[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25877-25878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12109]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-449-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application to Abandon
May 7, 1999.
Take notice that on May 3, 1999, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed under Section
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to abandon, ownership
interests in a segment of offshore pipeline designated as Line 823X-
1000 along with associated riser and platform piping located in West
Cameron Block 609B, Offshore Louisiana. This application is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection. The application may
also be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for
assistance.
Specifically, Tennessee proposes to abandon its 16.66% ownership
interest in 1,200 feet of 12-inch pipeline connecting Platform B of
West Cameron Block 609 to an underwater tap in W.C. Block 617. Natural
gas was transported through this pipeline for ultimate delivery
onshore. Newfield Exploration (Newfield), the producer who owns the
platform to which Line 823X-100 is connected, has advised Tennessee and
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf), the other holder of
interest in the facilities, that it intends to abandon and remove the
platform sometime before June 1999. Both Tennessee and Columbia Gulf
have agreed to transfer their interest in the measuring equipment and
risers located on the platform to Newfield. Newfield will than remove
these facilities with the platform.
Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference
to said application should on or before May 14, 1999, 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 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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds
that permission and approval of 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 Tennessee to appear or be represented at the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12109 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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