[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59223-59224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29737]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-54-000]
Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application
November 15, 1996.
Take notice that on October 21, 1996, as supplemented on November
8, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission Company (FGT), P.O. Box 1188,
Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in Docket No. CP97-54-000 an
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part
157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations for
permission and approval to abandon
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by sale to Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) FGT's ownership
interest in certain pipeline, measurement and appurtenant facilities
know as Cognac Pipeline located just off the Louisiana Gulf Coast in
the Outer Continental Shelf, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
FGT states that the Cognac Pipeline was originally constructed to
deliver reserves from Mississippi Canyon Blocks 150, 151, 194, and 195
in the offshore Louisiana area. The Cognac Pipeline Consists of: (1)
26.3 miles of 16-inch pipeline extending from the platform in Block 194
to the South Pass in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; (2) 13.4 miles of
18-inch pipeline extending from the South Pass in Plaquemines Parish to
a point of interconnection with Southern's existing 14-inch Romere Pass
Pipeline, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; (3) .3 miles of 14-inch
Pipeline from the Block 194 platform riser; and (4) a receiving station
consisting of measurement facilities and certain related and
appurtenant facilities.
FGT seeks to abandon by sale its 25.29502% interest in the Cognac
Pipeline to Southern, which will acquire FGT's interest under its Part
157 Subpart F Blanket Construction Certificate upon Commission approval
to abandon these facilities. FGT states that the sales price for the
facilities to be conveyed to Southern is $137,000, which will be a net
gain since the facilities are fully depreciated. FGT proposes to sell
its interest in the Cognac Pipeline because the purchase gas contract
in the offshore Louisiana area has been terminated and the Cognac
Pipeline is a non-contiguous lateral off the FGT system.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before December 6, 1996,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street,
NE., Washington, D.C. 20426) a motion to intervene or a protest in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 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 a 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 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, if the Commission on its own review of the matter
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are
required by the public convenience and necessity. If a motion 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 FGT to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-29737 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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