[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6929]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-264-000]
Arkla, a Division of NorAm Energy Corp.; Notice of Petition for
Declaratory Order
March 12, 1998.
Take notice that on March 4, 1998, Arkla, a division of NorAm
Energy Corp. (Arkla), P.O. Box 751, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203, filed
with the Commission in Docket No. CP98-264-000 a petition for a
declaratory order stating that certain pipeline facilities Arkla would
purchase from Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company (LNT) would be exempt
from the Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the Natural
Gas Act (NGA), which is open to the public for inspection.
Arkla proposes to purchase approximately 78 miles or 8-inch
diameter pipe between Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, and
Okay, Hempstead County, Arkansas, and approximately 17 miles of 6-inch
diameter pipe that extends from Haynesville, Claiborne Parish,
Louisiana, to an interconnection with the 8-inch diameter pipe in
Webster Parish (collectively, the LNT facilities). Arkla states that
LNT has contemporaneously filed a request with the Commission in Docket
No. CP98-263-000 to abandon the LNT pipeline facilities by sale to
Arkla.
Arkla states that it would blind-plate the 8-inch diameter pipeline
at the Arkansas-Louisiana state line and operate the separated segments
as reconfigured parts of its local distribution systems in Arkansas and
Louisiana. Arkla also states that it operates as a local distribution
company that distributes natural gas at retail solely within the states
of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Arkla further states that
its operations are confined to each of the respective states and its
local activities and operations within each state are regulated by the
public service commissions of each respective state.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said petition should on or before March 23, 1998, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (18 CRR 157.10). All protects filed with the Commission
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to the
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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-6929 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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