[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18770]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-623-000]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application
July 11, 1997.
Take notice that on July 8, 1997, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (Applicant), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148,
filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations thereunder for an
order granting permission and approval to abandon, in place, by sale to
Timberland Gathering and Processing Company, Inc. (Timberland), certain
facilities located near the town of Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma, all
as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Applicant proposes to abandon its Compressor Station No. 101, 2,948
feet or 20/26-inch lateral, 4,748 feet of 20-inch lateral, and various
other facilities within its Hooker Gathering System. The facilities for
which Applicant is seeking abandonment authority, along with many
uncertificated facilities, make up what is generally described as
Applicant's Hooker Gathering System. Applicant has agreed to sell the
entire gathering system to Timberland, which will continue to perform
gathering service for the few customers now being served on the system
by Applicant, or alternatively, purchase the production from wells
along the system.
Applicant states that the regulatory status of the Hooker Gathering
System was thoroughly reviewed by the Commission in its order issued in
Docket No. CP93-500-000.\1\ In that order, the Commission also stated
that Applicant must apply for abandonment authority if it seeks to sell
its certificated facilities at a future time.
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\1\ See, 68 FERC para. 61,339 at 62,359 (``The record in this
case supports a conclusion that the facilities (certificated and
uncertificated) continue to function primarily as gathering
facilities.'')
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Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before August 1, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a
petition 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 parties 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 petition 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 petition 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 petition for leave 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will
be unnecessary for Applicant to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18770 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]
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