[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-89]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-112-000]
Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application for
Authorization to Abandon Facilities
December 28, 1995.
Take notice that, on December 19, 1995, Southern Natural Gas
Company (Southern), AmSouth-Sonat Tower, Birmingham, Alabama 35203,
filed an application in Docket No. CP96-112-000, pursuant to Section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's
Regulations, for authorization to abandon its Alabaster Lime Lateral,
along with a meter station and related facilities, all as more fully
set forth in the application, which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection.
Southern's Alabaster Lime lateral is a 2-inch diameter pipeline
that is approximately 1.215 miles in length. It extends from milepost
25.969 on the Bessemer-Calera line, located in Section 3, T21S, R3W, in
Shelby County, Alabama, to Chemical Lime Company's (ChemLime) plant in
Section 35, T20S, R3W, in Alabaster, Alabama. Southern requests
authorization to abandon the Alabaster Lime Lateral in-place. Southern
also requests authorization to abandon, by removal, its meter station
at the ChemLime plant (including the regulator) and the orderizer
located at the tap on the Bessemer-Calera Line. Southern states that
the Alabaster Lime Lateral and meter station which it proposes to
abandon are used to provide interruptible transportation solely to the
ChemLime plant, that the ChemLime plant is the only delivery point on
the Alabaster Lime Lateral, and that ChemLime is the only customer that
will be affected by the proposed abandonment. Southern further states
that it seeks to abandon these facilities because the cost of keeping
the Alabaster Lime Lateral and meter station in service has increased
to the point that it is no longer economically feasible to do so.
Any person desiring to be heard, or to make any protest with
reference to said application should, on or before January 18, 1996,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
20426, a motion to intervene or protest in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18
CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 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 the 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 the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act 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, or 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 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 provide for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Southern to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-89 Filed 1-3-96; 8:45 am]
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