[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24483-24484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12139]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[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.

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    Applicants state that Valero was issued a Presidential Permit and 
Section 3 authorization in Docket Nos. CP84-361-000 and CP84-366-000, 
respectively, to construct or repair and operate on the international 
boundary between the U.S. and Mexico near Eagle Pass, Texas, two 
parallel eight-inch pipelines which connect with the facilities of 
Petroleos Mexicanos.
    Applicants further state that on March 18, 1996, Valero 
Transmission, L.P. and WTG entered into an Asset Acquisition Proposal 
pursuant to which WTG has agreed to purchase certain intrastate 
pipeline facilities in Texas, including the Eagle Pass border 
facilities, which are the subject of this joint application. The sale 
occurred on April 30, 1996, with the sale of the Eagle Pass facilities 
conditioned upon (1) the termination of Valero's Presidential Permit 
and Section 3 authorization; and (2) the issuance of a Presidential 
Permit and Section 3 authorization to WTG to own, operate, and maintain 
the facilities. No new facilities or service are proposed by WTG in 
this application.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 30, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 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 and 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 3 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 authorization is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its 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 Valero and WTG to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12139 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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