[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 198 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60656-60657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26121]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-472-000]


Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 5, 2000.
    Take notice that on September 29, 2000, Destin Pipeline Company, 
L.L.C. (Destin), 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010, 
filed in Docket No. CP00-472-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 
and 157.208(b) of the Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.208(b)) under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Destin's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP96-657-000 and -001, for 
authorization to construct, own, install, and operate an offshore 
supply lateral line and associated facilities to receive and transport 
natural gas produced in the Viosca Knoll Area of the Gulf of Mexico, 
pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. This filing may be viewed on the FERC website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    The lateral line (the ``Pompano Project'') which is the subject of 
this request will consist of 8.03 miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline to 
connect the Pompano Platform in Viosca Knoll Block 989 to a subsea tie-
in on the Destin pipeline in Viosca Knoll Block 900. Destin will also 
construct and operate a receipt point with pig launcher, measurement 
and SCADA equipment to complete the connection with the Pompano 
Platform. The facilities will have the capability of transporting up to 
200 million cubic feet of natural gas per day at a maximum allowable 
operating pressure of 2,220 pounds per square inch (gauge). Destin 
estimates the cost of the project to be

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$13.8 million, including a $4 million contribution in aid of 
construction to be made by Destin to the shippers to offset a portion 
of their cost of facilities necessary to connect their production to 
Destin's system.
    Any questions regarding the application may be directed to Larry D. 
Jensen, Director--Regulatory Affairs, at (713) 230-3134.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the 
issuance of the instance 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 Commission's regulations under the NGA (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 NGA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-26121 Filed 10-11-00; 8:45 am]
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