[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17349-17350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8273]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP95-261-000, et al.]


Questar Pipeline Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings

March 29, 1995.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Questar Pipeline Company

[Docket No. CP95-261-000]

    Take notice that on March 13, 1995, Questar Pipeline Company 
(Questar), 79 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-261-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon by removal a 3-
inch meter run and appurtenant facilities located in Sweetwater County, 
Wyoming, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Questar states that the meter run was installed by Questar's 
predecessor, Mountain Fuel Resources, Inc. (Mountain Fuel), at the 
Steamboat Mountain Meter & Regulating Station to receive natural gas 
from NGC Energy Resources, L.P. (NGC), for transportation on Mountain 
Fuel's system, which was subsequently acquired by Questar. It is stated 
that the facilities were installed under the automatic authorization 
provisions of Mountain Fuel's blanket certificate in Docket No. CP82-
491-000. Questar states that the meter run is obsolete because it can 
no longer measure the increasing volumes flowing from the Steamboat 
Mountain producing area. It is asserted that there is an existing 6-
inch meter run adjacent to the 3-inch meter run which can accurately 
measure the increasing volumes. It is further asserted that the 
proposed abandonment would have no impact on Questar's transportation 
for NGC and no impact on the average daily design capacity or operation 
of Questar's system.
    Comment date: April 19, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph 
F at the end of this notice.

2. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP95-274-000]

    Take notice that on March 20, 1995, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-274-000 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, 157.212) for authorization to upgrade 
its existing Olympia Meter Station and to install looping facilities 
under Northwest's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-433-000 
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.
    Northwest proposes to partially abandon and upgrade its Olympia 
Meter Station and to construct and operate approximately 3.73 miles of 
12-inch pipeline loop, valves and a loop tie-in on its existing Olympia 
lateral at the existing Rainier Meter Station, all in Thurston County, 
Washington. Northwest states that the upgraded station would consist of 
two 6-inch turbine meters, two 4-inch regulators, valves and 
appurtenances. Northwest explains that the loop would parallel the 
existing Olympia Lateral, beginning at the Ignacio-to-Sumas gas 
transmission mainline and terminating about 2,700 feet southeast of the 
Fort Lewis Military Reservation boundary. Northwest states that these 
proposed facilities would increase Northwest's delivery capacity to 
Washington Natural Gas Company (Washington Natural) at various meter 
stations on the Olympia and Shelton laterals by approximately 13,370 
Dth [[Page 17350]] per day and would allow increased contractual 
delivery pressures at the Olympia Meter Station under existing 
transportation agreements with Washington Natural, a local distribution 
company.
    Northwest states that the expanded facilities at the Olympia Meter 
Station would provide for a design capacity of 34,541 Dth per day of 
service (at a delivery pressure of 400 psig). Northwest also states 
that the proposed lateral loop line would increase the capacity of the 
Olympia lateral from approximately 64,540 to approximately 77,910 Dth 
per day at 637 psig inlet pressure from Northwest's mainline. Northwest 
explains that the increased volumes and delivery pressure would be 
utilized to enhance service to Washington Natural under an existing 
firm Rate Schedule TF-1 transportation agreement dated August 15, 1994, 
or under any other duly authorized firm transportation agreement. 
Northwest states that the total costs to remove the undersized metering 
facilities and to construct the proposed upgraded metering facilities, 
lateral loop line, valves and loop tie-in are estimated at 
approximately $2,559,300. Northwest further states that the costs would 
be reimbursed by Washington Natural in the form of a Facility Cost-of-
Service Charge over 9 years.
    Comment date: May 15, 1995, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
at the end of this notice.

3. Interstate Utilities Company, a Division of Gasco Distribution 
Systems

[Docket No. CP95-278-000]

    Take notice that on March 22, 1995, Interstate Utilities Company, a 
division of Gasco Distribution Systems, Inc. (IUC), 4435 East Pike, 
Zanesville, Ohio 43701, filed in Docket No. CP95-278-000 an application 
requesting a service area determination pursuant to Section 7(f) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the application 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    IUC states that it is a small local distribution company (LDC) 
serving 450 customers in Mason County, West Virginia. It is stated that 
IUC receives natural gas service from Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation in Meigs County, Ohio, and transports the gas a distance of 
1.5 miles across the Ohio River. It is further stated that IUC then 
distributes the gas to its retail customers in West Virginia and 
provides no service to customers in Ohio. It is asserted that IUC makes 
no sales for resale. It is explained that IUC's operations are 
regulated by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
    IUC requests that the service area determination consist of Mason 
County, West Virginia, and Meigs County, Ohio, and IUC's rights-of-way 
interconnecting the two counties. IUC requests a declaration that it 
qualifies as an LDC in the service area to be determined for purposes 
of Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA). IUC also requests 
a waiver of the regulatory requirements, including reporting and 
accounting requirements, ordinarily applicable to a natural gas company 
under the NGA and the NGPA.
    Comment date: April 19, 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 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. 95-8273 Filed 4-4-95; 8:45 am]
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