[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19058-19060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10633]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-252-001, et al.]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate 
Filings

April 23, 1996.
    Take notice that the following filings have been made with the 
Commission:

1. Northwest Pipeline Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-252-001]

    Take notice that on April 18, 1996, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, filed an 
amendment in Docket No. CP96-252-001 to its application in Docket No. 
CP96-252-000, filed on March 15, 1996 as a request pursuant to Section 
157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205) for authorization to abandon obsolete metering facilities 
and to construct and operate modified metering facilities at a new 
location for the Echo Lake Meter Station located in Snohomish County, 
Washington, 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 which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Northwest states that due to mechanical problems with 2-inch 
turbine meters, Northwest now proposes to install two new 2-inch rotary 
meters as replacements instead of the two 2-inch turbine meters as 
originally proposed. The design capacity, it is said, would now only 
increase from 700 Dth per day to approximately 733 Dth per day at 150 
psig.
    Northwest states that all other pertinent information remains 
accurate as originally filed.
    Comment date: June 7, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
at the end of this notice.

2. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-325-000]

    Take notice that on April 16, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation, 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310 (Texas 
Eastern) filed, in Docket No. CP96-325-000, an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations for an order authorizing abandonment of its transportation 
service with CNG Transmission Corporation (CNG) known as Rate Schedule 
X-93, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Texas Eastern states that it received authorization in Docket No. 
CP79-85-000 to receive up to 20,000 Dth/d of natural gas from CNG, by 
displacement, at Texas Eastern's M&R Station No. 037 located in Greene 
County, Pennsylvania or at Texas Eastern's M&R Station No. 082 located 
in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and the transportation and 
redelivery of such quantities to Equitrans, for CNG's account, at Texas 
Eastern's M&R Station No. 009 located in Greene County, Pennsylvania or 
at Texas Eastern's M&R Station No. 355 located in Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania. Texas Eastern explains that the agreement provided for a 
primary term commencing upon the date of initial delivery and 
terminating three years from such date, and from year to year 
thereafter until terminated by prior written notice of not less than 
sixty days.
    CNG and Equitrans have filed a joint companion abandonment 
application in Docket No. CP96-328-000 requesting authorization to 
abandon their Rate Schedules X-24 and X-7, respectively. These rate 
schedules set forth the exchange agreement between CNG and Equitrans in 
which Equitrans would deliver up to 20,000 Dth/d to CNG. CNG would 
receive the gas from Equitrans for processing and redeliver to Texas 
Eastern. CNG and Equitrans notified Texas Eastern that they had 
executed an interruptible transportation agreement which negated the 
need for the certificated exchange service.
    Texas Eastern and CNG have agreed to abandon the transportation 
service pursuant to Texas Eastern's letter agreement dated December 18, 
1995, and have mutually agreed that the appropriate date for 
termination of the transportation service for CNG under the terms of 
Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-93 is March 15, 1992.
    Comment date: May 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F 
at the end of this notice.

3. CNG Transmission Corporation Equitrans, L.P.

[Docket No. CP96-328-000]

    Take notice that on April 16, 1996, CNG Transmission Corporation, 
445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301 (CNG), and 
Equitrans, L.P., 3120 Park Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275-1102 
(Equitrans) filed, in Docket No. CP96-328-000, a joint application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations for an order authorizing abandonment of the 
exchange service knows as CNG's Rate Schedule X-24, and as Equitrans' 
Rate Schedule X-7, all as more fully set forth in the application which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    CNG and Equitrans state that they received authorization in Docket 
No. CP79-26-000 for CNG to receive up to 20,000 Mcf/d of natural gas 
from Equitrans at CNG's Hastings Processing Plant located in Wetzel 
County, West

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Virginia. CNG then redelivered such quantities to Texas Eastern 
Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern-Rate Schedule X-93) for 
Equitrans' account at Texas Eastern's M&R Station No. 009 located in 
Greene County, Pennsylvania or at Texas Eastern's M&R Station No. 355 
located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. CNG and Equitrans explain 
that the agreement provided for a primary term commencing upon the date 
of initial delivery and terminating five years from such date, and from 
year to year thereafter until terminated by prior written notice of not 
less than twelve months.
    CNG and Equitrans state that subsequently the exchange agreement 
was amended, terminated and replaced with a limited-term transportation 
agreement between CNG and Equitrans dated January 1, 1989. CNG and 
Equitrans explain that this transportation agreement negated the need 
for the certificated exchange service and further eliminated the need 
for Texas Eastern to receive the exchange gas from CNG and redeliver it 
for Equitrans' account. Texas Eastern and CNG have agreed to abandon 
the transportation service pursuant to Texas Eastern's letter agreement 
dated December 18, 1995, and have mutually agreed that the appropriate 
date for termination of the transportation service for CNG under the 
terms of Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-93 is March 15, 1992.
    CNG and Equitrans state they do not propose to abandon any 
facilities pursuant to the instant application. Texas Eastern has filed 
a companion abandonment application in Docket No. CP96-325-000 
requesting authority to abandon Rate Schedule X-93.
    Comment date: May 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F 
at the end of this notice.

4. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-333-000]

    Take notice that on April 17, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, 
and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), P. O. Box 
1396, Houston, Texas 77251 filed in Docket No. CP96-333-000 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 delete two delivery points from an existing 7(c) 
exchange agreement under Texas Eastern's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-535-000 and Transco's issued in Docket No. CP82-426 
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.
    Texas Eastern and Transco state that the delivery points are 
located in Newton and Nueces Counties, Texas and that the exchange 
volumes will be reassigned to the remaining exchange points within the 
agreement. Texas Eastern and Transco state that the proposed changes 
will not impact either of the certificate holder's peak day or annual 
deliveries and that neither pipeline's tariff prohibits the proposed 
elimination of the delivery points.
    Comment date: June 7, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G 
at the end of this notice.

5. Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation

[Docket No. CP96-334-000]

    Take notice that on April 17, 1996 Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch Gateway), P. O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478 and Texas 
Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), P. O. Box 1642, 
Houston, Texas 77251-1642, collectively referred to as Applicants, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-334-000 an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for permission and approval to abandon 
three exchange services which were performed at various points in 
Texas, Mississippi, and both offshore and onshore Louisiana, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Applicants propose to abandon an August 5, 1948 
Agreement, an August 31, 1979 Agreement, and a March 21, 1980 
Agreement.
    (1) Under the August 1948 Agreement, as amended, the Applicants 
performed an interruptible exchange under Koch Gateway's Rate Schedule 
X-1 and Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-1, at various points of 
exchange in Beauregard, Claiborne, Lafourche, Ouachita, Plaquemines, 
Richland, and St. Landry Parishes, Louisiana; and in Jackson, Victoria, 
and Smith Counties in Texas; and in Attala County, Mississippi.
    (2) Under the August 1979 Agreement, as amended, the Applicants 
performed a firm exchange under Koch Gateway's Rate Schedule X-124 and 
Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-107, in the offshore Louisiana area.
    (3) Under the March 1980 Agreement, as amended, the Applicants 
performed a firm exchange under Koch Gateway's Rate Schedule X-150 and 
Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-120, at various points in Bee, 
Harrison, Panola, Rusk, DeWitt, Shelby, Jackson, and Cass Counties in 
Texas; and in Desoto and Lincoln Parishes in Louisiana.
    The Applicants state that the three exchange services mentioned 
above are no longer necessary or beneficial and were terminated by 
mutual written agreements on November 30, 1995. No facilities are 
proposed to be abandoned, and the Applicants declare that no impact 
will result on either Applicant's system from the granting of this 
proposal.
    Comment date: May 14, 1996, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F 
at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

    F. Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with 
reference to said filing should on or before the comment date file with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 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 385.211 and 385.214) 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 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 filing 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 is 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 the applicant to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.

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    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. 96-10633 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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