95-23271. Washington Gas Light Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 48700-48702]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-23271]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    [Docket No. CP62-205-002, et al.]
    
    
    Washington Gas Light Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
    Filings
    
    September 12, 1995.
    
        Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
    Commission:
    
    1. Washington Gas Light Company
    
    [Docket No. CP62-205-002]
    
        Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Washington Gas Light Company 
    (WGL), 1100 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20080, filed in Docket No. 
    CP62-205-002 a petition pursuant to Section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act 
    to amend its certificate issued in Docket No. CP62-205, as amended, 
    authorizing a service area determination, all as more fully set forth 
    in the petition on file with the Commission and open to public 
    inspection.
    
        WGL proposes to amend its service area by adding Frederick County, 
    Maryland, as a result of its merger with Frederick Gas Company, Inc. 
    (Frederick), a wholly owned subsidiary of WGL. It is stated that the 
    merger will be effective January 1, 1996. It is asserted that Frederick 
    is a Maryland corporation engaged in the transportation, sale and 
    distribution of natural within the state of Maryland, receiving all of 
    its gas within Maryland and with no facilities which cross state lines. 
    It is explained that WGL's gas distribution service in Frederick County 
    will be regulated by the Public Service Commission of Maryland (PSCMD) 
    and will be provided at the same rates and under the same terms and 
    conditions as those offered to WGL's existing customers in Maryland and 
    already on file with the PSCMD.
    
        Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with the first 
    paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
    
    [Docket No. CP95-725-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 1, 1995, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
    Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in 
    Docket No. CP95-725-000 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 establish a bi-directional 
    point in Iberia Parish, LA, in order to receive and deliver gas to a 
    storage facility operated by Equitable Storage Company (Equitable) 
    under Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in 
    
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    Docket No. CP82-413-000 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.
        Tennessee proposes to install a 12 inch hot tap, approximately 50 
    feet of interconnecting pipe on Tennessee's right-of-way, a 
    chromatograph and electronic gas measurement. 1 Tennessee also 
    asserts that gas will be moved to and from the bi-directional point 
    under existing agreements for firm or interruptible transportation on 
    Tennessee's system. Tennessee also states that the bi-directional point 
    will accommodate up to 200,000 Dth/d of receipts from and deliveries to 
    Tennessee's system.
    
        \1\Tennessee states that Equitable will install, own and 
    maintain measuring facilities and will install, own operate, and 
    maintain the interconnecting pipe between Tennessee's right-of-way 
    and the meter station.
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        Comment date: October 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
    
    3. Williams Natural Gas Company
    
    [Docket No. CP95-732-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 5, 1995, Williams Natural Gas Company 
    (WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP95-
    732-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
    for permission and approval to abandon by reclamation the Enid 
    Compressor Station in Garfield County, Oklahoma, which was authorized 
    in Docket No. CP70-53, all as more fully set forth in the application 
    on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
        WNG seeks authority to abandon the l,000 horsepower compressor 
    unit, the compressor building, and appurtenant facilities, which 
    compose the Enid Compressor Station. The cost of the proposed 
    abandonment is approximately $47,300 with an estimated salvage value of 
    $25,000.
        Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    4. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company
    
    [Docket No. CP95-736-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Williston Basin Interstate 
    Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
    Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed with the Commission in Docket No. 
    CP95-736-000 pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the 
    Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
    authorization to add a new metering station and associated appurtenant 
    facilities to provide transportation service in Cass County, North 
    Dakota, authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
    487-000, all as more fully set forth in the request on file with the 
    Commission and open to public inspection.
        Williston Basin proposes to add a new metering station and 
    associated appurtenant facilities which would be used for delivering 
    gas into facilities to be owned by Prairielands Energy Marketing, Inc. 
    (PEMI). The gas would ultimately be delivered to the National Sun 
    sunflower plant, in Enderlin, North Dakota. The facilities to be 
    constructed at the metering station would consist of a new tap to the 
    pipeline, a 12 x 14 foot building to house the meter, regulator and 
    miscellaneous gages and valves and a 5 x 7 foot building to house the 
    SCADA system, and would be enclosed with a security fence. The total 
    estimated cost of the proposed metering station and lateral pipeline 
    would be $110,000. The actual cost of the facilities would be 
    reimbursed to Williston Basin by PEMI.
        Comment date: October 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
    
    5. Williams Natural Gas Company
    
    [Docket No. CP95-739-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Williams Natural Gas Company 
    (WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74101, filed an application 
    pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for an order 
    permitting and approving the abandonment by reclaim of five horizontal 
    compressor units and appurtenant facilities at the Welda compressor 
    station located in Anderson County, Kansas, all as more fully set forth 
    in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
    public inspection.
        Specifically, WNG seeks authority to abandon by reclaim five Cooper 
    horizontal compressor units totaling 5,400 horsepower at the Welda 
    compressor station. The units were installed in the late 1940's and 
    early 1950's and have not been used since the winter of 1992-93. The 
    compressor units remaining at the Welda station will continue to 
    provide the same level of service. The total cost of the proposed 
    abandonment is approximately $25,000, with an estimated salvage value 
    of $0.
        Comment date: October 3, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    6. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
    
    Docket No. CP95-740-000
    
        Take notice that on September 7, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
    Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
    Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP95-740-000 a request 
    pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations to 
    construct and operate facilities for nine new points of delivery for 
    Mountaineer Gas Company (Mountaineer) to serve nine residential 
    customers located in various counties in West Virginia 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 on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
        Columbia proposes to construct and operate a 4-inch by 1-inch 
    saddle tap and less than 20 feet of pipe for each of the nine 
    residential customers on Columbia's existing right-of-way in order to 
    provide firm service of up to 1.5 dekatherms (dth) per day and up to 
    150 dth annually for each customer under Columbia's Rate Schedules SST 
    and FTS within certificated entitlements. Columbia states that 
    Mountaineer would set the meter and regulator at each location. The new 
    delivery points would be located in Lincoln (2), Kanawha, Clay, Wayne 
    (2), Randolph, and Roane (2) Counties, West Virginia to serve 
    individual residential customers, it is stated. Columbia states that 
    there is no impact on Columbia's existing design day and annual 
    obligations to its other customers as a result the construction and 
    operation of these facilities. Columbia states that the estimated cost 
    of each delivery point is $150 and would be treated as an O&M expense.
        Comment date: October 27, 1995, 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 
    
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    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. 95-23271 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
    
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Document Information

Published:
09/20/1995
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
95-23271
Dates:
October 3, 1995, in accordance with the first paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
Pages:
48700-48702 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. CP62-205-002, et al.
PDF File:
95-23271.pdf