[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18712]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-576-000]
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Application
July 16, 1999.
Take notice that on July 12, 1999, Williams Gas Pipelines Central,
Inc. (Williams), Post Office Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in
Docket No. CP99-576-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), for authorization to uprate the Blackwell-Cotton
Valley 16-inch pipeline, to construct approximately 36.8 miles of 20-
inch loop pipeline and additional measurement facilities. This filing
may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm
(call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
Williams proposes to uprate the Blackwell-Cotton Valley 16-inch
pipeline from 500 psig to 690 psig, to extend the Southern Trunk 20-
inch pipeline loop by constructing an additional 36.8 miles of pipeline
loop, and to construct additional measurement facilities to serve new
turbines at the Empire District Electric Company State Line plant in
Jasper County, Missouri. The total project cost is estimated to be
approximately $19,717,524.
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to
either Bart Wherritt at (918) 573-4369 or John Cary (918) 573-4212,
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma
74101.
Any persons desiring to be heard to protest said filing should on
or before August 6, 1999, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 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 the 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 Docket No. CP99-576-000
Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice before the
Commission on this application if no petition to intervene is filed
within the time required herein, and if the Commission on its own
review of the matter finds that the abandonment is required by the
public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 Williams to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-18712 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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