[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9093]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-294-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application to Abandon

April 8, 1996.
    Take notice that on April 1, 1996, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Applicant), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to 
abandon, by Sale to Vastar Resources, Inc. (Vastar) 13.05 miles of 18 
inch natural gas pipeline, extending from the Vastar Platform in South 
Pass Block 60 to a subsea value located at Lambert Grid Coordinates 
X=2,784,488' and Y=198,266' in Main Pass Block 151, offshore Louisiana. 
Applicant also requests authority to abandon the receiving and delivery 
stations located on the South Pass 60 Platform.
    Additionally, Applicant requests a determination from the 
Commission that the facilities to be abandoned will be a 
nonjurisdictional gathering facility under Section 1(b) of the NGA upon 
completion of the sale to Vastar.
    Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference 
to said application should on or before April 29, 1996, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval of 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9093 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]
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