98-8006. Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-281-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

March 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 16, 1998, Colorado Interstate Gas Company 
(CIG), P.O.Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket 
No. CP98-281-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon the existing Bush Lake Purchase 
Meter Station in Sweetwater County, Wyoming by sale to BTA Oil 
Producers, under CIG's blanket certificate pursuant to Section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    CIG states that the Bush Lake Purchase Meter Station is remote from 
CIG's facilities. It was constructed in 1978 to measure gas purchased 
by CIG from Western Transmission Corporation (Western). After 
measurement by CIG, the gas was delivered to Panhandle Eastern Pipe 
Line Company (Panhandle) and Panhandle redelivered the gas to CIG under 
an exchange agreement certificated in Docket No. CP77-423. Both Western 
and Panhandle facilities have been sold to other parties. CIG has 
agreed to sell the Bush Lake Purchase Meter Station to BTA Oil 
Producers (BTA), the current operator of the upstream facilities, for 
$7,000 as detailed in the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated February 
27, 1998. Because this facility is remote from CIG's other facilities, 
it is more economic for BTA to own and operate.
    CIG states that the proposed abandonment is not prohibited by its 
existing tariff and that it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the 
proposed abandonment without detriment or disadvantage to CIG's other 
customers.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-8006 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]
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