
[Federal Register: October 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PR09-33-000]

 
Kinder Morgan Border Pipeline LLC; Notice of Petition for Rate 
Approval

October 7, 2009.
    Take notice that on September 29, 2009, Kinder Morgan Border 
Pipeline LLC (KM Border) filed a petition for rate approval pursuant to 
section 284.123(b)(2) of the Commission's regulation. KM Border 
requests the Commission to approve the continuation of its existing 
rates, which are: (1) A two part maximum firm transportation rate for 
service on its Import/Export Facility consisting of a demand charge of 
$2.2381 per MMBtu of reserved Maximum Daily Transportation Quantity, 
and a commodity charge of $0.00 per MMBtu of gas transported; (2) a 
maximum interruptible rate of $0.0736 per MMBtu of gas transported on 
its Import/Export Facility; (3) a two-part maximum firm transportation 
rate for service on capacity leased from other intrastate pipelines 
consisting of a demand a charge $1.5208 per MMBtu of reserved Maximum 
Daily Transportation Quantity and a commodity charge of $0.00 per MMBtu 
of gas transported; and (4) a maximum interruptible rate of $0.05 per 
MMBtu of gas transported on such leased capacity.
    KM Border further proposes to continue to retain as reimbursement 
for compressor fuel varying amounts ranging from 0.57 percent to 1.55 
percent, depending on the Points of Redelivery used. KM Border states 
that the foregoing existing zone rates will, if approved by the 
Commission, be applicable to firm and interruptible transportation 
services provided by KM Border pursuant to section 311(a)(2) of the 
Natural Gas Policy Act through the pipeline owned and operated by KM 
Border (The Import/Export Facility), and through pipeline capacity 
leased by KM Border (The Leased Capacity).
    The Import/Export Facility consist of approximately 97 mile of 24-
inch pipeline that extends from a point of interconnection in Hidalgo 
County, Texas, with the pipeline facilities of PEMEX Gas and 
Petroquimica Basica at the International Border between the United 
States and Mexico to a point of interconnection with the intrastate 
pipeline facilities of Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC (KM Tejas) 
located on the King Ranch, Kleberg County, Texas. The Leased Capacity 
is capacity leased on the intrastate pipeline facilities of KM Tejas.
    Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must 
file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing must file in 
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered 
by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, 
but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any 
person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or 
motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests 
must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing 
an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the 
Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the 
intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or 
protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 16, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-24798 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]

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