[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47199-47200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23665]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-713-000]


Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

September 2, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 25, 1997, Cove Point LNG Limited 
Partnership (Cove Point), 2100 Cove Point Road, Lusby, Maryland 20657, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-713-000, a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and

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157.211) for authorization to construct and operate a new point of 
delivery to Washington Gas Light Company (WGL) in Charles County, 
Maryland, under Cove Point's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP94-59-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Cove Point requests authorization to construct and operate a 
delivery point, identified as the Gardiner Road Tap, to be located in 
Charles County, Maryland. Cove Point describes the Gardiner Road Tap as 
two 16-inch taps to be located on either side of a check valve located 
on Cove Point's 36-inch pipeline at or near Gardiner Road at the 
intersection of the Cove Point Pipeline and the facilities to be 
constructed by WGL. Cove Point says that WGL's facilities, upon 
construction, will be interconnected to the Cove Point Pipeline by the 
Gardiner Road Tap. Cove Point indicates it will provide service through 
this delivery point pursuant to authorized rate schedules and within 
certificated entitlements as shown below:

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                                                                                     Estimated       Estimated  
                                                                                    design day        annual    
                   Customer                              Rate  schedule              quantity        quantity   
                                                                                       (Dth)           (Dth)    
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WGL..........................................  FTS                                       100,000         400,000
                                               FPS-1                                      50,000         500,000
                                               FPS-2                                      50,000         250,000
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    Cove Point explains that the construction and operation for the 
additional point of delivery has been requested by WGL for firm 
transportation and peaking service for residential and commercial use. 
Cove Point says that WGL has not requested an increase in the peak day 
entitlements in conjunction with this request to establish a new point 
of delivery. Therefore, Cove Point asserts there is no impact on its 
existing peak day obligations to its other customers as a result of the 
proposed new point of delivery. Cove Point relates that WGL has agreed 
to reimburse Cove Point 100% of the actual cost of construction to 
construct and operate this new point of delivery which is approximately 
$75,000 which includes an amount for gross-up for income tax purposes.
    Cove Point says it will comply with all of the environmental 
requirements of Section 157.206(d) of the Commission's regulations 
prior to the construction of any facilities. Cove Point states that it 
has obtained the appropriate environmental clearances from the Maryland 
State Historic Preservation Office and the United States Department of 
the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, for the proposed construction.
    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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23665 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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