[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11206-11207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6502]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-226-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application
March 13, 1996.
Take notice that on March 1, 1996, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251,
filed in Docket No. CP96-226-000, an application pursuant to Sections
7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the Federal
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity authorizing Transco to: (a) Reduce its
firm storage capacity obligation under Rate Schedule GSS by 3 Bcf and
abandon 3 Bcf of the customers' firm storage capacity entitlements; (b)
reflect the impact of the foregoing changes through a limited Section 4
rate case filing to become effective June 1, 1996; (c) purchase 3 Bcf
of base gas to account for a change in top gas storage capacity at the
Wharton Storage Field and reflect the cost of the 3 Bcf of base gas in
GSS rates through a limited Section 4 rate case; and (d) insert an
Operational Flow Order (OFO) provision in Rate Schedule GSS, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Transco states that its application was a cooperative effort with
its Rate Schedule GSS customers and that the filing has the support or
non-opposition of all of Transco's Rate Schedule GSS customers. Transco
requests expedited approval of its application by June 1, 1996, so that
it can purchase and inject the 3 Bcf of base gas into the Wharton
Storage Field prior to the onset of the 1996-97 winter heating season.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before April 3, 1996, file
with the Federal 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 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
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unnecessary for Transco to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6502 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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