[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42384-42385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21157]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-698-000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
August 3, 1998.
Take notice that on July 28, 1998, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP98-
698-000 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 construct and operate a delivery point in
Dona Ana County, New Mexico to permit the firm transportation and
delivery of natural gas to PNM Gas Services, a division of Public
Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), under El Paso's blanket
certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-435-000 and CP88-433-000,
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.
El Paso states that it provides firm transportation service for PNM
pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Transportation Service
Agreement dated November 12, 1990. El Paso states the proposed quantity
of natural gas to be transported on a firm basis to the Santa Teresa
Delivery Point is estimated to be 1,825,000 Mcf annually, or an average
of 5,000 Mcf per day. The estimated maximum peak day natural gas
requirement is 15,000 Mcf.
El Paso's request states that PNM seeks to deliver natural gas to
new customers from a point on El Paso's 26'' O.D. California Line (Line
No. 1100) and 30'' O.D. California First Loop Line (Line No. 1103) in
Dona Ana County, New Mexico. El Paso states that PNM will use the gas
to serve the residential, commercial and industrial requirements of its
new customers in the Santa Teresa, New Mexico area.
El Paso states that construction of the proposed delivery point is
not prohibited by its existing tariff, and that it has sufficient
capacity to accomplish the deliveries of the requested gas volumes
without detriment or disadvantage to El Paso's other customers. El Paso
also states that the estimated cost of the Santa Teresa Delivery Point
is $67,700.
El Paso avers that its environmental analysis supports the
conclusion that construction and operation of the proposed Santa Teresa
Delivery Point
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will not be a major Federal action significantly affecting the human
environment.
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 a protest is filed within the time allowed therefore,
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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-21157 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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