[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 43461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20579]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-684-000]


Mid Continent Market Center, Inc.; Application

August 15, 1995.
    Take notice that on August 11, 1995, Mid Continent Market Center, 
Inc. (MCMC), 818 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66612, filed in Docket 
No. CP95-684-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) requesting a blanket certificate of public convenience 
and necessity authorizing MCMC to transport natural gas under 
Sec. 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations, as may be amended from 
time to time, all as more fully set forth in the application on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    It is stated that MCMC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western 
Resources, Inc. (WRI), providing transmission, gathering and storage 
services in support of WRI's distribution services in Kansas. It is 
asserted that MCMC is a Hinshaw pipeline within the meaning of the NGA 
and qualified for an exemption from Commission regulation under Section 
1(c) of the NGA. It is explained that MCMC is engaged in interstate 
commerce for the purpose of providing additional gas supply for WRI's 
markets, receiving gas from connections with 6 interstate pipelines. It 
is further explained that MCMC receives all such gas within the state 
of Kansas, and the gas is consumed within the state of Kansas. It is 
asserted that MCMC is subject to regulation by the Kansas Corporation 
Commission (KCC), with gas transactions regulated as to rates, terms 
and conditions of service.
    It is stated that, during the most recent 12-month period, MCMC 
received 53.3 Bcf of natural gas within or at the boundary of the state 
of Kansas. It is further stated that this is the total volume received 
by MCMC from all sources for the year. MCMC states that it will use its 
rates and tariffs on file with the KCC for the services rendered under 
the blanket certificate requested in the subject application. MCMC 
further states that it will comply with all applicable conditions 
contained in paragraph (e) of Sec. 284.224 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 22, 1995, 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 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 MCMC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-20579 Filed 8-18-95; 8:45 am]
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