[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21167-21168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11575]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-347-000]
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
April 30, 1996.
Take notice that on April 23, 1996, Granite State Gas Transmission,
Inc. (Granite State), filed in Docket No. CP96-347-000, an application
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act requesting
authorization for the abandonment of: (1) approximately 15.26 miles of
6-inch pipeline located between Exeter, New Hampshire and Haverhill,
Massachusetts; and (2) a compressor station located in Plaistow, New
Hampshire, comprised of two 375 HP Ingersoll-Rand reciprocating
engines, valves, station piping and appurtenant equipment, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
According to Granite State, the proposed interstate pipeline that
the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) plans to construct
and operate in its pending application before the Commission, Docket
No. CP96-249-000, involves a routing south from Portland to Haverhill
which closely parallels Granite State's existing pipeline. From Exeter
south to Haverhill, the routing of the PNGTS is alongside Granite
State's existing pipeline. Granite State says that it owns and operates
parallel 6- and 10-inch pipelines for a distance of approximately 15.26
miles. Granite State requests authority to abandon its 6-inch pipeline
in order to make way for and provide space for the location of the new
PNGTS 20-inch line, which will allow the PNGTS pipeline to be laid in
the existing right-of-way, alongside Granite State's 10-inch pipeline.
According to Granite State, the abandoned 6-inch line will be
removed from its existing location and disposed off by PNGTS at no cost
to Granite State. At the time the 6-inch is removed, PNGTS will
reimburse Granite State for the undepreciated cost, which as of
December 31, 1995 was $44,099.00. Granite State says it will convey to
PNGTS the right to use the right-of-way occupied by the 6-inch line at
a price to be negotiated later. The actual abandonment and removal of
the 6-inch line and the compressor station will not occur until the
construction of the PNGTS 20-inch pipeline begins in the Exeter to
Haverhill area, sometime during the 1998 construction season. Granite
State further requests that a Commission order approving the requested
abandonment be issued contemporaneously with a Commission ordered
issuing a certificate to PNGTS in Docket No. CP96-249-000. According to
Granite State, there will be no loss of service or decrease in service
to any of its customers as a result of the proposed abandonments.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 21, 1996, 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonments 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 provide for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Granite State to appear or be represented at
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-11575 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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