Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: San Diego Gas & Electric Co.,

[Federal Register: July 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 130)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP93-117-002]

San Diego Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Application for Amended Section 3 Authorization Request and for a Presidential Permit

July 1, 1998.

Take notice that on June 22, 1998, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Post Office Box 1831, San Diego, CA 92101, filedin Docket No. CP93-117-002 an application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and Subpart B of Part 153 of the Commission's Regulations thereunder, for an order amending previous authorization and Presidential Permit for the siting, construction, and operation of pipeline facilities and the place of exit for the export of natural gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County, California,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

\1\ The original authorization and Presidential Permit were granted in Docket No. CP93-117-000, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, 64 FERC para. 61,221, rehr'g denied, 65 FERC para. 61,299 (1993).

SDG&E is a local distribution company (LDC), and as such is exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(c) of the NGA, the Hinshaw amendment, but is regulated

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by the California Public Utilities Commission. In Docket No. CP93-117- 000, SDG&E received authorization to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline extending from SDG&E's existing distribution system to Otay Mesa, San Diego County, at the International Border with Mexico, and an associated meter station.

SDG&E states that between the time the Commission granted its original authorization in 1993 and the present, the area intended for the proposed border crossing has become thickly settled. SDG&E therefore requests permission to amend its authorization to:

1. Exclude the section of pipeline connecting SDG&E's existing system to the proposed facilities in the immediate vicinity of the border crossing;

2. Move the location of the border crossing 1.73 miles east to approximately 32 deg. 33.2' N by 116 deg. 53.9' W;

3. Reduce the pipeline size from 36 inches to 30 inches; and

4. Reduce the maximum capacity from 500 MMCF/day to 350 MMCF/day.

The facility will consist of a 100 foot by 120 foot meter station and 400 feet of 30-inch pipeline leading from the meter station to the International Boundary. Although not part of the Section 3 authorization, SDG&E proposes to build approximately 3 miles of pipeline connecting the proposed facilities with SDG&E's existing Hinshaw distribution system.

Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before July 22, 1998, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 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 filedwith 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 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 notion to intervene is filedwithin the time required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment is 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 SDG&E to appear or be represented at the hearing. David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-17987Filed7-7-98; 8:45 am]

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