[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19281]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-631-000]
Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application
July 17, 1997.
Take notice that on July 11, 1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company
(Koch Gateway), Post Office Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed
in Docket No. CP97-631-000, an application for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
(Commission) Regulations, requesting authority to revise the cushion
gas and working gas parameters of its Bistineau Storage Facility
(Bistineau) located in Bienville and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, and
to increase Bistineau's protective acreage by 160 acres, all as more
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection.
Specifically, Koch Gateway seeks authorization to reduce the
cushion gas in Bistineau by 5 Bcf and to increase the working gas
volume by the same amount. No change in the total certificated capacity
or maximum shut-in pressure is proposed. Koch Gateway also seeks to
expand the protective acreage for Bistineau by 160 acres to the
immediate west of the existing protective acreage. Finally, Koch
Gateway seeks to operate the Koch Fee #1 test well as a injection/
withdrawal well at Bistineau. Koch Gateway states that the Koch Fee #1
well will be an observation well from which withdrawals will be made
only to the extent necessary to capture gas which is migrating from
Bistineau.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before August 7, 1997, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 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 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 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 Koch Gateway to appear or be represented at
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19281 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am]
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