[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23274]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-730-000]


Mid Louisiana Gas Company; Application

September 14, 1995.
    Take notice that on September 1, 1995, Mid Louisiana Gas Company 
(Mid Louisiana), 2 Allen Center, Suite 2885, 1200 Smith Street, 
Houston, Texas 77002 filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon (i) the 
storage services it receives at and from the Hester Storage Field 
(Hester) and appurtenant facilities owned by Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco); (ii) a related transportation and exchange 
service with Transco; (iii) certain services currently provided by Mid 
Louisiana to the extent that such services rely on the availability of 
the storage services at and from Hester, as well as related 
transportation and exchanges services; and (iv) the firm and 
interruptible storage services it provides to customers under its Rate 
Schedules FSS and ISS and its small merchant service provided under 
Rate Schedule SMS (to replace such services, Mid Louisiana states it 
will file a separate application, under Section 4 of the Natural Gas 
Act, to amend its existing no-notice service), all as more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Mid Louisiana states that the purpose of the requested abandonment 
authorizations and the Section 4 changes to be proposed in a later 
filing is to make available a revised no-notice service that will more 
accurately reflect the manner in which no-notice service has been used 
by its customers since the implementation of Order No. 636 on its 
system, while also providing those customers with an improved level of 
reliability of service at reduced costs. Mid Louisiana requests that 
the abandonment authorizations be permitted to become effective 
September 1, 1996. Consistent with this request, Mid Louisiana states 
that it will file the separate Section 4 rate application on March 1, 
1996 so as to permit the proposed changes in its no-notice services to 
also become effective September 1, 1996.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 5, 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 Mid Louisiana to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23274 Filed 9-19-95; 8:45 am]
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