[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9520]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-300-000]


Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation; Notice of Application for Abandonment

April 12, 1996.
    Take notice that on April 8, 1996, Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company (Columbia Gulf), 2603 Augusta, STE 125, P.O. Box 683, Houston, 
Texas 77001-0683; Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), 
701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148; Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), Tenneco Building, P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 
77002; and Texas Gas Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas), 3800 
Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42310, herein collectively 
referred to as Applicants, filed a joint application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations for an order granting permission and approval to abandon 
certain natural gas facilities. The application is one file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicants propose to abandon three compressor units and associated 
equipment, valves and piping located on Platforms A and B, Eugene 
Island Block 250, Offshore Louisiana, as follows:

     Compressor 250-1 facilities located on Platform A--one 
2,700 horsepower, gas-fired turbine-driven compressor unit co-owned 
by Texas Gas (33\1/3\%) and Columbia Gulf (66\2/3\%);
     Compressor 250-2 facilities located on Platform B--one 
3,000 horsepower, gas-fired turbine-driven compressor unit co-owned 
by Natural (33\1/3\%), Tennessee (33\1/3\%) and Columbia Gulf (33\1/
3\%); and
     Compressor 250-3 facilities located on Platform B--one 
3,500 horsepower, gas-fired turbine-driven compressor unit owned by 
Columbia Gulf (100%).

    Applicants' state that Units 250-1 and 250-2 were installed in 1975 
and Unit 250-3 was installed in 1977. Applicants' analysis of Eugene 
Island Area production indicates no need for compression in the future. 
Applicants' state that no current services, firm or interruptible, will 
be terminated or adversely impacted by the proposed abandonment.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 3, 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 385.211 and 
385.214) 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 in any proceeding herein 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 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 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 Applicants' to appear or to be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9520 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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