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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

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 [Federal Register: April 17, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 74)]
[Notices]
[Page 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-165-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

April 11, 2000.
    Take notice that on April 3, 2000, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in
Docket No. CP00-165-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity
authorizing Transco's Sundance Expansion Project (Sundance), located in
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina, an incremental
expansion of Transco's existing pipeline system which will provide
236,383 dekatherms per day (dts/d) of new firm transportation capacity
to serve increased market demand in the Southeastern region of the
United States by a proposed in-service date of May 1, 2002, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance).
    Transco states that an order to create the firm transportation
capacity for the Sundance project, it proposes to construct and operate
the following facilities on its mainline pipeline system:
    1. 12.03 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop from milepost (MP)
772.81 on Transco's mainline in Clarke County, Mississippi to MP 784.84
in Choctaw County, Alabama (the DeSoto loop).
    2. 9.36 miles of 48-inch diameter pipeline loop from MP 851.46 on
Transco's mainline in Dallas, County, Alabama to MP 860.82 in Perry
County, Alabama (the Summerfield loop).
    3. Piping modifications at Transco's existing Compressor Station
No. 105, which is located in Coosa County, Alabama.
    4. 8.97 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop from MP 1247.03 on
Transco's mainline in Cleveland County, North Carolina to MP 1256.00 in
Gaston County, North Carolina (the Kings Mountain loop).
    5. 7.67 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop from MP 1287.11 on
Transco's mainline to MP 1294.78 in Iredell County, North Carolina (the
Mooresville loop).
    6. The installation of one new 18,975 horsepower compressor unit,
and the uprating of an existing 15,000 horsepower compressor unit, and
an existing 16,500 horsepower compressor unit to 18,975 horsepower each
at Transco's existing Compressor Station No. 115, which is located in
Coweta County, Georgia. The proposed Sundance project will increase the
total certificated compression at this station to 56,425 horsepower.
    7. The installation of one new 15,000 horsepower compressor unit,
and the uprating of an existing 4,000 horsepower compressor unit to
4,800 horsepower at Transco's existing Compressor Station No. 125,
which is located in Walton County, Georgia. The proposed Sundance
project will increase the total certificated compression at this
station to 38,800 horsepower.
    8. The installation of gas coolers at Transco's existing Compressor
Station No. 150, which is located in Iredell County, North Carolina.
    Transco declares that the total estimated cost for the proposed
facilities will be $134.67 million.
    Transco states that the construction and operation of the proposed
facilities will not have a significant impact on human health or the
environment. Transco asserts that the proposed facilities, for the most
part, will be installed either within or immediately adjacent to
existing pipeline or utility rights-of-way and Transco's existing
compressor station yards. Transco certifies that the proposed
facilities will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in
accordance with all applicable safety standards and plans for
maintenance and inspection.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Toi
Anderson, at (713) 215-4540 and (1-888) 214-8475, Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Corporation, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251.
    Transco states that it held an open season from April 16 through
June 1, 1999, during which it received written expressions of interest
from potential shippers desiring new firm transportation service to be
made available as a result of the Sundance project. As a result of the
open season, Transco declares that it executed precedent agreements
with the following twelve shippers: Carolina Power & Light Company
(75,000 dts/d); City of Buford, Georgia (2,588 dts/d); Clinton-Newberry
Natural Gas Authority, South Carolina (2,000 dts/d); City of Commerce,
Georgia (207 dts/d); City of Covington, Georgia (776 dts/d); City of
Fort Hill, South Carolina (8,000 dts/d); City of Fountain Inn, South
Carolina (3,500 dts/d); City of Greer, South Carolina (2,500 dts/d);
City of Sugar Hill, Georgia (518 dts/d); City of Toccoa, Georgia (1,035
dts/d); City of Winder, Georgia (259 dts/d); and Southern Company
Services, Inc. (140,000 dts/d). Transco states that 100% of the firm
capacity to be created by the Sundance project is subscribed to by
these twelve shippers.
    Transco declares that the firm transportation service under the
Sundance project will be provided under Rate Schedule FT of Transco's
FERC Gas Tariff, Volume No. 1, and Transco's blanket certificate under
Part 284(G) of the Commission's regulations. Transco states that the
proposed cost-based recourse rate for the Sundance project is based on
a straight fixed-variable rate design methodology and an increment cost
of service.
    Transco requests that the Commission issue a preliminary
determination on the non-environmental aspects of this proposal by
September 1, 2000, and a final order granting the authorizations by
April 1, 2001.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said Application should on or before May 2, 2000, 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 Rule of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 18 CFR 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. 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

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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 Sections 7
and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's Rules and Procedure,
a hearing will be held without further notice before the Commission or
its designee on this Application if no petition 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 abandonment is required by the
public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-9474 Filed 4-14-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

 
 

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