[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11206-11207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6502]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-226-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

March 13, 1996.
    Take notice that on March 1, 1996, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
filed in Docket No. CP96-226-000, an application pursuant to Sections 
7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the Federal 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing Transco to: (a) Reduce its 
firm storage capacity obligation under Rate Schedule GSS by 3 Bcf and 
abandon 3 Bcf of the customers' firm storage capacity entitlements; (b) 
reflect the impact of the foregoing changes through a limited Section 4 
rate case filing to become effective June 1, 1996; (c) purchase 3 Bcf 
of base gas to account for a change in top gas storage capacity at the 
Wharton Storage Field and reflect the cost of the 3 Bcf of base gas in 
GSS rates through a limited Section 4 rate case; and (d) insert an 
Operational Flow Order (OFO) provision in Rate Schedule GSS, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Transco states that its application was a cooperative effort with 
its Rate Schedule GSS customers and that the filing has the support or 
non-opposition of all of Transco's Rate Schedule GSS customers. Transco 
requests expedited approval of its application by June 1, 1996, so that 
it can purchase and inject the 3 Bcf of base gas into the Wharton 
Storage Field prior to the onset of the 1996-97 winter heating season.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 3, 1996, file 
with the Federal 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

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unnecessary for Transco to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6502 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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