[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 1994)] [Notices] [Pages 82-83] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 93-32012] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: January 3, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP94-137-000, et al.] Trunkline Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings December 23, 1993. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP94-137-000] Take notice that on December 16, 1993, Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas, 77252, filed in Docket No. CP94-137-000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain facilities by sale to Kinder Gas Processing Corporation (Kinder), all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Specifically, Tennessee seeks authorization to abandon by sale to Kinder, a 3.6 mile 4.5-inch diameter gathering line that extends west from Tennessee's K-N Line into the LeBlanc field in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Comment date: January 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 2. Northwest Pipeline Corporation [Docket No. CP94-134-000] Take notice that on December 15, 1993, Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed in Docket No. CP94-134-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon by sale to The Washington Water Power Company (Water Power) its existing laterals located in Whitman, Washington and Union Counties, Oregon, 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 that is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Northwest proposes to abandon by sale to Water Power its existing La Crossee, Rosalia and St. Johns Laterals which are located in Whitman County, Washington and its existing Union Lateral in Union County, Oregon at a price of $6,667. Comment date: February 7, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 3. CNG Producing Company [Docket No. CP94-146-000] Take notice that on December 17, 1993, CNG Producing Company (CNG Producing), 1450 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-6000, filed in Docket No. CP94-146-000 a petition pursuant to section 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and rule 207(a)(2) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207(a)(2)), for a declaratory order disclaiming Commission jurisdiction over certain facilities and the services provided through them, all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. CNG Producing seeks a declaratory order from the Commission finding that certain facilities would be gathering facilities, exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction under section 1(b) of the NGA, at such time as the facilities are acquired from CNG Transmission Corporation (CNGT). CNG Producing states that CNGT has agreed to sell to CNG Producing at net book value its interest in nine offshore compressors (a total of 11,125 horsepower with the largest compressor being rated at 3,500 horsepower) at six locations, seven offshore pipelines (ranging from 378 feet to 7.3 miles in length and 12 to 20 inches in diameter), and associated measurement and regulation facilities.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\CNGT filed in Docket No. CP93-340-000 to abandon the facilities by sale to CNG Producing. See notice of filing issued by the Commission on May 17, 1993 (58 FR 29573, May 21, 1993). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CNG Producing explains that the facilities are part of CNGT's miscellaneous facilities located in the Gulf of Mexico that were constructed between 1974 and 1981 to move purchased gas from the wellhead to third-party pipeline facilities for transportation to onshore transmission facilities in Louisiana. CNG Producing advises that the facilities are currently used to move gas into offshore pipelines for redelivery onshore. CNG Producing states that, upon acquisition, the facilities would be used by CNG Producing to gather and market natural gas, including its own production. CNG Producing further states that the facilities are not owned in their entirety by CNGT, but each facility is jointly owned by at least one other party. Comment date: January 13, 1994, in accordance with the first paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. Standard Paragraphs F. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 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/or 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 applicant to appear or be represented at the hearing. G. 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 Sec. 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. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 93-32012 Filed 12-30-93; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P