[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13203]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-515-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

May 13, 1998.
    Take notice that on May 4, 1998, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
filed in Docket No. CP98-515-000, a request pursuant to Section 157.205 
and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to construct and operate 
a sales tap for Frontier Energy (Frontier), a North Carolina natural 
gas local distribution and transmission pipeline company, under 
Trancso's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-426-000, 
pursuant to 18 CFR Part 157, Subpart F 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.
    Transco states that the sales tap would consist of two six-inch 
valve tap assemblies, a meter station with two six-inch meter runs and 
other appurtenant facilities near milepost 1308.45 on Transco's 
mainline in Rowan County, North Carolina. Transco further states that 
Frontier would construct, or cause to be constructed, appurtenent 
facilities as part of a new ``greenfield'' natural gas distribution 
project to enable it to receive gas from Transco at the sales tap and 
redeliver the gas to serve several counties in northwestern North 
Carolina which do not have current access to natural gas.
    Transco also states that the new sales tap would be used by 
Frontier to receive up to 45,000 dekatherms of gas per day from 
Transco. It is stated that the gas delivered through the new sales tap 
would be received by Frontier for redeliveries in its capacity as a new 
local distribution company. Transco states that Frontier is not 
currently a transportation customer of Transco. It is further stated 
that upon completion of the sales tap, Transco would commence 
transportation service to Frontier pursuant to Transco's Rate Schedules 
FT-R or IT and Part 284(G) of the Commission's regulations. Moreover, 
Transco states that Frontier may have access in the future to Rate 
Schedule FT service in the event Frontier becomes a replacement shipper 
for a permanent release of firm capacity or if new firm capacity 
becomes available through an expansion of Transco's system. Transco 
states that the addition of the sales tap would have no significant 
impact on Transco's peak day or annual deliveries, and is not 
prohibited by Transco's FERC Gas Tariff.
    Transco further states that the estimated total costs of Transco's 
proposed facilities would be approximately $474,000. It is also stated 
that Frontier would reimburse Transco for all costs associated with 
such facilities.
    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) 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 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13203 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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