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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-39-000]

 

Cavallo Pipeline Co.; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

November 1, 1994.
    Take notice that on October 26,1994, Cavallo Pipeline Company 
(Cavello), 1700 First City Tower, 1001 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 
77002, filed a petition for a declaratory order in Docket No. CP95-39-
000, requesting that the Commission declare that its facilities are 
production and gathering facilities exempt from regulation by the 
Commission under 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.
    Cavello states that it is an intrastate pipeline company performing 
transportation in interstate commerce under Section 311(a)(2) of the 
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA). Cavello claims that it owns and 
operates a natural gas pipeline located in offshore Texas state waters 
to a point onshore. Cavallo seeks a declaratory order holding that the 
facilities meet the physical criteria for determining gathering and 
would thereby be exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to 
Section 1(b) of the NGA.
    In support of its claim that the primary function of the proposed 
facility is gathering, Cavallo points out the following: (1) the length 
and diameter (16.4 miles of 20-inch and 21.3 miles of 16-inch) are 
comparable to other offshore lines previously determined to be 
gathering, (2) the system lacks compression because it relies on 
wellhead pressure to move the gas, (3) there is no central point in the 
field given the nature of the offshore operations, (4) location of the 
wells are in the producing area and the lines are designed to gather 
gas from the platforms to the nearest pipeline, and (5) the geographic 
configuration of the line is an inverted ``Y''. Finally, Cavello states 
that its facilities are very similar to other facilities that the 
Commission has found to be gathering facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make a protest with reference 
to said petition should, on or before December 1, 1994, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (825 North Capitol Street, NE., 
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). 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-27464 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
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