[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45408-45409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21602]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-697-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Application for Abandonment

August 25, 1995.
    Take notice that on August 21, 1995, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed, 
in Docket No. CP95-697-000, an application pursuant to section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's Regulations 
for permission and approval to abandon service under an individually 
certificated transportation agreement, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, Northern is requesting permission and approval to 
abandon service under its Rate Schedule T-51, a July 9, 1984, gas 
transportation agreement between Neches Gas Distribution Company 
(Neches) and Northern, which is contained in Northern's FERC Gas 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 2. Northern states that Rate Schedule T-51 
was authorized in Docket No. CP84-565-000 for a period through June 30, 
1986. However, Northern states, that authorization did not provide for 
pre-granted abandonment. Northern asserts that no service has been 
provided under Rate Schedule T-51 since June 30, 1986, and that both 
parties have mutually agreed to the termination of the service. 
Northern says that no facilities will be abandoned as a result of this 
requested abandonment of service. Northern relates that the receipt and 
delivery points used in this transportation service are located on its 
Matagorda Offshore Pipeline System (MOPS). Northern requests that this 
abandonment request be made effective the earlier of the date of an 
order approving the instant application or an order approving the 
abandonment of the MOPS facilities in Docket No. CP95-519-000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 15, 1995, 
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 385.214 and 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 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 

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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 Northern to appear or to be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-21602 Filed 8-30-95; 8:45 am]
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