[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 97 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31539-31540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12475]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-362-000]


Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

May 12, 2000.
    Take notice that on May 5, 2000, pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Regulations of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, 
filed in Docket No. CP00-362-000 an abbreviated application for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity to be issued for the 
abandonment of five injection/withdrawal wells and the installation and 
operation of one horizontal injection/withdrawal well within it's 
Midland Storage Field in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, all as more fully 
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    The name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom 
correspondence and communications concerning this application should be 
addressed is: David N. Roberts, Manager of Certificates and Tariffs, 
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, PO Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky, 
42304; Phone No. 270/688-6712.
    Texas Gas avers that the well replacement will alleviate safety 
issues associated with the existing five wells, will restore well 
deliverability that has deteriorated over time, and will allow for more 
efficient utilization of the storage reservoir. The project's purpose 
is not to increase the storage capacity or deliverability of the Texas 
Gas Midland Storage Field, but simply to guarantee that existing levels 
can be maintained in a safer, more cost effective and efficient manner 
so that Texas Gas can continue to meet customer contact obligations.
    In association with the installation of the replacement well, Texas 
Gas will need to construct approximately 300 feet of 8-inch diameter 
lateral line to connect the well to the existing 16-inch diameter field 
tributary line. This lateral line will be constructed pursuant to Texas 
Gas's blanket certificate authorized in Docket No. CP82-407-000 (20 
FERC para. 62,417 (1982)) and the Commission's blanket certificate 
regulations found at 18 CFR part 157, including the environmental 
conditions found at 18 CFR 157.206(b).
    Texas Gas has requested expedited review of the application in 
order to begin drilling of the horizontal replacement well by July 1, 
2000. This would allow Texas Gas to complete the proposed well during a 
period of low field pressure and optimal drilling conditions.
    Any person desiring to be heard or any person desiring to make any 
protest with reference to said application should on or before June 2, 
2000, 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 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 not 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

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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 Texas Gas to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-12475 Filed 5-17-00; 8:45 am]
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