[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47168-47169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22430]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-721-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

September 5, 1995.
    Take notice that on August 31, 1995, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in 
Docket No. CP95-721-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for authorization to abandon a certificated firm 
transportation service for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 
(Columbia Gas), effective January 31, 1994, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Transco states that, by order issued January 31, 1983, in Docket 
No. CP82-545-000, it was authorized to transport on a firm basis up to 
9,000 dt equivalent of natural gas per day for Columbia Gas, and 
subsequently filed the related transportation agreement as its Rate 
Schedule X-244. Transco states that it receives the gas at a production 
platform in High Island Block A-471, offshore Texas, and delivers the 
gas at the interconnection between Transco and Transco-Columbia Gulf 
Transmission 

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Company's jointly owned High Island Block A-448 system, offshore Texas.
    Transco states that Article II of the underlying transportation 
agreement provides that the agreement become effective August 5, 1982, 
and shall remain in force for a primary term of ten years from the date 
on initial delivery, February 1, 1983, and year to year thereafter 
unless and until terminated by either party giving prior written notice 
to the other party of not less than year, which termination may be 
effective at the end of the primary term or at the end of any year 
thereafter. Transco states that Columbia Gas provided written notice of 
termination to Transco by letter dated December 1, 1992, to be 
effective January 31, 1994. Additionally, Transco states that, pursuant 
to a stipulation between Transco and Columbia Gas dated June 20, 1994, 
and approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Delaware by June 20, 1994, Transco and Columbia Gas agreed, inter alia, 
to terminate the agreement underlying Rate Schedule X-244.
    Transco further states that it does not propose to abandon any 
facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 26, 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 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-22430 Filed 9-8-95; 8:45 am]
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