[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 37582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18315]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-612-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application
July 8, 1997.
Take notice that on July 1, 1997, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed an abbreviated
application in Docket No. CP97-612-000 pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act, requesting expedited authorization to abandon service
rendered by Tennessee to Flagg Energy Development Corporation (Flagg)
under Tennessee's Rate Schedule NET. Tennessee states that Flagg has
informed it that Flagg no longer requires or desires the service,
intends to terminate the transportation contract, does not intend to
pay for the service, and that Tennessee should take steps to mitigate
any damages due to Flagg's breach of the contract, all as more fully
set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to
public inspection.
Tennessee further states that on June 27, 1997, it filed in Docket
No. GT 97-53 a Notice of Termination to terminate the transportation
contract with Flagg on July 27, 1997, in accord with the Billing and
Payment provisions of its FERC Gas Tariff.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before July 29, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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 and 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. An 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 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 a grant of the certificate is required by the public
convenience and necessity. If a motion 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised,
it will be unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18315 Filed 7-11-97; 8:45 am]
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