[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22057-22058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10953]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-325-000, et al.]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

April 25, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP95-325-000]

    Take notice that on April 14, 1995, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), Suite 300, 200 North Third Street, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP 95-325-000 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 four storage meter stations in 
Unit 2 of the Baker Storage Field, Montana under Williston Basin's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-487-000 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.
    Williston Basin proposes to install and operate four two-way 
(injection/withdrawal) storage meter stations and related facilities in 
Unit 2 of the Baker Storage Field. The constructed facilities at each 
storage meter site will consist of a 6' x 12' building which will house 
an orifice meter run, a chart recorder and minor auxiliary metering 
devices. The land is located completely within Williston Basin's 
existing right-of-way. Estimated project cost is $36,300. Williston 
Basin states that the proposed facilities will have no significant 
effect on peak day or annual requirements.
    With the installation of these proposed metering facilities, 
Williston Basin states that it will be able to provide more detailed 
injection and withdrawal data from selected storage well groups. This 
will allow Williston Basin to obtain greater accuracy and detail in 
gathering reservoir and surface facility data, will give more accurate 
reservoir modeling and will create greater operating efficiency in Unit 
2. Until this time, the metering of gas storage injection and 
withdrawal volumes for the twelve storage wells extending over seven 
square miles in Unit 2 has been provided by one storage meter located 
at the Cabin Creek Compressor Station.
    Comment date: June 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
(G) at the end of this notice.

2. Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-334-000]

    Take notice that on April 19, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), P.O. Box 1273, Charleston, West Virginia, 
25325-1273, filed in Docket No. CP95-334-000 an abbreviated joint 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as 
amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's (Commission) Regulations thereunder, for permission and 
approval to abandon a natural gas transportation service for Penn Fuel 
Gas, Inc. (Penn Fuel), all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Columbia states that it proposes to abandon a transportation 
service initiated to implement a storage agreement for annual storage 
of up to 850,000 Mcf of natural gas by National Gas Storage Corporation 
(Storage Corporation) for Penn Fuel. Columbia indicates that it 
provides its service under its Rate Schedule X-98. Columbia further 
states that the service was authorized in Docket No. CP80-234. It is 
indicated that National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (Supply 
Corporation) agreed to transport the gas from Penn Fuel's account to 
and from Storage Corporation. It is further indicated that Columbia, 
Penn Fuel, and Supply Corporation entered into a agreement whereby 
Columbia agreed to transport base gas and injection and withdrawal 
volumes from Penn Fuel's Rate Schedule CDS entitlement to Supply 
Corporation for transportation and redelivery to Storage Corporation, 
and to transport storage withdrawal volumes delivered by Supply 
Corporation to Columbia for delivery to existing points of delivery to 
Penn Fuel.
    Columbia states that Rate Schedule X-98 allowed it to transport, on 
a best efforts basis, summer injection volumes of from 2,000 to 7,000 
Mcf per day for delivery to Supply Corporation for Penn Fuel's account, 
and to transport from 2,000 to 10,000 Mcf per day for Penn Fuel during 
winter withdrawal periods. Columbia advises that delivery of the summer 
injection volumes was at existing points of interconnection between 
Columbia and Supply Corporation near Emporium, Cameron County, 
Pennsylvania. Columbia indicates that the withdrawal volumes were 
received at the same points of interconnection and redelivered to Penn 
Fuel at existing delivery points between Columbia and Penn Fuel. 
Columbia avers that it is currently providing alternative service under 
a Part 284 storage service transportation agreement for Penn Fuel as 
filed in ST94-2317-000. It is indicated that volumes were last 
transported under Rate Schedule X-98 in November 1994 and that there 
are no outstanding balances.
    Comment date: May 16, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
(F) at the end of this notice.

3. Florida Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-339-000]

    Take notice that on April 21, 1995, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-339-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 
157.216) for permission and approval to abandon a meter station and .1 
of a mile of pipeline. FGT makes such request under its blanket 
certificates issued in [[Page 22058]] Docket No. CP82-553-000, pursuant 
to Section 7 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.
    FGT is proposing to abandon .1 mile of 3-inch lateral pipeline and 
the Plymouth Citrus Meter Station located in Orange County, Florida. 
FGT states that Mid-Florida Freezer Warehouses, Ltd. (Mid-Florida) now 
owns and operates the citrus processing facility that previously took 
gas from this system. FGT asserts that Mid-Florida does not need to use 
natural gas and therefore does not need the facilities previously used 
by Citrus World. FGT reports that no activity has occurred at this 
meter station since 1990.
    Comment date: June 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
(G) at the end of this notice.

4. NorAm Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95-342-000]

    Take notice that on April 21, 1995, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. 
CP95-342-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.211 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, and 
157.211) for approval to construct and operate a delivery tap and meter 
station located in Phillips County, Arkansas for delivery of natural 
gas to ARKLA, a division of NorAm Energy Corporation, for redelivery to 
its customer, Alumax, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NGT proposes to construct and operate a one-inch delivery tap and a 
two-inch L-Shape meter station on its Line JM-19 for ultimate 
redelivery to Alumax. NGT states that the estimated volumes to be 
delivered through this tap are approximately 182,500 MMBtu annually and 
750 MMBtu on a peak day. NGT indicates that the volumes delivered are 
within ARKLA's certificated entitlement and NGT's tariff does not 
prohibit the addition of new delivery points. NGT further indicates 
that it has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries without 
detriment or disadvantage to its other customers. It is indicated that 
the estimated cost of construction is $42,264, and that ARKLA will 
reimburse NGT for all construction costs.
    Comment date: June 9, 1995, in accordance with Standard paragraph 
(G) at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before the comment date, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the 
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate and/or permission and approval 
for the proposed abandonment are required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if 
the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal hearing is 
required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
    G. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice of 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 Sec. 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-10953 Filed 5-3-95; 8:45 am]
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