98-25936. El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-777-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 14, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas 
Company, (El Pasco) PO Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket 
No. CP98-777-000 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). El Paso filed for authorization to upgrade an existing bi-
directional meter station in Lea County, New Mexico, under El Paso's 
blanket certificates issued in Docket No. CP82-435 and CP88-433-000, 
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.
    Specifically, El Paso would upgrade its Grama Ridge Meter Station 
by changing one of the three existing orifice plates with a new 5.75 
bore orifice plate. The new 5.75 orifice would initiate an increase of 
the maximum peak day capacity from 50,000 Mcf to 95,000 Mcf of natural 
gas for LG&E Natural Gathering and Processing Company's anticipated 
increase in storage withdrawal and injection at its storage facility in 
Lea County. El Paso estimates the cost to upgrade the station at $200 
and states that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the 
transportation of the increased service without detriment or 
disadvantage to its other customers.
    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and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25936 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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