[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24785-24786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12301]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-498-000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Columbia Gulf
Transmission Company, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, Southern Natural
Gas Company; Notice of Application
May 10, 1996.
Take notice that on May 6, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148,
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf), P.O. Box 1273,
Charleston, West Virginia, 25325, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch),
P. O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas, 77252-1478, and Southern Natural Gas
Company (Southern) (jointly referred to as Applicants), P. O. Box 2563,
Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed in Docket No. CP96-498-000 an
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations thereunder, for
permission and approval to abandon a natural gas exchange service, all
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Applicants state that they propose to abandon an exchange service
by and between themselves initiated pursuant to an agreement dated June
14, 1977. Applicants indicate that they provide service under Natural's
Rate Schedule X-88, Columbia Gulf's Rate Schedule X-39, Koch's Rate
Schedule X-89, and Southern's Rate Schedule X-35. Applicants further
state that the service was authorized in Docket No. CP77-489, as
amended. Applicants assert that under the terms of the agreement,
Southern purchased up to 33,000 Mcf of natural gas per day at or near
the tailgate of Texaco, Inc.'s Henry Plant (Henry Plant) located in
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and that Koch instructed and authorized
Natural to take delivery of Southern's gas at or near the Henry Plant.
It is further asserted that Natural then delivered equivalent
quantities of gas to Columbia Gulf at the Henry Plant. It is indicated
that Columbia Gulf then redelivered equivalent volumes of gas to
Southern at the tailgate of Gulf Oil Corporation's Venice Plant located
in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
Applicants indicate that by letter agreements dated August 20,
1993, January 20, 1995, and by a notice of Columbia Gulf to Natural
dated July 20, 1995 the parties agreed to terminate the agreement.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 31, 1996, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426,
a petition 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 (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 the proceeding or to participate as a
party in any hearing therein must file a petition to intervene in
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in an
subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Section 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 on this application
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein,
and if the commission on its own review of the matter finds that the
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission
on its 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
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unnecessary for Applicants to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12301 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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