[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7788-7789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4644]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-183-000, et al.]
NorAm Gas Transmission Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate
Filings
February 22, 1996.
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. NorAm Gas Transmission Company
[Docket No. CP96-183-000]
Take notice that on February 12, 1996, NorAm Gas Transmission
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket
No. CP96-183-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,
157.211) for authorization to operate certain facilities in Arkansas
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 operate an existing delivery tap on Line OM-1 to
deliver gas to Arkla (Arkla), a distribution division of NorAm Energy
Corp., who will deliver gas to a customer other than the right-of-way
grantor for whom the tap was originally installed. The tap is located
in Section 12, Township 15N, Range 31W, Washington County, Arkansas and
will consist of a 2-inch delivery tap and first-cut regulator. NGT
estimates the additional volumes to be delivered to this meter station
will be approximately 85 MMBtu annually and 1 MMBtu peak day. NGT
states there will be no new construction or costs associated with this
application. NGT will transport gas to Arkla and provide service under
its tariffs, that the volumes delivered are within Arkla's certificated
entitlement and that NGT's tariff does not prohibit the addition of new
delivery points. NGT also states that it has sufficient capacity to
accomplish deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to its other
customers.
Comment date: April 8, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
G at the end of this notice.
2. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP96-189-000]
Take notice that on February 15, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, West
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP96-189-000 an application
pursuant to Section 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act requesting
authority to construct and operate certain replacement natural gas
facilities and permission to abandon the facilities being replaced, all
as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Columbia proposes to replace approximately 7.3 miles of 12-inch
pipeline and appurtenances designated as Columbia's Line VM-108,
located in Prince George and Sussex Counties, Virginia with
approximately 7.3 miles of 20-inch pipeline and appurtenances. Columbia
states that it had originally anticipated replacing only 6.3 miles of
the 12-inch pipeline as part of its overall age and condition
activities on its pipeline system. Columbia asserts that Virginia
Natural Gas Company (VNG) requested a reassignment of design day
deliveries of up to 28,525 Dth/d from its Newport News No. 1 Gate
Station to its Norfolk Gate Station due to increased growth in market
requirements in the Norfolk, Virginia area. Columbia further states
that it determined that it could accommodate the shift in deliveries by
increasing the pipe size of the 6.3-mile replacement from 12-inch to
20-inch and extending the replacement from 6.3 miles to 7.3 miles.
Columbia indicates that the cost of the anticipated 6.3 mile, 12-
inch replacement was estimated to be $4,928,889 while the estimated
cost to replace the 6.3 miles with 20-inch pipe is $6,436,250 and the
cost of the additional 1.0 mile replacement of 12-inch pipe with 20-
inch pipe is $1,016,785 for a total cost estimated to be $7,453,035.
Columbia states that VNG has agreed to reimburse Columbia for 50% of
the replacement cost for the construction of the 6.3-mile 20-inch
pipeline section and 100% for the additional mile of pipe required to
accommodate VNG's shift.
Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
3. ANR Storage Company
[Docket No. CP96-190-000]
Take notice that on February 15, 1996, ANR Storage Company (ANR
Storage), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed an
application with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-190-000 pursuant to
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval
to abandon a storage service provided to Northern Indiana Public
Service Company (NIPSCO), which was authorized in Docket No. CP78-
432,1 all as more fully set forth in the application which is open
to the public for inspection.
\1\ 8 FERC para. 61,059 (1979).
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ANR Storage proposes to abandon the storage service it provides to
NIPSCO under ANR Storage's FERC Rate Schedule X-5. By letter dated June
30, 1994, NIPSCO informed ANR Storage of its intent to terminate the
storage agreement as of March 31, 1996. ANR Storage requests approval
to abandon Rate Schedule X-5 effective April 1, 1996. ANR Storage
states that it would not abandon any facilities in this proposal.
Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph
F at the end of this notice.
4. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
[Docket No. CP96-194-000]
Take notice that on February 15, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642,
filed a petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP96-194-000
requesting that the Commission confirm that deliveries of natural gas
to Interstate Energy Company (IEC) from a proposed delivery point do
not constitute a bypass of service, all as more fully set forth in the
petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
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It is stated that IEC has requested that Texas Eastern install one
12-inch valve and 12-inch check valve each and electronic gas
measurement equipment (EGM) on Texas Eastern's 30-inch Line No. 19 and
24-inch Line No. 12 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania so that Texas Eastern
may initiate interruptible service of up to 250,000 dt equivalent of
natural gas per day to IEC under its Rate Schedule IT-1. It is also
indicated that IEC would install or cause to be installed dual 12-inch
meter runs, related equipment and approximately 50 feet of 12-inch pipe
which would extend from IEC's 18-inch line to Texas Eastern's Line Nos.
19 and 12 at the site of the proposed taps.
It is also indicated that IEC has requested that Texas Eastern
construct and install the facilities proposed herein so that IEC can
receive natural gas from Texas Eastern so that IEC may ultimately
deliver natural gas to Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.'s (PP&L)
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station (Martins Creek) located in the
Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Texas
Eastern mentions that IEC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PP&L. It is
also stated that PP&L intends to modify its oil-fired Martins Creek
Units 3 and 4 to co-fire these units with natural gas. Texas Eastern
states that IEC currently holds authority from the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission (PaPUC) to operate a pipeline for the transportation
of crude oil and petroleum products to PP&L at Martins Creek, and has
received authorization from the PaPUC to convert 35 miles of its oil
pipeline to dual natural gas and petroleum operations.
It has also been indicated that Martins Creek is not currently, nor
has it ever been, served by UGI Utilities, Inc., (UGI), the local
distribution company authorized by the PaPUC to serve customers in
Lower Mount Bethel Township. Texas Eastern submits that the proposed
delivery point does not constitute a bypass of UGI and requests that
the Commission confirm that initiating this service will not trigger a
contract reduction option for UGI.
On the same date, Texas Eastern also filed in Docket No. CP96-193-
000 for authorization under its Subpart F blanket certificate to
construct and operate the facilities to implement the proposed delivery
point.
Comment date: March 14, 1996, in accordance with the first
paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
Standard Paragraphs
F. Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with
reference to said filing should on or before the comment date file with
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
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 385.211 and 385.214) 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 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 filing 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 is 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 the applicant to appear or be represented at
the hearing.
G. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after
the 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
therefore, 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. 96-4644 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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