[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27940-27941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13493]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-522-000]
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation Columbia Gulf Transmission
Company; Notice of Application
May 15, 1998.
Take notice that on May 5, 1998, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
(Texas Gas) P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, and Columbia
Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) P.O. Box 683, Houston, Texas
77001-0683, filed a joint application for Texas Gas to abandon by
transfer, to Columbia Gulf, Texas Gas' interest in certain jointly-
owned supply lateral facilities, and appurtenances, in the Eugene
Island and Vermilion Areas, Offshore Louisiana, and for Columbia Gulf
to acquire and own Texas Gas' interest in such facilities, all as more
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Texas Gas states that the facilities were originally constructed
and operated jointly with Columbia Gulf to support its merchant
function; however, due to the termination of the related third-party
transportation agreements, Texas Gas no longer has a firm
transportation commitment involving the facilities. As such, Texas Gas
wishes to abandon these facilities to streamline its transmission
operations. Columbia Gulf states that any shippers desiring access to
the supplies attached to these laterals will be able to obtain
transportation service from Columbia Gulf, thus none of the
interruptible shippers currently utilizing the Texas Gas' capacity in
the subject facilities will be subject to a diminution or termination
of service.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said
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application should on or before June 5, 1998, 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 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 unnecessary for Texas Gas and Columbia Gulf to appear or be
represented at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13493 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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