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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP94-335-000]

 

Transcontinental Pipe Line Corp.; Application For Abandonment

April 8, 1994
    Take notice that on April 5, 1994, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (TGPL), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an 
application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and part 
157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order permitting and 
approving the abandonment of certain minor gas pipeline facilities 
owned and operated by TGPL at South Marsh Island Block 23, Offshore 
Louisiana, as follows:

 Approximately 1.18 miles of 10-inch pipeline lateral1 
extending from Pennzoil Petroleum Company's (Pennzoil) South Marsh 
Island (SMI) Block 23A Platform to Pennzoil's SMI 23B-D Platform;
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    \1\Authorized in Docket No. CP61-221, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation, 25 FPC 1011 (1961).
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 A metering station\2\ on the SMI Block 23A Platform;
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    \2\Authorized in Docket No. CP72-16, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation, 46 FPC 743 (1971).
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 Approximately 0.57 miles of 12-inch pipeline lateral\2\ 
extending from Pennzoil's SMI Block 23B-D Platform to Pennzoil's SMI 
Block 23D-Auxiliary Platform; and
 Approximately 0.31 miles of 4-inch pipeline laterial\2\ 
extending from Pennzoil's SMI Block 23B-P Platform to TGPL's 
underwater tap value no. LE653 on a separate pipeline lateral owned 
and operated by TGPL.

    TGPL states that Pennzoil, the sole operator of natural gas 
production being transported by the subject facilities, recently 
constructed a new pipeline to re-route the existing SMI Block 23 gas 
(and other Pennzoil gas production) to the system of Sea Robin Pipeline 
Company. Pennzoil has informed TGPL that, as a result of this re-
routing, Pennzoil will no longer ship any gas through the subject 
facilities and that, commencing July 7, 1994, Pennzoil will abandon by 
removal its SMI Block 23A, 23B-D and 23B-P Platforms. TGPL states that 
it will be required to disconnect and remove its facilities from these 
platforms before they are abandoned by Pennzoil. TGPL states that it 
must commence work on or about June 15, 1994, in order to complete the 
disconnecting and removal of its facilities. Therefore, TGPL requests 
the Commission take appropriate action to grant this authority on an 
expedited basis.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 15, 1994, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 
385.214) 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 in any proceeding herein 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 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 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 TGPL to appear or to be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary
[FR Doc. 94-8992 Filed 4-13-94; 8:45 am]
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