[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46738-46739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23397]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-705-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation and El Paso Natural Gas
Company; Notice of Joint Application
August 28, 1997.
Take notice that on August 22, 1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251 and El Paso
Natural Gas Company (El Paso), jointly referred to as Applicants, filed
in Docket No. CP97-705-000 a joint application pursuant to Section 7(b)
of the Natural Gas Act for an order permitting and approving the
abandonment of existing Section 7(c) certificated exchange agreements
between Transco and El Paso, under Transco's Rate Schedules X-160 and
X-161 and El Paso's Rate Schedules X-46 and X-45, all as more fully set
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection.
Specifically, the Applicants state that they seek Commission
authorization to terminate Transco's Rate Schedules X-160 and X-161 and
El Paso's Rate Schedules X-46 and X-45. The Applicants state that
Transco and El Paso, by letter dated June 2, 1997, mutually agreed to
terminate these services effective as of the date an order is issued
approving such terminations.
The Applicants state that the service provided under the exchange
agreements has not been utilized since May, 1991, and that no
historical imbalances associated with the subject exchange agreements
exist.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before September 18, 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
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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 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 Transco or El Paso to appear or be
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23397 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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