[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5799]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-224-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.; Notice of Application

March 6, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 1, 1996, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-224-
000 pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 
permission and approval to partially abandon a storage service to 
Colonial Gas Company (Colonial) which was authorized in Docket No. 
CP76-492-037,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the application which 
is open to the public for inspection.

    \1\ 38 FERC para.61,135 (1987).
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    National Fuel proposes to partially abandon, effective April 1, 
1996, the storage service it provides to Colonial under National Fuel's 
FERC Rate Schedule SS-1. National Fuel states that Colonial wishes to 
reduce its annual contract entitlement from 2,000,000 Mcf to 1,098,350 
Mcf. National Fuel also states that the balance of Colonial's annual 
entitlement, or 901,650 Mcf, would be converted to 150-day storage 
service under National Fuel's Rate Schedule FSS, and related firm 
transportation under National Fuel's Rate Schedule FST, both provided 
under Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations. National Fuel further 
states that Colonial and National Fuel have agreed to extend the 
primary term of their agreements to March 31, 1998.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 18, 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 NGA (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 NGA 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 
here in, 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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5799 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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