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1Southern indicates that a related filing is being

made concurrently in Docket No. CP95–292–000 to

abandon approximately 122 miles of its Brunswick

Line by sale to AGL, and to construct a meter

station at the new interconnect with the portion of

the line being sold.

2Southern states that, although AGL has

contracted for an additional 100,000 Mcf/day of

firm transportation service as part of the overall

economics necessary to achieve the Settlement,

including the installation of these facilities, the

facilities involved here do not provide additional

firm capacity to meter stations serving the Atlanta

area.

3Southern advises that although SCPL has

contracted for an additional 28,000 Mcf/day of firm

transportation service as part of the overall

economics necessary to achieve the Settlement,

including the installation of these facilities, these

facilities do not provide additional firm capacity.

4Southern included a copy of a SCANA service

agreement dated March 28, 1995, for transportation

service under Southern’s Rate Schedule FT, as

Exhibit I of its application.

1Southern states that these facilities were

constructed in 1964 (31 FPC 789, 1387 (1964)).

2Southern advises that as of December 31, 1994,

the depreciated book value of the facilities was

$1,347,404.

with approval of the provisions of the

Settlement.1

(1) Project 1: Construct, install,

replace and operate the following

facilities: approximately 11.8 miles of

30-inch pipeline in Henry and Clayton

Counties, Georgia, to replace 6.1 miles

of existing 14-inch Ocmulgee-Atlanta

loop pipeline and 5.7 miles of existing

12-inch Macon branch pipeline, and

various modifications at the Marietta,

South Atlanta No. 1, and Dallas No. 2

meter stations serving Atlanta Gas Light

Company (AGL), all of which are to

enhance operational flexibility and to

increase peak hour flow through various

meter stations in the Atlanta, Georgia,

area.2 Southern explains that (a) there

would be miscellaneous modifications

of piping at the South Atlanta regulator

station and South Atlanta No. 1 meter

station, (b) the Marietta meter station

would be rebuilt with three 8-inch

orifice meter runs, and (c) the existing

metering facilities at the Dallas No. 2

meter station would be replaced with a

6-inch turbine meter run and

appurtenant facilities.

(2) Project 2: Construct and operate

approximately 7.8 miles of 20-inch

South Main 2nd loop pipeline

immediately upstream of the Wrens

Compressor Station in Glascock and

Jefferson Counties, Georgia, and

approximately 3.1 miles of 20-inch loop

line immediately upstream of the Hall

Gate Compressor Station in Baldwin

County, Georgia, to enhance the overall

service available and to provide

increased service on shoulder days

(days before and after peak days) to

South Carolina Pipeline Corporation

(SCPL).3

(3) Project 3: Construct and operate

approximately 7.1 miles of 30-inch

South Main 3rd loop pipeline

immediately upstream of the Auburn

Compressor Station in Lee and Macon

Counties, Alabama, to provide 8,000

Mcf/day of additional firm

transportation service for SCANA

Hydrocarbons, Inc., an affiliate of

SCPL.4

Southern estimates that the total cost

of these facilities will be $26,850,250.

Southern advises that financing would

be accomplished initially through the

use of short term financing, available

cash from operations, or use of both

alternatives and, ultimately, from

permanent financing.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before April

28, 1995, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 825 North

Capitol Street, N.E. 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 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 Southern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9066 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP95–292–000]

Southern Natural Gas Co.; Notice of

Application

April 7, 1995.

Take notice that on March 30, 1995,

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham,

Alabama 35202–2563, filed in Docket

No. CP95–292–000 an application

pursuant to Sections 7(b) and (c) of the

Natural Gas Act for permission and

approval to abandon a portion of its

Brunswick Line and for a certificate to

construct and operate a new meter

station, all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Southern requests authorization to:

(1) Abandon by sale to Atlanta Gas

Light Company (AGL) approximately

122 miles of Southern’s 12-inch

Brunswick Line, commencing at

approximately mile post 53.8 in Laurens

County, Georgia, and extending to and

including Southern’s existing AGL–

Brunswick Meter Station at mile post

175.3 in Glynn County, Georgia, as well

as apurtenant facilities, including six

meter stations and one regulator station.

Southern identifies the meter stations as

Eastman, Alamo, Hazelhurst, Baxley,

Jesup and Brunswick, and the regulator

station as Belle Vista.1

(2) Construct, install, and operate one

measurement station, consisting of tap,

metering, and appurtenant facilities

within Southern’s existing property at

the Eastman Meter Station on

Southern’s 12-inch Brunswick Line in

Laurens County, Georgia, at the

proposed point of division of ownership

of the Burnswick Line.

Southern states that the proposed

abandonment would not terminate any

interruptible or firm service of any

customer. Southern explains that AGL is

the only customer receiving firm service

from the facilities proposed to be

abandoned, and all shippers that

currently have interruptible

transportation contracts for the delivery

of gas to AGL at any of the six meter

stations proposed to be abandoned

would continue to receive service at the

new consolidated meter station.

Southern proposes to sell the 122-

mile segment of the Brunswick Line and

appurtenant facilities at their

depreciated book value as of the first

day of the month in which the sale

closing occurs.2 Southern estimates that
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3Southern indicates that a related filing is being

made concurrently in Docket No. CP95–289–000 to

provide enhanced service to the Atlanta, Georgia,

and South Carolina areas and new firm

transportation services for an existing customer.

the cost of the new facilities would be

$801,500 which would be reimbursed

by AGL.

Southern states that its proposal is an

integral part of the compromises

established in its Stipulation and

Agreement (Settlement) filed on March

15, 1995, in Docket Nos. RP89–224, et

al. to resolve all of its outstanding rate

and gas supply realignment cost

proceedings pending before the

Commission. Southern requests

Commission approval of the application

by no later than October 31, 1995,

contingent upon and in conjunction

with approval of the provisions of the

Settlement.3

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before April

28, 1995, 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 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 Southern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9067 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. RP91–203–000, et al. (Phase

II)]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.; Notice of

Informal Settlement Conference

April 7, 1995.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on Monday, April 24,

1995, at 11:00 a.m., at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

810 First Street NE., Washington, D.C.,

for the purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

in 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact Dennis H. Melvin (202) 208–

0042 or Donald Williams (202) 208–

0743.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9070 Filed 4–12–95; 8:45 am]

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Office of Hearings and Appeals

Proposed Implementation of Special

Refund Procedures

AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals,

Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of proposed

implementation of special refund

procedures.

SUMMARY: The Office of Hearings and

Appeals (OHA) of the Department of

Energy (DOE) announces the proposed

procedures for disbursement of

$866,352.24, plus accrued interest, in

refined petroleum product violation

amounts obtained by the DOE pursuant

to Consent Orders issued to Bell Fuels,

Inc., et al., Case Nos. LEF–0061, et al.

In the absence of sufficient information

to implement direct restitution to

injured customers of the consenting

firms, the OHA has tentatively

determined that if no such customers

come forward, the funds obtained from

these firms, plus accrued interest, will

be made available to state governments

for use in four energy conservation

programs.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Comments must

be filed in duplicate on or before May

15, 1995, and should be addressed to

the Office of Hearings and Appeals,

Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Ave., S.W., Washington,

DC 20585. All comments should display

a reference to the appropriate case

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas O. Mann, Deputy Director,

Roger Klurfeld, Assistant Director,

Office of Hearings and Appeals, 1000

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20585, (202) 586–2094

(Mann); 586–2383 (Klurfeld).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 10 CFR 205.282(b),

notice is hereby given of the issuance of

the Proposed Decision and Order set out

below. The Proposed Decision and

Order sets forth the procedures that the

DOE has tentatively formulated to

distribute $866,352.24, plus accrued

interest, obtained by the DOE pursuant

to Consent Orders issued to eighteen

resellers and retailers of refined

petroleum products. The Consent

Orders settled DOE allegations that,

during periods between 1973 and 1981,

the firms had sold certain refined

petroleum products at prices in excess

of the maximum lawful selling price, in

violation of Federal petroleum price

regulations. The names of the firms,

their case numbers, the dates of the

settlement periods, the products

covered by each Consent Order, and the

amounts received from each firm are set

forth in the Appendix to the Proposed

Decision.

Since it lacks sufficient information to

implement a standard first-stage refund

process, the OHA has tentatively

determined to make all of the funds

obtained from the firms available for

indirect restitution in accordance with

the provisions of the Petroleum

Overcharge Distribution and Restitution

Act of 1986 (PODRA), 15 U.S.C. 4501–

07. The funds will be distributed to state

governments for use in four energy

conservation programs. Before making

the funds available to the states,

however, the OHA will accept refund

claims from any injured customers of

the consenting firms who come forward

and will devise refund procedures based

on the information these applicants

provide.

Any member of the public may

submit written comments regarding the

proposed refund procedures.

Commenting parties are requested to

provide two copies of their submissions.

Comments must be submitted within 30