[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20852]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-685-000]
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application
July 30, 1998.
Take notice that on July 23, 1998, Texas Gas Transmission
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 42304,
filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. CP98-685-000
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and
approval to abandon by sale an offshore Louisiana gas supply lateral to
Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), all as more fully set forth
in the request which is open to the public for inspection.
Texas Gas proposes to abandon by sale for $28,000 to Unocal
approximately 0.73 miles of 6-inch diameter pipe and appurtenant
facilities in Eugene Island Blocks 276C and 259, offshore Louisiana.
Texas Gas, as a former natural gas merchant, states that it originally
constructed the pipe to attach natural gas supplies in the Eugene
Island area to the Bluewater System for ultimate delivery to Texas Gas.
Texas Gas also states that it no longer has a firm transportation
commitment involving the subject pipe and does not need the pipe
anymore.
Texas Gas states that its proposed transfer of the pipe to Unocal
would have no adverse effect upon Texas Gas' existing customers. Texas
Gas uses the subject pipe to provide interruptible transportation
service to Unocal, currently the only customer served via the pipe.
Texas Gas also petitions for a declaratory order by which the
Commission disclaims its jurisdiction over the pipeline facilities
Texas Gas proposes to abandon by sale of Unocal. Texas Gas indicates
that after it transfers the facilities to Unocal that Unocal would
provide nonjurisdictional service to any other shippers on a non-
discriminatory basis.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before August 20, 1998, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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
NGA (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 NGA 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 Texas Gas to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20852 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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