[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15798-15799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8742]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-292-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application 
for Authorization To Abandon Service

April 3, 1996.
    Take notice that, on April 1, 1996, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an 
abbreviated application in Docket No. CP96-292-000, pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and the Rules and Regulations of the 
Commission, for authorization to abandon certain firm sales service 
agreements (FS Agreements) and thereby the firm sales service that 
Transco provides, under the FS Agreements and its Rate Schedule FS, to 
Atlanta Gas Light Company (AGL), Delmarva Power & Light Company 
(Delmarva), PECO Energy Company--formerly Philadelphia Electric Company 
(PECO), and the Public Service Company of North Carolina (PSNC), 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 Rate Schedule FS was established by a 
``Stipulation and Agreement Regarding Service Restructuring'' 
(Settlement) that Transco filed in Docket No. CP88-391 et al., on 
September 17, 1990, that the Commission issued an order on June 19, 
1991, approving the Settlement, and that Transco then entered into the 
subject FS Agreements with AGL, Delmarva, PECO, and PSNC on August 1, 
1991. Transco further states that the daily sales entitlements under 
the FS Agreements (as amended) are 20,000 Mcf/day for AGL, 10,000 Mcf/
day for Delmarva, 18,648 Mcf/day for PECO, and 8,102 Mcf/day for PSNC.
    According to Transco, it delivers gas to AGL, Delmarva, PECO, and 
PSNC at various upstream points of delivery, in accordance with 
Paragraph 1 of Article IV of their FS Agreements, and then acts as 
agent for AGL, Delmarva, PECO, and PSNC, for the purpose of arranging 
for the transportation of gas purchased from the points of delivery to 
the points of re-delivery, in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article IV 
of their FS Agreements.
    Transco also states that AGL, Delmarva, PECO, and PSNC have 
provided Transco with the necessary 2-year notice to terminate their 
respective FS Agreements, required under Paragraph 2 of Article II of 
their FS Agreements, that all four firm sales service buyers will 
continue to receive service under other firm sales agreements (under 
Transco's Rate Schedule FS), and that Transco is not seeking to abandon 
any of service rendered under those other service agreements with AGL, 
Delmarva, PECO, and PSNC.
    Transco seeks authorization to abandon the subject FS Agreements, 
effective March 31, 1997, pursuant to AGL, Delmarva, PECO, and PSNC's 
elections to terminate their FS Agreements.
    Any person desiring to be heard, or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should, on or before April 24, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
a motion to intervene or 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 the 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, or 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 the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.

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    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-8742 Filed 4-8-96; 8:45 am]
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