[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2033]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-143-000]


Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

January 26, 1996.
    Take notice that on January 18, 1996, Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company (Algonquin), 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, Massachusetts 
02135, filed in Docket No. CP96-143-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7 (b) and (c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
abandon and remove facilities being replaced and to utilize temporary 
workspace associated with, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 15, 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 a grant of the certificate is 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 Algonquin to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-2033 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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