[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47745-47746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22806]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-606-001]


Western Gas Interstate Co.; Notice of Application

September 8, 1995.
    Take notice that on September 1, 1995, Western Gas Interstate 
Company (WGI), 504 Lavaca Suite 800, Austin, Texas 78701 filed in 
Docket No. CP95-606-001, an application pursuant to Section 7 (b) and 
(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Secs. 157.7 and 157.17 of the 
Commission's Regulations for a temporary certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing WGI: (i) to construct and operate 
approximately 15.5 miles of eight-inch pipeline and a sales tap in 
order to provide service to a hog processing plant currently under 
construction by Seaboard Farms, Inc. (Seaboard) near the City of 
Guymon, Oklahoma, and to abandon by relocation 7 miles of existing 
pipeline because of highway expansion;\1\ and (ii) to construct and 
operate, on an interim basis pending the construction of the 15.5 mile 
segment of eight-inch pipeline, approximately 200 hundred feet of six-
inch pipeline 

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connecting the municipal distribution system of the City of Guymon with 
the Seaboard plant, all as more fully set forth in the request which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

    \1\ This 7 miles of pipeline runs parallel to 7 miles of the 
proposed 15.5 miles of pipeline.
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    WGI states that the Seaboard Plant is scheduled to open on October 
2, 1995, and that the failure of the plant to open on that date would 
have severe adverse economic effects on the plant and the surrounding 
community. WGI requests that the Commission grant the request for an 
expedited permanent certificate, no later than September 11, 1995.
    WGI states that the estimated cost of the proposed new delivery 
point is $1,549,838. It is stated that Seaboard would reimburse WGI 
$450,000 as part of the costs of the facilities. It is further stated 
that in connection with this project, the Oklahoma Highway Commission 
would also pay $371,000 to relocate a portion of its pipeline from a 
highway expansion project. WGI also states that Seaboard would be 
served by WGI as a firm transportation customer pursuant to Rate 
Schedule FT-N. WGI states that service to other customers will not be 
affected by the construction or operation of the new facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 29, 1995, 
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 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 WGI to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22806 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am]
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