13428 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 48 / Monday, March 13, 1995 / Notices

1 40 FERC ¶ 61,165.

[Docket No. CP95–52–000, et al.]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.,

et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings

March 6, 1995.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.

[Docket No. CP95–52–000]

Take notice that on November 3,

1994, Granite State Gas Transmission,

Inc. (Granite State), 300 Friberg

Parkway, Westborough, Massachusetts

01581, filed in Docket No. CP95–52–

000, an application pursuant to Sections

7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and

Part 157 of the Commission’s

Regulations for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity and an order

authorizing the abandonment of

facilities and services, all as more fully

set forth in the application and a

subsequent supplemental filing which

are on file with the Commission and

open to public inspection.

Granite State seeks authorization to:

(1) Construct and operate a liquefied

natural gas (LNG) tank in the Town of

Wells (York County) Maine, with a

capacity to store the equivalent of 2 Bcf

of natural gas, together with

vaporization equipment, metering

equipment and delivery lines to deliver

vaporized LNG into Granite State’s

adjacent 8-inch main pipeline;

(2) Provide an LNG storage and

vaporization service for its distributor

customer, Northern Utilities, Inc.

(Northern Utilities) under a proposed

Rate Schedule LNG–1 in its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1;

(3) Abandon, upon expiration of the

lease on March 31, 1997, the operation

of an 18-inch pipeline which Granite

State leases from Portland Pipe Line

Corporation (Portland Pipe Line) and

converted to natural gas service in 1987

under a certificate issued in Docket No.

CP87–39–000 1;

(4) Abandon transportation services

provided for Bay State Gas Company

(Bay State) and Northern Utilities over

the leased pipeline;

(5) Abandon such facilities as Granite

State constructed to interconnect the

leased pipeline with its pipeline in the

vicinity of Portland, Maine;

(6) Abandon Granite State’s firm

transportation services for Bay State

under Rate Schedules FT-NN and FT–1

upon termination of the lease;

(7) Institute a new Rate Schedule FTX

for transportation and exchange services

rendered to Bay State upon termination

of the lease; and

(8) Increase the firm transportation

service for Northern Utilities under Rate

Schedule FT-NN from 28,768 Dth a day

to 78,770 Dth a day coincident with the

inauguration of the proposed Rate

Schedule LNG–1 service.

According to Granite State, since

November 1987, it has received supplies

of Canadian gas at the U.S.-Canadian

border into a former crude oil pipeline

which Granite State leased from its

owner, Portland Pipe Line, and

converted to natural gas service,

pursuant to the certificate issued August

4, 1987 in Docket No. CP87–39–000.

The leased 18-inch pipeline extends 166

miles from the border near North Troy,

Vermont, to a connection with Granite

State’s pipeline in the vicinity of

Portland, Maine. Granite State says that

it receives up to 31,036 MMBtu a day

at the border into the leased pipeline,

which is immediately resold to Bay

State and Northern Utilities, and

transported for their accounts over the

leased pipeline and pipeline facilities

owned by Granite State.

Granite State also states that the

proposed 2 Bcf LNG facility will

provide the necessary gas supply to

maintain gas deliveries to Northern

Utilities after the expiration of the

extended Portland Pipe Line lease on

March 31, 1997. The LNG tank will be

filled with LNG purchased and stored

for the account of Northern Utilities.

Northern Utilities intends to purchase

its LNG supply from Distrigas of

Massachusetts Corporation (DOMAC)

and take delivery at DOMAC’s marine

terminal in Everett, Massachusetts, in

cryogenic tank trucks for over-the-road

transportation to the site of the facility

in the Town of Wells. Granite State says

that it will construct the facility, which

is estimated to cost $44,221,000, and

store and vaporize the LNG for Northern

Utilities pursuant to a new incremental

Rate Schedule LNG–1 in its FERC Gas

Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1,

which is submitted with its application.

Granite State proposes to finance the

construction phase of the LNG facility

with short-term loans, and permanent

financing will consist of long-term loans

and equity contributed by its parent,

Bay State.

The projected date for the receipt and

storage of LNG for the account of

Northern Utilities is September 1997.

Granite State further says that,

coincidental with the in-service date, it

will increase the firm transportation

service for Northern Utilities under Rate

Schedule FT-NN from 28,768 Dth per

day to 78,770 Dth per day, reflecting the

transportation of the vaporized gas in its

pipeline.

Because the configuration of its

operations will change significantly

after the expiration of the Portland Pipe

Line lease on March 31, 1997, and Bay

State’s actual use of Granite State’s

pipeline system will be reduced, Granite

State says that it will abandon its

existing Rate Schedule FT-NN and Rate

Schedule FT–1 services for Bay State

and substitute a new Rate Schedule FTX

which will reflect the on-going use of its

system by Bay State.

Granite State’s application contains

an estimated initial Deliverability

Charge, a Capacity Charge and a

Vaporization Charge for its firm Rate

Schedule LNG–1 service, and an

estimated rate for interruptible storage

and vaporization service based on the

cost of service for operating and

maintaining the LNG facility. Granite

State says that Northern Utilities will

own all the LNG in the tank (except for

the heel), and Granite State’s entire

initial capability to store and deliver

vaporized LNG as proposed in the

application would be required by

Northern Utilities as a replacement

supply of gas after March 31, 1997,

barring another extension of the

Portland Pipe Line lease. Granite State

also says that it will not offer Rate

Schedule LNG–1 service to other

customers on a firm basis. Granite State

further says that it operates as a

restructured pipeline under Part 284 of

the Commission’s regulations and

intends to offer interruptible storage,

vaporization and transportation

utilizing the LNG facility. According to

Granite State, ninety days before the inservice date of the LNG facility, it will

file initial rates with the Commission for

its incremental Rate Schedule LNG–1

service.

Comment date: March 27, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph F

at the end of this notice.

2. Trunkline Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95–224–000]

Take notice that on February 23, 1995,

Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline),

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1642, filed in Docket No. CP95–224–000

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

bi-directional facilities in Acadia Parish,

Louisiana to be used for receipt and

delivery of natural gas under

Trunkline’s blanket certificate

authorizations issued in Docket Nos.

CP83–84–000 and CP86–586–000

pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas

Act, all as more fully set forth in the

request that is on file with the
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2See order at 22 FPC 828 (1959).

3See, 16 FERC ¶ 61,099 (1981).

4Ozark states the contract expires February 28,

1997.

5Ozark states that all obligations of Columbia are

subject to Chapter 11 procedures in Case Nos. 91–

803 and 91–804 in the United States Bankruptcy

Court for the District of Delaware.

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Trunkline proposes to construct and

operate a 16-inch tee-tap and 16-inch

pipe valve on its Line 300–1–26’’

located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

Trunkline states that it would also

install 50 feet of 16-inch pipeline

extending from the tee-tap to its rightof-way. Trunkline mentions it would

use these facilities to inject and

withdraw up to 300 MMCF of gas per

day at the LA1 Storage Field owned by

Egan Gas Storage Company, Inc (Egan).

Trunkline asserts that the $195,000 cost

of its proposed facilities would be

reimbursed by Egan. Trunkline also

states that Egan would install and own

1,100 feet of 16-inch pipeline and a new

metering and regulating station to

enable Trunkline to use the LA1 Storage

Field.

Comment date: April 20, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

3. Mojave Pipeline Company and Kern

River Gas Transmission Company

[Docket No. CP95–229–000]

Take notice that on March 1, 1995,

Mojave Pipeline Company (Mojave),

P.O. Box 10269, Bakersfield, California

93389, and Kern River Gas

Transmission Company (Kern River),

295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah

84158, filed in Docket No. CP95–229–

000 a joint request pursuant to Sections

157.205, 157.212 and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.212 and 157.216) for authorization

for Kern River to abandon by transfer to

Mojave and for Mojave to own and

operate a 4/11 interest in certain tap,

metering and appurtenant facilities for

the delivery of gas to Bear Mountain

Limited at a point located in the City of

Bakersfield, California, under Kern

River’s and Mojave’s blanket certificates

issued in Docket Nos. CP89–2048 and

CP89–002, respectively, 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.

The applicants state that the portion

of Kern River and Mojave’s facilities

that runs from Daggett, California to the

terminal points in Kern County is

jointly-owned by Kern River and Mojave

as tenants-in-common (Common

Facilities). The applicants also state that

on October 28, 1994, Kern River made

a prior notice filing in Docket No. CP95–

44–000 pursuant to Sections 157.205

and 157.212 of the Commission’s

Regulations to construct, own and

operate the Bear Mountain Delivery

Point. It is further stated that no person

filed a protest within the time specified

by the Commission’s Regulations, thus

Kern River has obtained the necessary

authorization through the operation of

Sections 157.205 and 157.212.

The applicants state that the instant

filing is necessary to implement a

subsequent agreement between Mojave

and Kern River to transfer a 4/11

ownership interest in the Bear Mountain

Delivery Point facilities to Mojave. It is

stated that this transfer will provide for

the same percentage ownership in the

Bear Mountain Delivery Point facilities

that currently exists for the Common

Facilities, including all existing delivery

points located on and included within

the Common Facilities. The applicants

state that the transfer will conform

ownership interests in the Bear

Mountain Delivery Point to all other

Common Facility delivery points and

will thereby facilitate uniform cost

allocations and accounting treatment of

the Common Facilities pursuant to the

Construction, Operation and

Maintenance Agreement (COM

Agreement) among Mojave, Kern River

and Mojave Pipeline Operating

Company (MPOC). In order to effectuate

this transfer, Kern River requests that it

be authorized to abandon by transfer to

Mojave, and Mojave requests that it be

authorized to acquire from Kern River

and to own and operate, a 4/11 interest

in the Bear Mountain Delivery Point

facilities. It is stated that following

transfer of the 4/11 interest in the

facilities, both Kern River and Mojave

shippers will be permitted to deliver gas

to Bear Mountain, in accordance with

the provisions of the COM Agreement

regarding delivery points located on the

Common Facilities.

It is stated that following completion

of construction, the Bear Mountain

Delivery Point will consist of a 6-inch

tap, a meter station with two 4-inch

meter tubes and appurtenant facilities,

and an 150-foot section of 6-inch lateral

pipeline located immediately

downstream of the meter station.

It is stated that the deliver point will

have a nominal design capacity of

12,500 Mcf per day. It is further stated

that the delivery point will be operated

and maintained on behalf of Mojave and

Kern River by MPOC as operator of the

Common Facilities pursuant to the COM

Agreement.

Comment date: April 20, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

4. Colorado Interstate Gas Company

[Docket No. CP95–230–000]

Take notice that on March 1, 1995,

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG),

P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80944, filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP95–230–

000 pursuant to Section 157.205 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to abandon a sales meter station in Las

Animas County, Colorado, under CIG’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–21–000 pursuant to Section 7 of

the NGA, all as more fully set forth in

the request which is open to the public

for inspection.

CIG proposes to abandon its Trinidad

Power Plant Sales Meter Station 2 by

sale to the City of Trinidad. CIG states

that it would sell the meter station to

the City of Trinidad at the net book

value of $1,314. CIG would continue to

deliver natural gas to the City of

Trinidad via the meter station following

the sale of the facilities.

Comment date: April 20, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

5. Ozark Gas Transmission System

[Docket No. CP95–231–000]

Take notice that on March 1, 1995,

Ozark Gas Transmission System

(Ozark), 1700 Pacific Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75201 filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act and Part 157 of the

Commission’s Regulations requesting

permission and approval to abandon

service rendered to Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia)

under Ozark’s Rate Schedule T–1,

certificated in Docket No. CP78–532.3 In

addition, in its application, Ozark

requests permission and approval to

charge Columbia a negotiated Exit Fee

in consideration for Ozark’s agreement

to the early termination and

abandonment of Ozark’s Rate Schedule

T–1 service for Columbia,4 and to the

extent authority is necessary, to refund

excess deferred income taxes that Ozark

owes or will owe to Columbia and to

receive from Columbia payment of

previously unpaid demand charges

owed to Ozark. The proposed

abandonment of service would be

effective upon the date both the

Bankruptcy Court 5 and the Commission

have issued final orders approving a

Stipulation negotiated between

Columbia and Ozark dated December 9,

1994 in form and substance satisfactory

to Ozark and Columbia. The Stipulation

is pending before the Commission in
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6Filed December 20, 1994.

Docket No. RP95–98–000.6 The

application is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Comment date: March 27, 1995, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph F

at the end of this notice.

6. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

[Docket No. CP95–234–000]

Take notice that on March 1, 1995,

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company

(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston,

Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. CP95–

234–000 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 delivery point facilities in

Essex County, Massachusetts under

Tennessee’s blanket certificate issued in

Docket No. CP82–413–000 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.

Tennessee proposes to install, own,

operate, and maintain data acquisition

and control equipment, one six-inch hot

tap assembly, approximately 2,100 feet

of 8 inch pipe, and measurement

facilities in order to deliver gas to

Colonial Gas Company.

Comment date: April 20, 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, 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

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. 95–6079 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. GT95–27–000]

Mississippi River Transmission Corp.;

Notice of Proposed Flowthrough of

Account No. 858 Refund

March 7, 1995.

Take notice that on March 3, 1995,

Mississippi River Transmission

Corporation (MRT) submitted

worksheets reflecting the proposed

flowthrough of an Account No. 858

refund received by MRT from

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company.

MRT states that subject to the receipt

of Commission approval it proposes to

refund by check on April 7, 1995, each

customer’s respective portion of the

refund including interest through April

6, 1995.

MRT states that a copy of this filing

is being mailed to each of MRT’s former

jurisdictional sales customers and the

state commissions of Arkansas, Illinois

and Missouri.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 825

North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington,

DC 20426, in accordance with Sections

385.211 and 385.214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).

All such motions or protests should be

filed on or before March 14, 1995.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6035 Filed 3–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. RP95–186–000]

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America;

Notice of Report on Storage Utilization

March 7, 1995.

Take notice that on March 1, 1995,

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of

America (Natural) tendered for filing its

report on storage utilization during the

first year of Natural’s operation under

Order Nos. 636, et seq.

Natural states that the report is

responsive to four specific requirements

set out in Natural’s restructuring orders

in Docket No. RS92–45.

Natural states that copies of the filing

are being mailed to each of Natural’s

customers, and the parties in Docket No.

RS92–45–000.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 825

North Capitol Street, NE, Washington,

DC 10426, in accordance with 18 CFR

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests should be

filed on or before March 28, 1995.

Protests will be considered by the

Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are