Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 15, 1996 / Notices 24483

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–496–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

May 9, 1996.

Take notice that on May 6, 1996, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978,

filed in Docket No. CP96–496–000 a

request pursuant to Sections 179.205,

157.212, and 157.216 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.212, 157.216) for authorization to

abandon the existing meter located at

the Texaco South Kermit Plant Receipt

Point and the related service; and to

operate a new meter to be constructed

by Texaco Natural Gas Inc. (Texaco) as

a delivery point under El Paso’s blanket

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–

435–000 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.

El Paso states that Texaco converted

its South Kermit Gas Plant to a field

compressor station. Consequently,

Texaco will no longer deliver gas to El

Paso at the Texaco South Kermit Receipt

Point. Texaco now requires deliveries of

pipeline quality gas to its South Kermit

Gas Plant for use as compressor fuel.

Consequently, Texaco requested that El

Paso convert the Texaco South Kermit

Receipt Point to a delivery point to

facilitate delivery of compressor fuel.

On November 10, 1995, El Paso and

Texaco entered into Transportation

Service Agreement that provides for

interruptible transportation service from

any receipt point on El Paso’s system to

all available delivery points on El Paso’s

system.

El Paso states that operation of the

Texaco South Kermit Meter Station as a

delivery point is not prohibited by El

Paso’s existing tariff. El Paso further

states that it has sufficient capacity to

accomplish the transportation and

delivery of the requested volumes

without detriment or disadvantage to El

Paso’s other customers.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12138 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–499–000]

Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

May 9, 1996.

Take notice that on May 6, 1996,

Northwest Pipeline Corporation

(Northwest), P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84158–0900, filed in Docket

No. CP96–499–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205, and 157.216(b) of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, and

157.216) for approval to abandon by

removal its William Austin Farm tap

(Farm tap) located in Douglas County,

Oregon, under the blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP82–433–000,

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set

forth in the request which is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Northwest states that the certificate

authorization for the construction and

operation of the Farm tap for which

Northwest now seeks abandonment

authorization was issued in Docket No.

CP65–128 for delivery of natural gas to

The Washington Water Power

Company’s (Water Power) for service to

a single customer. Northwest further

states that there have been no deliveries

to the Farm tap since September 1994.

It is asserted that the distribution

facilities served by this tap have been

directly connected by Water Power to its

Roseburg distribution system which is

served by a different delivery point from

Northwest.

Northwest indicates that by

amendment dated February 1, 1995, the

Farm tap was removed from Water

Power’s transportation service

agreement with Northwest dated July

31, 1991. Northwest asserts that it

currently has a contractual obligations

to provide to the Farm tap.

Northwest states that the Farm tap

was dismantled and removed from the

site on May 25, 1995, at the landowner’s

request, although due to an

administrative oversight, Northwest had

not yet received abandonment approval.

Therefore, Northwest now is requesting

approval for abandonment by removal

of the Farm tap. It is indicated that the

actual cost of removing these facilities

was $713.

Any person or the Commission’s Staff

may, within 45 days of the issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214), a motion to

intervene 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 activities 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 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12140 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–497–000]

Valero Transmission Company and

West Texas Gas, Inc.; Notice of

Application for Authorization To

Operate Border Facilities and for

Presidential Permit

May 9, 1996.

Take notice that on May 6, 1996,

Valero Transmission Company (Valero),

General Partner of Valero Transmission,

L.P., P.O. Box 500, San Antonio, Texas

78292 and West Texas Gas, Inc. (WTG),

211 North Colorado, Midland, Texas

79701, filed in Docket No. CP96–497–

000, a joint application pursuant to

Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and

Sections 153.10–153.12 of the

Commission’s Regulations and

Executive Order 10485, as amended by

Executive Order 12038 to: (1) terminate

the Presidential Permit and Section 3

authorization previously issued to

Valero to own, operate, and maintain

border facilities near Eagle Pass, Texas;

and (2) simultaneously issue a

Presidential Permit and Section 3

authorization to WTG to own, operate,

and maintain the Eagle Pass border

facilities, all as more fully set forth in

the application which is on file with the

Commission and open for public

inspection.