96-23278. Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-745-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 6, 1996.
    Take notice that on August 26, 1996, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP96-
745-000 a request pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as 
amended, and Sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) for authorization to 
abandon by sale in place to Williams Energy Services Company 
approximately 52.8 miles of 12-inch pipeline located in Kay and Osage 
Counties, Oklahoma, and to abandon in place approximately 4.1 miles of 
2-inch pipeline located in Osage County, Oklahoma, in accordance with 
the authority granted to WNG in its blanket certificate issued in 
Docket No. CP82-479-000 pursuant to 18 CFR Part 157, Subpart F of the 
Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on 
file with the Commission and open for public inspection.
    WNG states that customers affected by the abandonment of the 
pipelines have been transferred to an adjacent 16-inch pipeline or 
converted to propane. It is stated that the costs associated with the 
abandonments are estimated to be $1,000. WNG indicates that the sales 
price of the 12-inch pipeline is $40,000.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of the 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and 
not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-23278 Filed 9-11-96; 8:45 am]
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