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[FR Doc No: 94-1314]
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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-148-000, et al.]
CNG Transmission Corp., et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings
Take notice that the following filings have been made with the
Commission:
1. CNG Transmission Corp., et al.
[Docket No. CP94-148-000]
January 11, 1994.
Take notice that on December 20, 1993, CNG Transmission Corporation
(CNGT), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301; CNG
Producing Company (CNG Producing), 1450 Poydras Street, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70112-6000; and Otis Petroleum Corporation (Otis Petroleum),
720 North Post Oak Road, Suite 150, Houston, Texas 77024-3818, filed in
Docket No. CP94-148-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon by sale
various offshore Louisiana facilities and for an order declaring that
CNG Producing and Otis Petroleum may own and operate certain facilities
as non-jurisdictional gathering facilities, all as more fully set forth
in the application which is open to the public for inspection.
CNGT proposes to abandon by sale (1) Line LA-1 in Acadia Parish,
Louisiana, to Columbia Gulf Transmission Corporation (Columbia Gulf);
(2) Line LA-25 in Vermilion Blocks 321, 324, 325, 326, and 340,
offshore Louisiana, to Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL);
(3) Line LA-9 in East Cameron 118A, offshore Louisiana, to Otis
Petroleum Corporation (Otis Petroleum); and (4) CNGT's share of 20
Southern States pipelines1 in the Vermilion, East Cameron, West
Cameron, Eugene Island, South Timbalier, Ship Shoal, and South Marsh
Island areas, offshore Louisiana, and in Jefferson Davis Parish,
Louisiana, to CNG Producing.
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\1\Lines LA-3, LA-4, LA-5, LA-6, LA-7, LA-8, LA-11, LA-12, LA-
13, LA-14, LA-15, LA-18, LA-19, LA-20, LA-24, LA-29, LA-30, LA-37,
LA-44, and LA-45, as listed in Schedule 1 of Exhibit Z of the
application.
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CNGT, CNG Producing, and Otis Petroleum state that Columbia Gulf
and NGPL would operate their acquired interests in the facilities in
accordance with the obligations of CNGT's certificates governing those
facilities.
CNGT, CNG Producing, and Otis Petroleum also request that the
Commission issue an order declaring that CNG Producing and Otis
Petroleum may own and operate the facilities they acquire in this
proposal as non-jurisdictional gathering facilities.
Comment date: February 1, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph F at the end of this notice.
2. NGC Energy Resources Limited Partnership
[Docket No. CP94-157-000]
January 12, 1994.
Take notice that on December 22, 1993, NGC Energy Resources,
Limited Partnership, (NER), located at 13430 Northwest Freeway, Suite
1200, Houston, TX 77040, filed in Docket No. CP94-157-000 an
application pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act and
Secs. 153.10-153.12 of the Commission's Regulations for section 3
authorization and a Presidential Permit to operate facilities at the
International Border for the exportation of natural gas to Canada, all
as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
It is stated that NER seeks authorization to operate existing
facilities at the United States-Canada Border near Willow Creek,
Saskatchewan in order to provide border transportation services for gas
exported by its shippers. No construction will be needed to effectuate
the export transactions and it will be the responsibility of individual
shippers to secure the appropriate export authority for use of the
Willow Creek facilities.
Comment date: February 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G at the end of this notice.
3. Arkla Energy Resources Co.
[Docket No. CP94-173-000]
January 12, 1994
Take notice that on January 7, 1994, Arkla Energy Resources Company
(AER), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in Docket No.
CP94-173-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.211 of the
Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,
157.211) for authorization to construct and operate certain facilities
in Oklahoma, under AER's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
384-000, et al., 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.
AER proposes to construct and operate one 2-inch tap and 2-inch L-
shape meter in Greer County, Oklahoma, for the transportation of 750
Mcf per day of gas to Mangum Brick Company, Inc. (Mangum Brick) under
AER's Rate Schedule FT. It is stated that Mangum Brick is currently
being served by a local distribution company, Arkansas Louisiana Gas
Company.
It is stated that AER will install the tap at an estimated cost of
$20,923 and that Mangum Brick has agreed to reimburse AER for the cost
of constructing the new delivery tap.
Comment date: February 28, 1994, in accordance with Standard
Paragraph G 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. 94-1314 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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