[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11987]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-359-000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application to
Abandon Facilities and Petition for Declaratory Order
May 2, 1997.
Take notice that on April 21, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York
14203, and Lobo Energy, Inc. (Lobo), 3333 East Florida Avenue, No. 6,
Denver, Colorado 80210, filed an application in Docket No. CP97-359-
000. In the application, National Fuel requests permission and
approval, pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, to abandon/
sell a certificated gathering line (Line N-50, in Erie County, New
York) to Lobo, and Lobo requests a declaratory order from the
Commission disclaiming jurisdiction over the Line N-50 facilities after
it acquires them, all as more fully set forth in the application, which
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
The Line N-50 facilities to be sold to Lobo include Line N-50
(approximately 6,086 feet of 2-inch and 4-inch pipeline), one
uncertificated metering and regulating station (designated EM-MS-93-
XX), and the applicable rights-of-way, easements, permits, and property
interests related thereto. According to National Fuel and Lobo, Line N-
50 is a dead-end system with five (5) production wells attached to it,
that operates at a pressure of 60 psig, without compression or gas
processing facilities.
National Fuel further states that Line N-50 was constructed under
budget authorization granted to National Fuel on July 6, 1978 in Docket
No. CP78-297, and that it has agreed to sell the Line N-50 facilities
to Lobo for $1,000.
Lobo requests the Commission to determine that, subsequent to their
transfer to Lobo, the Line N-50 facilities will not be subject to the
Commission's jurisdiction. Lobo states that the Commission should find
that the primary function of the Line N-50 facilities is gathering,
given the characteristics of the facilities.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 23, 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 party 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, or 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 National Fuel and Lobo to appear or be
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11987 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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