[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18918]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-650-000]
Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application
July 10, 1998.
Take notice that on July 2, 1998, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans)
located at 3500 Park Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275 filed in the
referenced docket an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended and Part 157 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's Regulations thereunder (18 CFR Sections 157.7
and 157.18), requesting issuance of a Commission order authorizing
Equitrans to effect the sale and transfer to Tri-County Oil & Gas
Company (Tri-County) certain of its natural gas gathering facilities
comprising the North Littleton gathering system, located in Wetzel and
Monongalia Counties, West Virginia, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Equitrans seeks a determination that once conveyed, these
facilities will be gathering facilities exempt from the Commission's
jurisdiction.
Specifically, Equitrans proposes to abandon and transfer to Tri-
County, the North Littleton gathering system consisting of 216 segments
of pipe totaling 214,028 feet and ranging from 2 to 16 inches in
diameter with each segment less than 2 miles in length and 13 metering
stations. Equitrans proposes to sell these facilities to Tri-County for
the negotiated amount of $238,744.
Currently, Equitable Gas Company (Equitable), the predominant
shipper on the North Littleton system and an affiliate of Equitrans,
serves the communities of Burton, Eastview and Hundred, West Virginia
as well as 92 rural distribution customers from taps on the system. In
addition, Equitable and other third parties ship local production on
the system for delivery to Carnegie Interstate Pipeline Company or the
transmission system of Equitrans. Equitrans indicates that Tri-County
has agreed that none of these arrangements with Equitrans, Equitable
and other third party shippers will be discontinued, and that for a
period of two years, Tri-County has agreed that the gathering charge to
shippers will not exceed the maximun rate for gathering which Equitrans
is authorized to charge under 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 31, 1998, 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 385.211 and 385.214) 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 proceedings. 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 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 with the time required herein or if the
Commission on its own review of the matter, finds that a grant of the
certificate for the proposal is required by the public convenience and
necessity. If the Commission 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 Equitrans to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18918 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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