[Federal Register: March 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-104-000]
Williams Gas Processing-Gulf Coast Company, L.P.; Notice of
Petition for Declaratory Order
March 19, 2001.
Take notice that on March 12, 2001, Williams Gas Processing-Gulf
Coast Company, L.P. (WGP), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed a
petition for declaratory order in Docket No. CP01-104-000, requesting
that the Commission declare that certain pipeline, compression,
dehydration and separation facilities located in Offshore Texas and
Louisiana and in Cameron Parish, Louisiana to be acquired from
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) would have the
primary function of gathering of natural gas and would thereby be
exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to section 1(b) of
the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the petition which
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This
filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm
(call 202-208-2222).
WGP states that the pipeline facilities at issue consist of the
North High Island/Cameron Gathering System, consisting of line segments
totaling 217.128 miles of 4-to-30 inch segments of pipeline, along with
compression, separation and dehydration facilities. It is stated that
Transco and WGP have entered into a December 29, 1997, amendment to an
existing transfer and assignment agreement, providing for the facility
transfer. It is indicated that Transco has filed a companion
application to abandon these facilities by transfer to WGP in Docket
No. CP01-103-000.
WGP submits that the primary function of the facilities is
gathering, consistent with the criteria set forth in Farmland
Industries, Inc. (23 FERC para. 61,063 (1983), as modified in
subsequent orders. WGP also urges the Commission to approve the firm-
to-gathering rate design proposed by Transco in Docket No. RP92-137-
050. WGP submits that WGP's requested gathering determination and
Transco's requested firm-to-gathering rate design go hand in hand,
i.e., WGP's proposal determining the demarcation line between
transmission and gathering, and Transco's proposal implementing firm
transmission service to the point of non-jurisdictional gathering.
Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Mari
M. Ramsey at (918) 573-2611.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference
to said petition should on or before April 9, 2001, file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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 385.211 or 385.214) 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. The Commission's rules require that protestors provide
copies of their protests to the party or parties directly involved. 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by sections 7
and 15 of the NGA 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 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.
Also, comments, protests, or interventions may be filed
electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for WGP to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7276 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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