[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14130-14131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7418]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-284-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

March 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on March 11, 1997, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314, filed in Docket No. CP97-284-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211) for authorization to 
construct and operate additional points of delivery for firm 
transportation service to existing customers, under Columbia's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000 pursuant to Section 7 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.
    Columbia proposes to construct and operate the facilities needed to 
establish thirteen additional delivery points. The customers and 
counties involved are: Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc. (CKY) (Martin and 
Clark Counties, Kentucky); Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (COH) (Ottawa, 
Medina and Carroll Counties, Ohio); Mountaineer Gas Company (MGC) 
(Boone, Marshall, Barbour, Gilmer, Wayne, Wyoming and Tucker Counties, 
West Virginia), and The Waterville Gas Company (WGC) (Wood County, 
Ohio).
    Each new delivery point's interconnecting facility will vary 
according to area conditions; but, in most cases, the following will be 
installed: a 4-inch by 1-inch tap saddle (depending on pipeline size), 
a 1-inch valve, nipple, and less than 20 feet of pipe on Columbia's 
existing right-of-way. CKY, COH, MGC and WGC will set the meter and 
regulator for each location. The estimated natural gas quantities are: 
10,851 Dth/day and 4,398,250 Dth/annual for CKY; 4.5 Dth/day and 450 
Dth/annual for COH; 13.5 Dth/day and 1,650 Dth/annual for MGC, and 1.8 
Dth/day and 200 Dth/annual for WGC.
    Columbia states that the new delivery points are not prohibited by 
its existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish 
deliveries without detriment or disadvantage to other customers. The 
proposed delivery points will not have an effect on Columbia's peak day 
and annual deliveries and the total volumes delivered will not exceed 
total volumes authorized prior to this request.
    Columbia estimates the new tap installation costs to be 
approximately $150 each and will be treated as an O&M expense, except 
for the Martin County, Kentucky project which is an existing tap and 
will require no additional cost.
    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

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authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7418 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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