94-23430. Honeoye Storage Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings  

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    [Docket No. CP80-277-005, et al.]
    
     
    
    Honeoye Storage Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
    Filings
    
    September 15, 1994.
        Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
    Commission:
    
    1. Honeoye Storage Corporation
    
    [Docket No. CP80-277-005]
    
        Take notice that on September 13, 1994, Honeoye Storage Corporation 
    (Honeoye), P.O. Box 376, Honeoye, New York 14471 filed in Docket No. 
    CP80-277-005 a petition pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
    requesting authority to amend the certificate issued February 7, 1975, 
    to increase the operating pressure of its existing transmission 
    pipeline during withdrawal operations, all as more fully set forth in 
    the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
    inspection.
        Honeoye requests authority to increase the operating pressure of 
    its transmission line from 774 psia to 900 psia during withdrawal 
    operations. Honeoye advises that it is not proposing to change the 
    maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) which has been 918 psia 
    since construction. Additionally, Honeoye states that there will be no 
    change in the service rendered to each of its customers.
        Honeoye explains that it receives gas from Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
    Company (TGPC) at TGPC's main valve No. 236 in Ontario County, New York 
    and transports the gas for injection into Honeoye's storage field. 
    Honeoye states that during withdrawal operations, it redelivers gas to 
    TGPC at TGPC's main valve No. 236. Honeoye asserts that because of an 
    increase in TGPC's line pressure, Honeoye proposes to increase the 
    operating pressure of its transmission line to ensure continuation of 
    reliable storage service to its customers.
        Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    2. Questar Pipeline Company
    
    [Docket No. CP94-765-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 9, 1994, Questar Pipeline Company 
    (Questar), 79 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed in 
    Docket No. CP94-765-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
    Natural Gas Act requesting authority to construct and operate certain 
    replacement natural gas facilities, all as more fully set forth in the 
    application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
        Questar proposes to replace a 26.4-mile segment of its 10-inch Main 
    Line No. 68, located in Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado, 
    with 14-inch pipeline. Questar states that the deteriorated condition 
    of the 26.4-mile segment requires that it be replaced.
        Questar asserts that, due to constraints in other portions of its 
    transmission system, there will be no significant increase in 
    transmission-system capacity as a result of replacing the existing 26.4 
    miles of 10-inch pipeline with 14-inch pipeline. The estimated cost of 
    the proposed construction is $5,500,000 and the estimated cost to 
    retire in place the 26.4 miles of 10-inch pipeline is $150,000.
        Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    3. Northern Natural Gas Company
    
    [Docket No. CP94-767-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 9,1994, Northern Natural Gas Company 
    (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
    in Docket No. CP94-767-000, a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 
    157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
    authorization to upgrade one town border station (TBS) and appurtenant 
    facilities to provide increased natural gas deliveries to Wisconsin 
    Power & Light Company (WP&L), under Northern's existing rate schedules 
    to accommodate increased commercial, industrial and residential service 
    at Mauston, Wisconsin, pursuant to Northern's blanket certificate 
    issued in Docket No. CP82-401-000 pursuant to Section 7 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.
        Northern states that the estimated total volumes proposed to be 
    delivered to WP&L at the Mauston, Wisconsin TBS, located in Juneau Co., 
    Wisconsin, are 2,850 MMBtu on a peak day and 383,800 MMBtu annually. 
    Northern advises that the total volumes to be delivered to the customer 
    after the request do not exceed the total volumes authorized prior to 
    the request. It is stated that the estimated total cost to install the 
    proposed delivery point is $56,800. Northern also states that WP&L 
    would make a contribution in aid to construction for the total amount.
        Comment date: October 31, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
    
    4. NorAm Gas Transmission Company
    
    [Docket No. CP94-770-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 9, 1994, NorAm Gas Transmission 
    Company (NGT), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in 
    Docket No. CP94-770-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205, 157.211 
    and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
    (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211 and 157.212) for authorization to acquire and 
    operate certain facilities in Louisiana under NGT's blanket certificate 
    issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000, et al., 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.
        NGT proposes to acquire and operate five (5) existing delivery taps 
    and three (3) associated lines, Lines LIT-1, LIT-2 and LIM-1, located 
    in Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto Parishes, Louisiana. NGT states that these 
    facilities are currently owned and operated by NorAm Interstate and 
    used to receive gas from gathering lines or from NGT and to deliver 
    natural gas to one industrial customer, International Paper Company 
    (IP), and to the local distribution systems of Arkla, a division of 
    NorAm Energy Corp. (Arkla). NGT states that both IP and Arkla are also 
    existing customers of NGT. It is stated that NGT will acquire these 
    facilities from NorAm Interstate at the existing net book value of 
    approximately $1.9 million and use these facilities as part of its 
    existing interstate system.
        Comment date: October 31, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
    
    5. Ashland Exploration, Inc.
    
    [Docket No. CP94-771-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 9, 1994, Ashland Exploration, Inc. 
    (Ashland), P. O. Box 218330, Houston, Texas 77218-8330 filed in Docket 
    No. CP94-771-000 a request for a order declaring that the facilities 
    that it proposes to acquire from CNG Transmission Corporation (CNGT) 
    are exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction under the Natural Gas 
    Act, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file with 
    the Commission and open to public inspection.
        Ashland states that it has agreed to purchase certain facilities 
    located in the Lincoln, Boone and Kanawha Counties of West Virginia. 
    These facilities include two compressors, related pipelines, associated 
    structures, and rights-of-way. Following the Commissions's grant of 
    abandonment and issuance of the proposed declaratory order CNGT will 
    transfer the facilities to Ashland. Ashland requests that the 
    Commission declare that these facilities are exempt from the 
    Commission's jurisdiction by reason of the ``production and gathering 
    exemption'' contained in Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act.
        Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
    
    6. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Mississippi River 
    Transmission Corporation
    
    [Docket No. CP94-773-000]
    
        Take notice that on September 12, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline 
    Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 
    60148, and Mississippi River Transmission Corporation (MRT), 9900 
    Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63124, filed, in Docket No. CP94-773-
    000, a joint application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
    Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order 
    permitting and approving the abandonment of the exchange service 
    performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-42 and MRT's Rate Schedule X-
    9, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
    the Commission and open to public inspection.
        Natural and MRT relate that they entered into a July 17, 1973, gas 
    exchange agreement with Kaskaskia Gas Company (as of 1988, United 
    Cities Gas Company (Kaskaskia-United Cities)) to assist Kaskaskia in 
    meeting peak day needs in several isolated areas of its system in 
    southern Illinois. Kaskaskia Gas Company was a local distribution 
    company with facilities in Illinois and a resale customer of both 
    Natural and MRT. Pursuant to the agreement, Natural, upon notice from 
    Kaskaskia, reduced its deliveries of sales gas at Cowden, Illinois in 
    amounts up to 500 Mcf of natural gas per day and Natural instead 
    delivered for the account of Kaskaskia corresponding volumes to MRT in 
    Clinton County, Illinois. MRT, in turn, simultaneously, delivered 
    equivalent volumes of natural gas to Kaskaskia for the account of 
    Natural at the Salem, Huey, and Iuka, Illinois delivery points of MRT 
    to Kaskaskia. Natural and MRT state that this exchange service was 
    authorized by order issued February 27, 1974, in Docket No. CP74-78-
    000, and began on January 11, 1975.
        Natural and MRT report that by letter agreements between Natural, 
    MRT and United Cities dated August 20, 1993 (accepted by MRT and United 
    Cities on September 7, 1993), and by a letter agreement between MRT and 
    United Cities dated August 2, 1994 (accepted by United Cities on August 
    5, 1994), that the parties agreed to terminate the exchange service as 
    of December 1, 1993. Further, Natural and MRT state that there are no 
    facilities to be abandoned pursuant to this application.
        Comment date: October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard 
    Paragraph F 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 Secs. 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. 94-23430 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
09/22/1994
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Document Number:
94-23430
Dates:
October 6, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: September 22, 1994, Docket No. CP80-277-005, et al.