[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33835]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-136-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application
December 22, 1997.
Take notice that on December 16, 1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77252, filed
in Docket No. CP98-136-000 a request pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act for approval to abandon a firm transportation service
provided for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BG&E) under Transco's
Rate Schedule FT, all as more fully set forth in the request which is
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Transco states that it currently delivers 3,881 Dekatherms of
natural gas to BG&E on a firm basis pursuant to Transco's blanket
certificate authorized under Part 284(G) of the Commission's
Regulations. Transco asserts that it seeks abandonment authorization
for the service described above because the subject FT service for BG&E
was previously converted from firm sales service to firm transportation
service under Transco's Rate Schedule FT pursuant to Transco's revised
Stipulation and Agreement in Docket Nos. RP88-68, et al., and that
settlement provides that pre-granted abandonment shall not apply to
such conversions. It is indicated that by letter dated July 17, 1997,
BG&E provided notice to Transco that BG&E was electing to terminate the
service agreement effective as of the end of the primary term of the
agreement, February 2, 1998. It is further asserted that one shipper,
The Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia, submitted a binding nomination
for all of such capacity for a primary term of 25 years in an open
season that extended from October 21 through November 20, 1997.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference
to said application should on or before January 5, 1998, file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, a
petition to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements
of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 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 petition 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 on this application
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein,
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the
application is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a
petition 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33835 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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