[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25807]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-762-000]


East Tennessee Natural Gas; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 24, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 19, 1997, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
(East Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252-2511, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-762-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 
157.212(a), and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212(a), and 157.216(b) for 
authorization to modify the Coatney Road Measurement Station (Coatney 
Rd. Station) and to abandon the existing portable rotary meter station 
which serves Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), a local distribution 
company, all in Knox County, Tennessee, under the blanket certificate 
issued in Docket No. CP82-412-000, all as more fully set forth in the 
request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    East Tennessee states that the existing meter at the Coatney Rd. 
Station is rated for only 275 psig. East Tennessee notes that KUB has a 
pressure regulation station located immediately downstream of the 
Coatney Rd. Station which is designed and constructed for East 
Tennessee's mainline pressure of 640 psig. According to East Tennessee, 
KUB has requested that the Coatney Rd. Station be at 640 psig. In order 
to meet KUB's request, East Tennessee proposes to perform the following 
modifications to the Coatney Rd. Station: (1) Replace the existing 
portable measurement and regulation station which includes removing 
screwed pipe; (2) relocate approximately sixteen feet of two-inch 
diameter piping between East Tennessee and KUB from above ground to 
underground; (3) install one Energy Economics high pressure positive 
displacement meter; (4) install a block valve and a by-pass valve; (5) 
replace the existing shelter with a new shelter which will be 
approximately 10'L x 10' W x 8'H; and (6) install new meter run piping 
which is two-inch diameter piping that would extend approximately five 
feet on each side of the meter.
    East Tennessee estimates that cost that it will pay for the project 
will be $98,000. East Tennessee contends that it will own, operate and 
maintain the facilities. East Tennessee asserts that there will be no 
impact on peak or annual deliveries because it is not proposing to 
increase KUB's maximum contract quantity. East Tennessee states it has 
attached copies of its blanket clearance letters from the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the Tennessee Historical Commission. Additionally, 
East Tennessee states that it sent a notification of the request to the 
Tennessee Public Service Commission of the proposed abandonment of this 
facility. East Tennessee states that the proposal is not prohibited by 
an existing tariff, and East Tennessee has sufficient capacity to 
accomplish the deliveries specified without detriment or disadvantage 
to its other customers. East Tennessee submitted the letter dated 
September 11, 1997 from KUB to East Tennessee, in which KUB notes its 
consent to the abandonment of the old meter.
    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 Regulation 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 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. 97-25807 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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