[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30714]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-100-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Mississippi River 
Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

December 13, 1995.
    Take notice that on December 8, 1995, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, 
and Mississippi River Transmission Corporation (MRT), 9900 Clayton 
Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63124, filed in Docket No. CP96-100-000, 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and 
Section 157.7 and 157.18 of the Commission's Regulations thereunder, a 
joint application requesting permission and approval for abandonment, 
effective January 1, 1996, a sale/purchase/exchange service performed 
under Natural's Rate Schedule X-57 and MRT's Rate Schedule X-13 
authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP75-224, as amended, and MRT's 
Docket No. CP75-226, as amended, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission.
    Natural and MRT state that they are parties to a gas exchange 
agreement and sales agreement dated December 23, 1974, as amended 
(Agreement), which became Natural's Rate Schedule X-57 and MRT's Rate 
Schedule X-13. It is also stated that pursuant to the agreement, as 
amended, Natural: 1) received in Wheeler County, Texas MRT's reserves 
on a firm basis up to 15,000 Mcf of natural gas per day which MRT 
purchases in the Mills Ranch Field in Wheeler County, Texas and 2) 
redeliver to MRT in Clinton County, Illinois, Randolph County, Arkansas 
and Harrison County, Texas, eighty nine percent (89%) of the volumes 
delivered by MRT to Natural commencing April 1 each year and forty 
three percent (43%) of the volumes delivered by MRT to Natural during 
the six (6) months commencing October 1 each year. Natural and MRT 
further state that MRT sold and Natural purchased the remainder of the 
volumes received from MRT.\1\

    \1\ The percentage of gas purchased and transported by Natural 
varies according to the time of the year and the year in question. 
Natural's purchase obligation is subject to a cap of the applicable 
percentage applied to 15,000 Mcf of gas per day.
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    Natural and MRT state that by a letter agreement dated October 27, 
1995, they agreed to terminate the Agreement, as amended, effective 
January 1, 1996. Therefore, by the present joint application, Natural 
and MRT request authority to abandon, effective January 1, 1996, the 
sale/purchase/exchange service performed under the Agreement, as 
amended, and Natural's Rate Schedule X-57 and MRT's Rate Schedule X-13 
authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP75-224, as amended, and MRT's 
Docket No. 75-226, as amended.
    Natural and MRT state that no facilities are proposed to be 
abandoned.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 3, 1996, 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 Natural or MRT to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-30714 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]
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