Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.,

[Federal Register: November 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 215)]

[Notices]

[Page 59962-59963]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr06no98-50]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP99-28-000]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application for Section 3 Authorization and Request for a Presidential Permit

November 2, 1998.

Take notice that on October 20, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filedan application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Subpart B of Part 153 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations under the NGA, for an order authorizing the siting, construction, and operation of pipeline facilities and the place of entry and exit for import and export of natural gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo County, Texas.

Additionally, Tennessee requests, pursuant to Subpart C of Part 153 of the Commission's Regulations under the NGA and in compliance with Executive Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 12038, issuance of a Presidential Permit for the construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of

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pipeline facilities for the import and export of natural gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Hidalgo County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica (PGPB) has requested that Tennessee provide transportation service for PGPB to an interconnect with PGPB's existing meter station in Reynosa, Mexico.\1\ In order for Tennessee to provide the requested transportation service for PGPB, Tennessee will construct new facilities consisting of (1) approximately 9.3 miles of 24-inch diameter lateral pipeline commencing from Side Valve No. 409A- 401 of Tennessee's existing Donna Lateral line 409A-100 located at Mile Post 9.02 located in Hidalgo County, Texas, (2) a meter station, and (3) approximately 1,500 feet of 24-inch diameter pipe (Border Crossing Facilities) ending at an interconnect with an existing PGPB meter station located in Reynosa, Mexico. These facilities are the subject of a prior notice filing in Docket No. CP99-29-000.

\1\ PGPB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican national oil company. PGPB operates Mexico's interstate natural gas pipeline network and is responsible for Mexican and international natural gas, LNG and crude oil marketing.

In order to provide for the importation and exportation of natural gas at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in Reynosa, Mexico, Tennessee proposes to construct the Border Crossing Facilities. Of this approximately 1,500 foot pipeline segment, Tennessee will construct approximately 486 feet of 24-inch diameter pipe from the terminus of the 9.3 mile lateral to a point which represents the midpoint of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River at the International Boundary. From the Mexican side of the midpoint of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River, Tennessee will cause the construction on PGPB's behalf of approximately 951 feet of 24-inch diameter pipeline, with appurtenances, which shall extend to PGPB's meter station. Tennessee will own, operate and maintain the Border Crossing Facilities on the U.S. side of the International Boundary. PGPB will own, operate and maintain the facilities extending from the Mexican side of the International Boundary to its meter station.

Tennessee and PGPB have entered into a Transportation Service Agreement (TSA) dated September 30, 1998, which provides for the firm transportation of up to 185,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas by Tennessee for PGPB between specified points of interconnection on Tennessee's mainline facilities and the proposed interconnection point.

Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said document should, on or before, November 23, 1998, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426 a protest or motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 385.214) 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 Commission by Section 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 document if no motion to intervene is filedwithin the time required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the motion 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the hearing. David P. Boergers, Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-29761Filed11-5-98; 8:45 am]

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