Rulemaking Comment of The Society for the Preservation of Oil Pipeline Shippers under RM02-3.

Jnofflclal FERC-Generated P D F o f 20021009-0382 Received by FERC OSEC 03/27/2002 in D o c k e t # : RP00-241-006 EPNG-71 (She on-lS) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Before the FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION E1 Paso Natural Gas Company ) Docket No. C P 0 0 - Application of E1 Paso Natural Gas Company for Permission and Approval to Abandon and for Phased Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, hereinafter referred to as Applicant,. hereby aPPlies to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (.Commission.), I pursuant tO Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act ('EGA") and Section 157.5, et seq., of the Co~"nlmelon 's Regulations Under the NGA, for permission and aPProval to abandon in place certain existing mainline compression facilities and for a l~ased certificate of public convenience end necessity authorizing Applicant to initiate the cleaning of the crude oil pipeline by September 15, 2000, and to initiate no later than February I, 2001 the acquisition of a crude oil pipeline sywtem, 2 the conversion of the crude oil )4 u e e d herein, the term wComm/esion, refers to both the Fe deral Energy Regulatory Commission and its predecessor agency, the Federal Power Commission. 2 on March 24, 2000, EPNG Pipeline Company ('EPNGPC'), wholly-owned subsidiary of Applicant, purchased from Plains All American Pipeline L.P. and All American Pipeline, L.P. (referred to collectively as "All American.) 1,088-mile 30" O.D. crude oil transmission pipeline that extendm from a point near Bakersfield, California to NcCamey, Texas. m j mRsmm~ m Jnofflclal FERC-Generated P D F o f 20021009-0382 Received by FERC OSEC 03/27/2002 in D o c k e t # : RP00-241-006 pipeline to a natural gas pipeline, the construction and operation of certain connection, extension, and miscellaneous appurtenant facilities and the operation of the converted pipeline in interstate commerce as a part of Applicant's existing interstate transmission systenn. This project in its entirety including ~oth the certification of new facilities and the abandonment of existing compressor facilitie0 is hereinafter referred to as the =Line No. 2000 Project." Applicant requests that the Coemiseion phase the certificate authorization. Under the ph--ed request, Applicant requests that the Cc~z~Lssion expeditiously issue authorization solely for the p u z ~ s e of cleaning the crude oil transmission pipeline no later than September IS, 2000. The September 15, 2000 date coincides with the latest date Applicant could initiate the cleaning process and co~lete such and still meet ...