[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3675-3676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1580]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Docket No. CP00-67-000]


Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

January 18, 2000.
    Take notice that on January 7, 2000, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, 
filed in Docket No. CP00-67-000 a request pursuant to Sections 167.205 
and 157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205, 157.208) for authorization to construct, own, operate, 
and maintain certain facilities (Vermillion Lateral) located in 
Vermilion County, Illinois and Vermillion County, Indiana, to render 
interruptible lateral transportation service to Duke Energy Vermillion, 
LLC (DEV) under Texas Eastern's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-535-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) 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. This filing may be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance).
    Texas Eastern proposes to construct, own, operate, and maintain: 
(i) a measurement facility which will consist of one 6-inch and one 10-
inch ultrasonic meter run plus associated pipline, electronic gas 
measurement equipment and associated instrumentation (M&R Station); and 
(ii) the Vermillion Lateral, which will consist of approximately 14.03 
miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline that will extend from a proposed 
interconnect with Midwestern Gas Transmission Company (Midwestern), to 
be located at milepost 2116-1+9.93 in Vermilion County, Illinois, to 
the M&R Station which will be located at the interconnection with the 
DEV Plant at milepost 14.03 in Vermillion county, Indiana.
    Texas Eastern states that the estimated cost of the Vermillion 
Lateral facilities is approximately $13 million dollars and that DEV 
will reimburse Texas Eastern for 100% of the costs and expenses 
associated with the construction and installation.
    Midwestern proposes to construct, own, and operate an interconnect 
to be located at the intersection of the Vermillion Lateral and 
Midwestern's 30-inch mainline pipeline (Line No. 2100) located in 
Vermilion County, Illinois at milepost 2116-1+9.93, which will be 
constructed under Midwestern's Part 157 blanket construction 
certificate.
    After receipt of the authorization requested and installation of 
the facilities for which authorization is requested herein, Texas 
Eastern states that it will deliver up to 200 MMcfd of natural gas to 
DEV at the DEV Plant, pursuant to a service agreement entered into 
under Texas Eastern's open access interruptible Rate Schedule IT-1. 
Texas Eastern declares that the transportation service to be rendered 
will have no effect on their peak day or annual deliveries and submits 
that its proposal herein will be accomplished without detriment or 
disadvantage to Texas Eastern's 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

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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. 00-1580 Filed 1-21-00 8:45 am]
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