[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8353-8354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3634]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-191-000, et al.]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, et al.; Natural Gas 
Certificate Filings

February 7, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America

[Docket No. CP95-191-000]

    Take notice that on February 1, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Applicant), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-191-000 an application under Sections 7(b) and 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to abandon facilities and 
construct new facilities.
    Applicant requests authority for the following actions:
    (1) Abandon 99.93 miles of its 24-inch Amarillo No. 1 line located 
in Beaver County Oklahoma, and Ochiltree, Hansford and Hutchinson 
Counties, Texas and abandon 2.74 miles of its 30-inch Amarillo No. 1 
line located in Hutchinson County, Texas;
    (2) Transfer of this abandoned pipe to applicant's affiliate MidCon 
Gas Products (MidCon) for use as a gathering facility;
    (3) Construct and operate 17.98 miles of 30-inch pipeline loop in 
Hutchinson County, Texas, at an estimated cost of $10,800,000 to
    Applicant also asks the Commission to specify that the abandoned 
pipe line will be a non-jurisdictional facility when operated as a 
gathering line by MidCon.
    Comment date: February 28, 1995, in accordance with Standard 
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.

2. Northwest Pipeline Corp.

[Docket No. CP95-195-000]

    Take notice that on February 2, 1995, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, 
filed in Docket No. CP95-195-000, a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.211 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.211) for authorization to construct and 
operate an upgrade of the existing facilities at the South Vancouver 
Meter Station located in Clark County, Washington, as requested by an 
existing firm transportation shipper and marketer of natural gas, IGI 
Resources, Inc. (IGI); all as more fully set forth in the request which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Northwest proposes to upgrade the South Vancouver 
Meter [[Page 8354]] Station by replacing the existing orifice plate in 
the 6-inch orifice meter run with a larger capacity orifice plate. 
Northwest states that this change will increase the maximum design 
delivery capacity of the South Vancouver Meter Station from 14,167 Dths 
per day to approximately 16,667 Dths per day at a pressure of 400 psig. 
Northwest states that the South Vancouver Meter Station originally was 
constructed under certificate authorization in Docket No. G-1429.
    Northwest states the IGI, a marketer of natural gas, has requested 
that Northwest expand the South Vancouver Meter Station to accommodate 
an additional 2,500 MMBtu per day (at 400 psig) of firm delivery 
capacity under an existing firm transportation service agreement dated 
June 29, 1990, or under any other duly authorized transportation 
agreement.
    Northwest states that the total cost of the proposed facility 
upgrade at the South Vancouver Meter Station is estimated to be 
approximately $1,000 which will be reimbursed by IGI.
    Comment date: March 24, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
G at the end of this notice.

3. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

[Docket No. CP95-196-000]

    Take notice that on February 2, 1995, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed request with the Commission in Docket No. 
CP95-196-000 pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the 
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
authorization to construct and operate additional points of delivery, 
authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000, all 
as more fully set forth in the request on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Columbia proposes to construct and operate new facilities that 
would establish ten additional points of delivery to existing customers 
that have asked Columbia to provide firm transportation. Columbia 
states that the estimated cost would be approximately $150 per tap 
which would be treated as a O&M Expense.
    Comment date: March 24, 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 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-3634 Filed 2-13-95; 8:45 am]
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