Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 14, 2000 / Notices 37365

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14921 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. TM99–1–8–003]

South Georgia Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Refund Report

June 8, 2000.

Take notice that on May 31, 2000

South Georgia Natural Gas Company

(South Georgia) tendered for filing a

Refund Report in the amount of

$480,672.

South Georgia states that the amount

was refunded on May 31, 2000. This

refund is attributable to the difference

between the annualization of the

December to April 1999 Lost and

Unaccounted For (LAUF) volumes and

the actual LAUF volumes. The

annualization resulted in South Georgia

retaining from its customers an extra

186,818 Mcf of gas.

Any person desiring to protest said

filing should file a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with section

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. All such protests must be

filed on or before June 15, 2000. Protests

will be considered by the Commission

in determining the appropriate action to

be taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Copies of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14926 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–370–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation and Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation; Notice of

Application

June 8, 2000.

Take notice that on May 26, 2000,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), One Williams

Center, Suite 4100, Tulsa, Oklahoma,

74172 and Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation, 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–1046

(Columbia) (jointly referred to as

Applicants), tendered for filing a joint

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to abandon

a natural gas transportation and

exchange agreement under Transco’s

Rate Schedule X–98 and Columbia’s

Rate Schedule X–45, all as more fully

set forth in the application, which is on

file and open to public inspection. The

application may be viewed on the web

at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance).

Applicants assert that no construction

or abandonment of any facility is

proposed. Applicants also state that a

Pipeline Interconnect Balancing

Agreement (OBA) covering all active

interconnections between the two

respective systems became effective

December 1, 1999, which rendered

Columbia’s Rate Schedule X–45 and

Transco’s Rate Schedule X–98

unnecessary. Therefore, Applicants

herein seek Commission authorization

for the abandonment of the abovementioned Rate Schedules and the

transportation service provided

thereunder.

Any questions regarding this

application should be directed to Bruce

B. Glendening, Senior Attorney, 12801

Fair Lakes Parkway, P.O. Box 10146,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–0146 (703) 227–

3360 for Columbia Gas, and Stephen A.

Hatridge, Senior Counsel, P.O. Box

1396, Houston, Texas, 77251–1396 at

(713) 215–2312 for Transco.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, on or before June 22, 2000, in

accordance with Sections 385.214 and

385.211 of the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations. Protests will be considered

by the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make 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 permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

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 Applicants to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14987 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. PR00–16–000]

Transok, LLC; Notice of Petition for

Rate Approval

June 8, 2000.

Take notice that on June 1, 2000,

Transok, LLC (Transok) filed, pursuant

to section 284.123(b)(2) of the

Commission’s regulations, a petition for

market-based rate approval for natural

gas storage services which Transok

provides under section 311(a)(2) of the

Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA),

from its Greasy Creek Storage Facility.

Transok is currently authorized to

provide up to 4 Bcf of natural gas

storage services at market-based rates.

See Transok, Inc., 64 FERC § 61,095

(1993). By the referenced petition,

Transok proposes to increase the

capacity used to support market-based

storage services to the full amount of

working gas capacity available at the

Greasy Creek Storage Facility.

Transok’s petition states that it is an

intrastate pipeline within the meaning

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of section 2(16) of the NGPA. The

Greasy Creek Storage Facility has an

estimated total capacity of 26 Bcf, an

estimated working gas capacity of 18

Bcf, and a maximum daily deliverability

of 450,000 Mcf at a maximum operation

pressure of 790 psig. The Greasy Creek

Storage Facility consists of 33 injection/

withdrawal wells and 6 observation

wells, and is connected to Transok’s

Oklahoma Transmission System by 10.5

miles of pipeline.

Transok avers that it continues to

have no market power in any relevant

product or geographic market for storage

services, and has submitted with its

petition a study which, according to

Transok, supports this conclusion.

Transok also proposes to make certain

minor changes, clarifications and

corrections to the Transok Statement of

Conditions for Gas Storage (Statement)

and General Terms and Conditions to

Transok’s Storage Service Agreements

(GT&C) in order to update those

documents. Transok has submitted a

revised Statement and GT&C with its

petition for market-based storage rates.

Questions concerning Transok’s

petition should be directed to James F.

Bowe, Jr., Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1775

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20006–4605, telephone

(202) 429–1444, fax (202) 429–1579, email jbowe@deweyballantine.com.

Pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2)(ii) of

the Commission’s regulations, if the

Commission does not act within 150

days of the filing date, the rates Transok

proposes will be deemed to be fair and

equitable. The Commission may, prior

to the expiration of the 150 day period,

extend the time for action or institute a

proceeding to afford parties an

opportunity for written comments and

for the oral presentation of views, data

and arguments.

Any person desiring to participate in

this rate proceeding must file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All motions must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission on or

before June 22, 2000. This petition for

rate approval is on file with the

Commission and is available for 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).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14924 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–249–000 and RP00–249–

001]

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Technical Conference

June 8, 2000.

In the Commission’s order issued on

May 12, 2000,1 the Commission directed

that a technical conference be held to

address issues raised by the filing. Take notice that the technical

conference will be held on tuesday, June

27, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. to be designated

at the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE., Wasington, DC 20426. All interested parties and Staff are

permitted to attend.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14925 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–114–000]

Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environment

Assessment for the Proposed Line

100–1 Abandonment Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

June 8, 2000.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

Trunkline Gas Company’s (Trunkline)

proposal to abandon 720 miles of 26-

inch-diameter pipeline (Line 100–1) by

transfer to its affiliate CMS Trunkline

Pipeline Holdings, Inc. (TPH). The EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the project is in the public

convenience and necessity. TPH has entered into an agreement

with Centennial Pipeline [a joint

venture between Texas Eastern Products

Pipeline Company, L.P. (TEPPCO) and

Marathon Ashland Petroleum, L.L.C.

(Marathon)] to convert and jointly

operate the pipeline to transport refined

petroleum products from TexasLouisiana Gulf Coast area to the

Midwest. Line 100–1 extends from

Douglas County, Illinois through

Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and

Mississippi, and terminates in

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

If you are a landowner on Trunkline’s

route and receive this notice, you may

be contacted by a pipeline company

representative about the work that may

be necessary on your property to

disconnect the 26-inch-diameter

pipeline from the remainder of

Trunkline’s system. Trunkline states

that the existing easements permit this

transfer of ownership and change in use.

This notice is being sent to

landowners of property crossed by

Trunkline’s Line 100–1; landowners

likely to be affected by Centennial

Pipeline’s planned facilities; Federal,

state, and local agencies; elected

officials; environmental and public

interest groups; Indian tribes that might

attach religious and cultural

significance to historic properties in the

area of potential effects; and local

libraries and newspapers. State and

local government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

Additionally, with this notice we are

asking those Federal, state, local and

tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or

special expertise with respect to

environmental issues to cooperate with

us in the preparation of the EA. These

agencies may choose to participate once

they have evaluated the proposal

relative to their agencies’

responsibilities. Agencies who would

like to request cooperating agency status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments described below.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Minor ground disturbing activities

would be necessary at 113 sites along

Trunkline’s Line 100–1 to disconnect it

from the other two pipelines on this

portion of its system. The majority of

the work would be conducted at

existing compressor station and meter

station sites or within Trunkline’s

existing right-of-away. A total of

approximately 99 acres would be

disturbed by these activities.

Once the pipeline has been

disconnected from Trunkline’s system,

Centennial Pipeline plans to build:

• A new crossing of the Ouachita

River in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana to

replace the existing Line 100–1.

• Three new pumping stations at

currently unidentified locations

adjacent to the converted line;

• A 17-tank, 2-million-barrel

petroleum storage facility near Creal

Springs, Illinois; an interconnection

between the Centennial Pipeline and