[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23234-23235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10939]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-343-000]
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
April 23, 1997.
Take notice that on April 15, 1997, Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas
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Company (A-T), 3230 Second Street, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661, filed
an application in Docket No. CP97-343-000 for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas
Act, to construct and operate compression facilities to permit A-T to
transport up to 8,310 Mcf of natural gas per day on a firm basis for
Huntsville Utilities Gas System, City of Huntsville, Alabama
(Huntsville), City of Decatur, Alabama (Decatur) and Marshall County
Gas District (Marshall County), and for pregranted abandonment of those
facilities upon expiration of the underlying contracts, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
A-T proposes to increase transportation volumes for Huntsville by
2,442 Mcf per day and for Decatur by 1,868 Mcf per day and initiate a
firm transportation service for Marshall County for 4,000 Mcf per day.
A-T proposes to provide the services on November 1, 1997, for a term of
five years or such longer periods as may be requested by the shippers
and determined to be appropriate and lawful under applicable federal
and state laws.
A-T indicates that, to provide the proposed services, it would
construct and operate additional compressors at its Sheffield and
Decatur Compressor Stations. A-T estimates a related construction cost
of $1,806,748 for the two compressors and related facilities such as su
ction and discharge piping, blow down systems, fuel gas systems and
buildings, which would be financed with funds on hand, funds generated
internally, and borrowings under revolving credit agreements. A-T
proposes to charge Part 284 rates.
A-T states that its proposed services and facilities were
identified as the environmentally preferable alternative to the North
Alabama Pipeline Project proposed by Southern Natural Gas Company in
the Draft Environmental Statement recently issued in Docket No. CP-96-
153-000.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 5, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 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 a grant of the certificate 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 unnessary for A-T to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10939 Filed 4-28-97; 8:45 am]
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