[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58343-58344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28786]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-65-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application

November 20, 1995.
    Take notice that on November 13, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-65-000 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 to abandon a firm natural gas 
transportation service for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation (Texas 
Gas), all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Natural states that it proposes to abandon a firm transportation 
service authorized in Docket No. CP85-308-000 and performed under 
Natural's Rate Schedule X-140. Natural further states that under the 
arrangement, Texas Gas made available up to 60,000 MMBtu of natural gas 
per day to Natural on a firm basis (plus interruptible overrun volumes) 
in High Island Block A-489, offshore, Texas which Texas Gas purchased 
in High Island Block A-462, offshore, Texas.\1\ Natural indicates it 
would redeliver such gas in High Island Block A-498,\2\ offshore, Texas 
to High Island Offshore System for further transportation.

    \1\ Texas Gas owns an offshore line running from High Island 
Block A-462 to High Island Block A-489, both offshore Texas.
    \2\ Natural would redeliver such gas by utilizing its capacity 
in a jointly-owned line which Natural owns with Koch Gateway 
Pipeline Company, ANR Pipeline Company and Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation constructed in Docket No. CP79-327.
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    Natural states that by a letter agreement dated September 1, 1995, 
Natural and Texas Gas agreed to terminate the agreement and Natural's 
Rate Schedule X-140 effective January 1, 1996.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 5, 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 determing the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make 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 

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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 own 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 Natural to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-28786 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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