Mississippi River Transmission Corp., Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72296-72297]
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[FR Doc No: 98-34610]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-116-000]


Mississippi River Transmission Corp., Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

December 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 15, 1998, as supplemented December 21, 
1998, Mississippi River Transmission Corp. (MRT), 525 Milam, P.O. Box 
21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151-0001, filed in Docket No. CP99-116-
000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.211 and 157.216 of the 
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211 and 157.216) under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to abandon, construct and 
operate certain facilities in St. Clair County, Illinois, under MRT's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-489-000, pursuant to 
Section 7 of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in the request that 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    MRT proposes to upgrade an existing delivery point on its Line A-
287 to accommodate a request for increased deliveries to Solutia, Inc. 
(Solutia). Specifically, MRT proposes to abandon by removal two 3-inch 
orifice meter tubes and to replace them with two 4-inch orifice meter 
tubes. It is stated that MRT installed the facilities under Commission 
authorization in Docket No. G-291. MRT states that the upgraded 
facilities would be used to deliver up to 12,360 MMBtu equivalent of 
natural gas on a peak day and 3,504,000 MMBtu equivalent on an annual 
basis.
    MRT also proposes to install a separate positive meter station for 
Solutia's office facilities. It is stated that the meter station would 
be used for the delivery of up to 300 MMBtu equivalent on a peak day 
and 54,750 MMBtu on an annual basis. It is estimated that the cost of 
the measurement facilities would be $45,035, and it is stated that MRT

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would be reimbursed by Solutia for all construction costs. It is 
asserted that the volumes to be delivered are within Solutia's 
certificated entitlement from MRT and that MRT's tariff does not 
prohibit the addition of new delivery points. It is further asserted 
that MRT has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries without 
detriment or disadvantage to its other customers.
    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 no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34610 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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