[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28174]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-64-000]
ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application
October 29, 1996.
Take notice that on October 24, 1996, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR),
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No.
CP97-64-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act, for authority to abandon by transfer to ANR Field Services Company
(ANR Field Services), its affiliate, certain gathering facilities
located in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, all as more fully
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and
open to public inspection.
ANR states that in Docket No. CP96-186-000, it had proposed to
spindown certain facilities, mainly in its Southwest gathering area, to
ANR Field Services. ANR also proposed to refunctionalize certain
facilities as transmission and to retain such facilities as part of its
system. ANR notes that in an order issued August 2, 1996,\1\ the
Commission approved the proposed spindown and approved in part, and
denied, in part, the proposed refunctionalization. Since the Commission
denied part of the refunctionalization request, certain facilities
remain classified as gathering. Inasmuch as ANR seeks to terminate its
gathering activities in the Southwest area, ANR proposes to abandon by
transfer to ANR Field Services, all those facilities for which
refunctionalization was denied in the August 2, 1996, order.
Collectively, it is stated that the facilities proposed to be
transferred include 161 miles of pipeline ranging in size from 2-inch
to 12-inch together with meters and recording equipment at 113
locations. ANR states that the net book value of the facilities
proposed to be abandoned as of December 31, 1995, was $2.4 million.
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\1\ 76 FERC para. 61,153 (1996).
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ANR states that it will file, as required, any notice of
termination of the services pursuant to Section 4 of the Natural Gas
Act upon receipt of the authorization requested herein. Upon transfer
of facilities, ANR states it will provide service to ANR's then-
existing customers who desire such service pursuant to either
negotiated agreements or the default agreement which was approved, with
certain modifications, in the August 2, 1996, order.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before November 5, 1996,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the
requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18
CFR 385.214 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 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 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 approval for the proposed abandonment is 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 ANR to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28174 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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