[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33058-33059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16035]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-593-000]


Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

June 11, 1998.
    Take notice that on June 4, 1998, Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute), 
P.O. Box 94197, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-4197, filed in Docket No. CP98-
593-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 157.211 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.211, and 157.216) for authorization to construct and operate an 
upgraded delivery tap to enable increased deliveries of natural gas at 
such delivery point to Southwest Gas Corporation-Northern Nevada 
(Southwest), an existing local distribution company customer of Paiute, 
under Paiute's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP84-739-000 
pursuant to Section 7 of

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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.
    Paiute proposes to upgrade its existing Fernley-Wadsworth Tap, 
located on its Carson Lateral facilities in Lyon County, Nevada, by 
partially abandoning certain existing delivery point facilities, and 
constructing and operating upgraded replacement facilities, so as to 
enable the delivery of increased volumes of gas to Southwest at such 
tap. Paiute states that Southwest has requested the upgrade of the tap 
facilities to facilitate its ability to serve a new industrial park and 
other increasing market demands in the Fernley area.
    To accommodate Southwest's request, Paiute proposes to upgrade the 
Fernley-Wadsworth delivery point facilities to increase the delivery 
capacity to approximately 15,800 Dth per day at 400 psig. Paiute 
indicates that it will amend its existing firm transportation service 
agreement with Southwest to reflect the new delivery point pressure and 
maximum daily quantity. Paiute states that no change will be made to 
Southwest's total daily contract entitlement or its daily contract 
entitlement on the Carson lateral, and thus deliveries by Paiute to the 
upgraded tap will be within the existing certificated entitlements of 
Southwest. Paiute further states that it will be reimbursed by 
Southwest for the entire cost of upgrading the delivery point 
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) 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16035 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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