97-11987. National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application to Abandon Facilities and Petition for Declaratory Order  

  • [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]
    BILLING CODE 6717-01-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
05/08/1997
Department:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-11987
Pages:
25183-25183 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. CP97-359-000
PDF File:
97-11987.pdf