[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-15802] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: June 29, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP94-607-000, et al.] Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas Certificate Filings June 22, 1994. Take notice that the following filings have been made with the Commission: 1. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation [Docket No. CP94-607-000] Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP94-607-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon effective December 20, 1994 of the firm transportation service Texas Eastern renders for Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) under Texas Eastern's Rate Schedule X-80, (authorized in Docket No. CP76-362-000 Commission order issued August 31, 1976), all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Northern notified Texas Eastern of Northern's election to terminate Rate Schedule X-80 at the end of the primary term, December 20, 1994. Texas Eastern does not propose to abandon any facilities. Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 2. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP94-533-000] Take notice that on July 21, 1994, at 10:00 am, the Commission Staff will convene a technical conference in the above captioned docket to discuss issues raised by the intervenors related to the proposal of Tennessee to abandon by sale, to Channel Industries Gas Company, either a undivided 30% interest in its ``San Salvador'' and its ``La Rosa/ Mustang Island,'' or alternatively, a undivided 100% interest in these facilities to Channel. The conference will be held at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 810 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. All interested parties are invited to attend. However, attendance at the conference will not confer party status. For further information, contact George Dornbusch (202) 208-0881, Office of Pipeline Regulation, Room 7102C; or Hyun Kim (202) 208-2960, Office of General Counsel, Room 4014, 825 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 3. Northern Natural Gas Company [Docket No. CP94-608-000] Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an order permitting and approving the abandonment by sale to Enron Gathering Company (EGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Operations Corp., certain compression, dehydrating, delivery point and pipeline facilities, with appurtenances, located in various counties in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado and services rendered thereby. Northern also requests approval concurrent with the conveyance of the facilities to EGC to abandon certain agreements and services, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Northern request permission and approval to abandon by sale to EGC the jurisdictional gathering facilities upstream of the initial point of transmission which includes certain pipeline, compression, purification, and dehydration and appurtenant facilities pursuant to the Contract for Sale and Purchase of Assets dated June 14, 1994. Northern's gathering facilities are comprised of 66 gathering systems consisting of approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines spread throughout three separate major producing regions located in the Anadarko area of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in Kansas and the Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in Wyoming and Colorado. Northern also requests permission and approval to permit Northern to transfer and assign any gathering contracts and delivery services to EGC with the transfer of the facilities. Northern states that EGC would operate the gathering system on a non-jurisdictional basis and would assume all future operational and economic responsibility for these facilities. Northern states that the transfer would be subject to EGC assuming any of Northern's contractual obligations which may exist at the time of the effective date of the sale, and EGC would agree to provide gathering services previously provided by Northern. Northern states that EGC intends to operate the gathering facilities herein in a not unduly discriminatory manner and would negotiate with the parties receiving gathering services from Northern in each geographic area to establish the rates, terms, and conditions that would apply in each geographic area. Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 4. Enron Gathering Company [Docket No. CP94-610-000] Take notice that on June 16, 1994, Enron Gathering Company (EGC), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed a petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP94-610-000, requesting that the Commission declare that facilities to be acquired by EGC from Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) are gathering facilities exempt from the Commission's Regulations pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully set forth in the petition which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. EGC states that Northern is concurrently seeking in Docket No. CP94-608-000, among other things, to abandon what it characterized as its certificated gathering facilities comprising a portion of the facilities to be conveyed to EGC. It is stated that the systems that EGC seeks to acquire comprise 66 gathering systems consisting of approximately 6,330 miles of various size pipelines spread throughout three separate major producing regions located in the Anadarko area of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, the Hugoton area in Kansas and the Permian area of Texas and noncontiguous areas located in Wyoming and Colorado. It is indicated these systems with few exceptions (1) operate at low pressure typically less than 250 psig; (2) consist of short, small diameter pipe, between 2-inch for the smallest tie lines up to 26-inch in diameter for the final segments of some gathering lines before entering the transmission compressor; (3) form a web like configuration in appearance; and (4) are located upstream of the point of compression on Northern's transmission facilities. EGC states that some of these facilities have been certificated without regard as to whether the facilities actually qualify as gathering facilities. EGC states that it would offer gathering, treating, dehydrating, purification and compression services to producers and shippers seeking such services and would compete with the numerous other unregulated gatherers of gas in the states of Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas upon the granting of this petition. EGC states it intends to operate the gathering facilities in a not unduly discriminatory manner and would offer existing customers the opportunity to continue service under mutually agreeable terms, conditions and rates on a basis consistent with services offered by other gatherers in the same geographic area. EGC states that these facilities perform services in the production area prior to transportation in interstate commerce which are not subject to Commission jurisdiction under the NGA and that there is no longer any basis for continued Commission regulation of the facilities or the rates or terms or conditions of service to be offered by EGC upon the granting of this petition. Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with the first paragraph of Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 5. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP94-611-000] Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. CP94-611-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon a transportation service which was authorized in Docket No. CP75-276,1 all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\See 55 FPC 2105 (1976). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee proposes to abandon an interruptible transportation service provided for Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) under an agreement dated September 8, 1975, on file as Tennessee's FERC Rate Schedule T-24. It is stated that the service involves the transportation of natural gas from receipt points in Cameron and Acadia Parishes, Louisiana, to a delivery point located in Bergen County, New Jersey, where it is delivered to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation for PSE&G's account. Tennessee explains that the service is no longer required and that the parties terminated the arrangement by letter agreement dated April 5, 1994. Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 6. Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company [Docket No. CP94-613-000] Take notice that on June 17, 1994, Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company (LNT), Suite 710, 16475 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75248-2661, filed in Docket No. CP94-613-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and approval to abandon certain facilities that currently function as local distribution facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. In its application, LNT proposes to abandon several laterals off its mainline that function as local distribution facilities rather than interstate pipeline facilities. LNT states that upon abandonment it would treat such facilities as part of its distribution system, which is regulated by the states of Arkansas and Louisiana. Comment date: July 13, 1994, in accordance with Standard Paragraph F at the end of this notice. 7. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company [Docket No. CP94-615-000] Take notice that on June 20, 1994, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. CP94-615-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.212 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for authorization to operate an existing delivery point under Tennessee's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-413-000 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. Tennessee proposes to operate the existing delivery point facility, located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, that was initially constructed pursuant to Section 311(a) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (``NGPA''). The request for authorization states that Tennessee has constructed this delivery point under Section 311(a) of the NGPA for use in the transportation of natural gas under subpart B of part 284 of the Commission's Regulations. Tennessee states that since it renders significant transportation service under its subpart G blanket certificate, it is imperative that maximum flexibility be attained so that its facilities can be used for the benefit of all customers on Tennessee's system. Tennessee states that the delivery of volumes through the existing delivery point would not impact Tennessee's peak day and annual deliveries; that the proposed activity is not prohibited by its existing tariff; and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the changes proposed herein without detriment or disadvantage to Tennessee's other customers. Comment date: August 8, 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, 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 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 Section 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. 94-15802 Filed 6-28-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P