that the meter
runs were not utilized and became surplus.
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\2\See, 9 FPC, page 105, Docket No. G-1246.
\3\Natural acquired the assets of Texas Illinois by merger
pursuant to an order dated September 29, 1960, issued in Docket No.
CP60-97.
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Natural states that Northern Illinois Gas Company (NIGAS),
Natural's only customer, has requested changes at the Volo Meter
Station which will allow NIGAS to receive gas at mainline pressure (800
psig maximum vs. a current delivery pressure of 350 psig). To
accomplish this, NIGAS has agreed to install its own regulatory runs.
Natural states that all work will take place inside the meter site or
within the existing right-of-way.4
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\4\Natural states that all other facilities at the Volo Meter
Station requiring abandonment were constructed pursuant to Sec. 2.55
of the Commission's Regulations. Therefore, Natural is not seeking
abandonment authorization as to them.
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Comment date: October 24, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
4. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company
[Docket No. CP94-758-000]
Take notice that on September 2, 1994, Williston Basin Interstate
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300,
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP94-758-000, an
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for
authority to abandon a delivery tap and appurtenant facilities, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Specifically, Williston Basin proposes to abandon a delivery tap
located on the 6-inch Redwing Lateral at Station No. 489+23, in the SE
1/4 Section 9, T149N, R101W, McKenzie County, North Dakota. Williston
Basin states that the tap has not been used for several years and the
landowner has requested that Williston Basin remove the above ground
setting to ease farming operations.
Comment date: October 24, 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, DC
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 Sec. 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. 94-22802 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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