[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 8923-8924] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-5169] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP96-205-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization February 29, 1996. Take notice that on February 20, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, West Virginia 25314, filed a prior notice request with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-205-000 pursuant to Section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to upgrade an existing delivery point to Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (Cincinnati) in Butler County, Ohio, under Columbia's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-76-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in the request which is open to the public for inspection. Columbia proposes to upgrade its existing Millville/Menton Road Measuring Station \1\ in Butler County, at which Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (TETCO) has agreed to install additional measurement and regulation equipment and station piping. Columbia states that the proposed modifications would increase the capacity of the Millville/Menton Road Measuring Station from its current capacity of 7,600 Dth/day to 14,000 Dth/day in order to deliver gas to Cincinnati, who would then deliver the gas to Oxford Natural Gas Company (Oxford) at their existing Butler County Interconnection. Columbia also states [[Page 8924]] that it would pay the estimated construction cost of $146,640. \1\ Columbia owns this facility which is located on TETCO's Line 1 and serves as a Columbia receipt point from TETCO, as well as a Columbia delivery point to Cincinnati. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Columbia states that it would provide gas service to Oxford under Rate Schedules FTS and ITS of its FERC Gas Tariff. Columbia also states that the contracted natural gas volumes would be within certificated volumes. Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the Commission has issued this notice, 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the allowed time, 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 NGA. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-5169 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M