[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-5211] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: March 8, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP94-240-000, et al.] El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings February 28, 1994. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. El Paso Natural Gas Co.; Sunterra Gas Gathering Co. [Docket No. CP94-240-000] Take notice that on February 22, 1994, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso), Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, and Sunterra Gas Gathering Company (Sunterra), Alvarado Square, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158-2612, filed in Docket No. CP94-240-000 a joint application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon a production area natural gas exchange service between El Paso and Sunterra, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. El Paso and Sunterra propose to abandon a production area gas exchange service pursuant to a Composite Supplemental Agreement to a Gas Purchase Agreement (agreement) between El Paso and Sunterra dated May 1, 1975, under El Paso's Rate Schedule X-13 and Sunterra's Rate Schedule No. 2.1 El Paso and Sunterra state they have agreed to terminate the agreement, in a Letter Agreement dated October 27, 1993, effective October 31, 1993, with any imbalances to be resolved by December 31, 1993. El Paso and Sunterra state that there are no existing imbalances under the agreement to be abandoned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\The exchange was part of Sunterra's Rate Schedule No. 2 authorizing Sunterra's jurisdictional sales for resale. Sunterra's Rate Schedule No. 2 is no longer subject to regulation since the Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989 deregulated first sales contracts terminated after July 26, 1989. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- No facilities are proposed to be abandoned herein. Comment date: March 21, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 2. Southern Natural Gas Co. [Docket No. CP94-245-000] Take notice that on February 23, 1994, Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed in Docket No. CP94-245-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to establish a point of delivery for an existing customer under Southern's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-406-000 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. Southern proposes to provide service to Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco) at a new point of delivery by use of existing measurement facilities that Southern previously used to serve the Lamar County Gas District. Southern states that the service will enable Alagasco to serve a new commercial customer. In addition, Southern states that it will not have to construct any new facilities in order to serve Alagasco at the proposed delivery point. It is stated that the average daily flow to the proposed delivery point will be 3 Mcf per day of natural gas. Comment date: April 14, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph G at the end of this notice. 3. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America and ANR Pipeline Co. [Docket No. CP94-246-000] Take notice that on February 23, 1994, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148 and ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. CP94-246-000 a joint application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon exchange services, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. It is stated that authority is requested for: (1) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in Docket No. G-10057 and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-7; (2) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in Docket No. CP69-251, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-21; (3) Natural and ANR to abandon an exchange service authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP75-202, as amended, and ANR's Docket No. CP75- 205, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-58 and ANR's Rate Schedule X-44; and (4) Natural and ANR to make up imbalances attributable to the above exchange agreements at the existing interconnections specified in such exchange agreements and/or other transportation and/or exchange agreements between them or at more convenient interconnections located on their systems, or alternatively, by offsetting such imbalances among each other or with imbalances under other transportation and/or exchange agreements between them. It is stated that pursuant to a gas exchange agreement between Natural and ANR dated March 6, 1956, (1956 Agreement), Natural's Rate Schedule X-7, Natural and ANR exchanged during periods of emergency, volumes of natural gas in Bureau County, Illinois pursuant to authorization granted in Docket No. G-10057. It is also stated that pursuant to an exchange agreement dated January 15, 1969, as amended (1969 Agreement), Natural's Rate Schedule X-21, Natural and ANR exchanged up to 125,000 Mcf of natural gas per day in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and Hansford and Wheeler Counties, Texas pursuant to authorization granted in Docket No. CP69-251, as amended. It is further stated that pursuant to an exchange agreement dated November 13, 1974, as amended (1974 Agreement), Natural and ANR exchanged up to 10,000 Mcf of natural gas per day in Hansford and Wheeler Counties, Texas and Beaver, Caddo and Woodward Counties, Oklahoma pursuant to authorization granted in Natural's Docket No. CP75-202, as amended, and in ANR's Docket No. CP75-205, as amended. Moreover, it is stated that pursuant to a letter agreement between Natural and ANR dated August 20, 1993, Natural and ANR agreed to terminate the 1956, 1969 and 1974 Agreements effective December 1, 1993. Therefore, Natural and ANR requested in the present joint application, authority for: (1) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in Docket No. G-10057 and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-7; (2) Natural to abandon an exchange service with ANR authorized in Docket No. CP69-251, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-21; (3) Natural and ANR to abandon an exchange service authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP75-202, as amended, and ANR's Docket No. CP75- 205, as amended, and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-58 and ANR's Rate Schedule X-44; and (4) Natural and ANR to make up imbalances attributable to the 1956, 1969 and 1974 Agreements at the existing interconnections specified in such exchange agreements and/or other transportation and/or exchange agreements between them or at more convenient interconnections located on their systems, or alternatively, by offsetting such imbalances among each other or with imbalances under other transportation and/or exchange agreements between them. Comment date: March 21, 1994, in accordance with 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. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 94-5211 Filed 03-07-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P