[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27728-27729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12809]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-432-000]


Trunkline Gas Company; Application

May 19, 1995.
    Take notice that on May 1, 1995, Trunkline Gas Company (Trunkline), 
P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in Docket No. CP95-432-
000 an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act, as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations thereunder, for 
permission and approval to abandon certain mainline transmission 
facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Trunkline states that it proposes to abandon approximately 2,187 
feet of twenty-inch connector pipeline (Line 100-T1) on the south side 
of Trunkline's Red River crossing in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. 
Trunkline indicates that this connector pipeline was originally 
certificated in Docket No. G-13300. Trunkline further states that Line 
100-T1 is located between Line 54B-100-26'' and a retired dual twelve-
inch river crossing. It is indicated that Line 54B-100-26'' was 
constructed in Docket No. G-14704 to connect Trunkline's Line 100-1-
26'' mainline to a dual twenty-four-inch river crossing (River Crossing 
100-2) also constructed pursuant to Docket No. G-14704 and 
[[Page 27729]] located further downstream of the dual twelve-inch river 
crossing which was subsequently retired from service.
    Trunkline indicates that after it received authorization in Docket 
No. CP65-117 to increase mainline capacity by 50,000 Mcf per day, the 
necessity arose for the construction of River Crossing 100-3. Trunkline 
states that after River Crossings 100-2 and 100-3 were placed into 
service, Trunkline removed the dual twelve-inch river crossing from 
active service. It is indicated that when the dual twelve-inch river 
crossing was taken out of service, Line 100-T1 was blinded on the north 
end connected to the dual twelve-inch river crossing, thus rendering 
Line 100-T1 a nonfunctional facility. Trunkline avers that the south 
end of Line 100-T1, which is connected to Line 54B-100, was not blinded 
and therefore gas has still been able to flow into Line 100-T1 from 
Line 54B-100 to no purpose.
    Trunkline submits that the removal of Line 100-T1 will not affect 
Trunkline's mainline capacity, and will allow Trunkline to eliminate 
safety concerns and the cost of maintaining this nonfunctional 
facility. It is indicated that the scope of work for the proposed 
abandonment includes isolation and blowdown of Line 100-T1 and Line 
54B-100, cutting and removing the tee from Line 54B-100, returning Line 
54B-100 to service, and removing Line 100-T1.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 9, 1995, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
a petition 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 the proceeding or to participate as 
a party in any hearing therein must file a petition 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 on this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provide for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Trunkline to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-12809 Filed 5-24-95; 8:45 am]
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