97-14639. NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30850]
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[FR Doc No: 97-14639]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-540-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

May 30, 1997.
    Take notice that on May 21, 1997, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(Applicant), P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-540-000 a request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act for 
authorization to abandon certain facilities in Harrison, Texas, under 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000,\1\ all as more 
fully set forth in the request for authorization on file with the 
Commission and open for public inspection.
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    \1\ See, 20 FERC para. 62,408 (1982).
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    Applicant states that it proposes to abandon two inactive 1-inch 
meter stations and two inactive 2-inch meter stations on Line F-185 in 
Harrison County, Texas, that delivered gas to customers of Entex, a 
NorAm Energy Company (Entex). Entex has discontinued use of these 
facilities and consented to their removal. No service will be abandoned 
as a result of this proposal. Entex now serves these customers through 
its Longview distribution system. The original cost of the facilities 
to be abandoned is $7,979. The taps will be abandoned in place and all 
above ground facilities removed.
    Pursuant to Section 157.216(b), Applicant confirms that it will 
provided notice of the proposed abandonment to the Texas Railroad 
Commission.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-14639 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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