[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38985-38986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19054]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-620-000]
Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
July 15, 1997.
Take notice that on July 3, 1997, as supplemented on July 10, 1997,
Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma
74101, filed in Docket No. CP97-620-000 an application pursuant to
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval
to abandon, by sale to Western Gas Resources, Inc. (WGR), 10.7 miles of
the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral pipeline and related facilities, and
two meter settings in Woods County, Oklahoma and Comanche County,
Kansas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
WNG states that the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral was originally
constructed to transport volumes of gas purchased by WNG from the
Yellowstone field to WNG's 26-inch Straight Line. WNG further states
that because of changes in the natural gas industry resulting from
Commission Order Nos. 436, 500 and 636, WNG has determined that WNG's
ownership of the Yellowstone lateral line is no longer required and
proposes to abandon the lateral by sale to WGR.
WNG states that upon acquisition by WGR, the Yellowstone 12-inch
lateral line will be connected to WGR's, or an affiliate of WGR's
existing gathering system which will deliver volumes into the Chaney
Dell processing plant and/or Chester processing plant in Woodward
County, Oklahoma. In addition, WNG states that WGR intends to file a
petition for declaratory order seeking a determination that the subject
facilities,
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once conveyed to WGR, are gathering facilities exempt from the
Commission's jurisdiction under NGA section 1(b).
WNG states that it will sell the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral to WGR
for $10; however, as additional consideration, WGR will deliver at
least 4 Bcf of natural gas over a three year period from the Chaney
Dell or Chester Plants to WNG for transportation through the WNG
system.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before August 5, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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 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 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, 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 WNG to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19054 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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