[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23113]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-725-000]
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Application
August 24, 1998.
Take notice that on August 12, 1998, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in
Docket No. CP98-725-000 an application pursuant to Sections 7(b) and
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to abandon certain
pipeline facilities and to construct and operate other pipeline
facilities to replace those being abandoned in Livingston County,
Michigan, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection.
Panhandle proposes to abandon facilities in its Howell Storage
Field, abandoning approximately 372 feet of 8-inch storage pipeline
(250 feet to be abandoned in place and the remaining 122 feet by
removal). Panhandle proposes to replace the storage lines by
constructing 40 feet of 6-inch pipe and 80 feet of 4-inch pipe and to
reconfigure an existing 6-inch line and two 4-inch lines, and to
install two new hot taps and relocate an existing valve. It is asserted
that the replacement is required to bring the storage lines into
compliance with United States Department of Transportation Minimum
Federal Safety Standards and to ensure that the lines can be safely
operated at their maximum allowable operating pressure. It is further
asserted that the proposal will not result in any change in capacity.
The cost of the proposed construction is estimated at $89,075, to be
financed from funds on hand.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before September 14, 1998,
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 Panhandle to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23113 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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