[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29366-29367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14508]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-159-002]


Shell Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

June 4, 1996.
    Take notice that on June 3, 1996, Shell Gas Pipeline Company 
(Shell), P.O. Box 576, Houston, Texas 77079, filed with the Commission 
an amendment to the application for a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity filed by Shell on January 29, 1996, in Docket No. CP96-
159-000, to decrease the proposed initial rates and to revise the 
proposed terms and conditions for service on its 30-inch Mississippi 
Canyon Pipeline, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is open to the 
public for inspection.
    Shell states that by order issued February 28, 1996, in Docket No. 
CP96-159-000, the Commission authorized Shell to construct and operate 
a 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline extending approximately 45 
miles from a platform in West Delta Block 143 to the Venice Gas Plant 
in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The Commission held Shell's 
application for a Part 284 blanket transportation certificate in 
abeyance pending the outcome of further procedures to resolve issues 
concerning the proposed rates, terms, and conditions of service.
    Shell proposes to decrease the proposed initial rates by $0.032 per 
MMBtu and to offer FT-1, FT-2, and IT-1 transportation services. Shell 
states that (1) the FT-1 service would be a traditional firm 
transportation service with fixed Maximum Daily Quantities (MDQ) and 
reservation charge; (2) the FT-2 service would be a flexible firm 
service with variable MDQ and rates based on volumes shipped; and (3) 
the IT-1 service would be a traditional interruptible transportation 
service.
    Shell also requests that the Commission act expeditiously to issue 
a Part 284 blanket transportation certificate and approve the proposed 
rates and terms and conditions of service so the 30-inch line can be 
placed in service by August 1, 1996, upon completion of construction to 
handle Mars production. Shell proposes to conduct an open season for

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subscriptions to capacity on the 30-inch line from June 10 to July 1, 
1996.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 11, 1996, 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 NGA (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 
the subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA 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 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 Shell to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-14508 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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