[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64038-64039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30349]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-776-000, et al.]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

December 6, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-776-000]

    Take notice that on September 22, 1995 Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (``Texas Eastern''), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP95-776-000 an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon the Pointe Au Chien compressor station and certain 
short laterals, meter stations and appurtenant facilities, all in 
Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, Louisiana, all as more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Two of the compressors at Pointe Au Chien compressor station and 
the appurtenant facilities were authorized by Commission order dated 
October 2, 1970 in Docket No. CP70-314. The remaining compressor at 
Pointe Au Chien compressor station was authorized by Commission order 
dated July 18, 1975 in Docket No. CP75-128. The laterals and meter 
stations were constructed and installed during the 1970s and 1980s 
pursuant to Texas Eastern's Blanket Certificates.
    Texas Eastern states that it is no longer utilizing the facilities 
to transport gas supplies. Further, Texas Eastern submits that the 
natural gas reserves connected to the Facilities have been depleted, 
and that Texas Eastern is not aware of any significant prospects of 
natural gas reserves being developed in the vicinity of the Facilities 
that could be delivered to Texas Eastern's mainline system through such 
Facilities.
    Comment date: December 27, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. El Paso Natural Gas Company

[Docket No. CP96-92-000]

    Take notice that on December 1, 1995, El Paso Natural Gas Company 
(El Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. 
CP96-92-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.212) for authorization to construct and operate a delivery point in 
El Paso County, Texas under El Paso's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-435-000 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.
    El Paso proposes to construct and operate a new delivery point. The 
new delivery point will permit the interruptible transportation and 
delivery of natural gas for Integrated Services, Inc.'s (ISI) account 
to associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). ISI has advised El Paso that 
AMPI owns and operates a dairy processing plant and utilizes natural 
gas to fuel boilers and milk dryers. El Paso states that this would 
provide AMPI with the flexibility of an alternate gas supply source.
    Comment date: January 22, 1996, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.

3. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-93-000]

    Take notice that on December 1, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), P. O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed 
an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) and the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission), for an order permitting and 
approval, on an expedited basis, the partial abandonment by sale of (1) 
an existing dual twelve-inch skid-mounted metering station with flow 
control and (2) appurtenant interconnecting piping (Jim Wells Meter), 
located at the interconnection between Padre Island Pipeline System 
(PIPS) and Tennessee Gas Pipeline System in Jim Wells County, Texas, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Transco states that it proposes to partially abandon by sale to 
Gasdel Pipeline System Incorporated (Gasdel) a 7.914% ownership 
interest in the Jim Wells Meter. Gasdel has a 7.914% ownership in PIPS 
pursuant to a Construction and Ownership Agreement dated April 1, 1982 
between Transco and Gasdel. Both Transco and Gasdel continue to 
transport volumes on PIPS and through the Jim Wells Meter. Gasdel seeks 
to purchase, and Transco has agreed to sell at net book value on the 
effective date of the abandonment, a 7.914% ownership interest in the 
Jim Wells Meter. Transco further states that it seeks authorization for 
such a partial abandonment by sale of these facilities in order to 
provide Gasdel with capacity through the Jim Wells Meter equivalent to 
Gasdel's ownership percentage on PIPS. Transco indicates that the 
proposed partial abandonment will have no impact on the daily design 
capacity of or operating conditions on its system, and no service to 
any of its customers will be impacted by the proposed partial 
abandonment.
    The cost to Gasdel for a 7.914% ownership interest in the Jim Well 
Meter is estimated to be $22,500.00. Abandonment of the Jim Wells Meter 
will not require any removal of facilities.
    Comment date: December 18, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F 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, D.C. 
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 

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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 
the 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 
therefore, 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. 95-30349 Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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