[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21167-21168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11575]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-347-000]


Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application

April 30, 1996.
    Take notice that on April 23, 1996, Granite State Gas Transmission, 
Inc. (Granite State), filed in Docket No. CP96-347-000, an application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act requesting 
authorization for the abandonment of: (1) approximately 15.26 miles of 
6-inch pipeline located between Exeter, New Hampshire and Haverhill, 
Massachusetts; and (2) a compressor station located in Plaistow, New 
Hampshire, comprised of two 375 HP Ingersoll-Rand reciprocating 
engines, valves, station piping and appurtenant equipment, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    According to Granite State, the proposed interstate pipeline that 
the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) plans to construct 
and operate in its pending application before the Commission, Docket 
No. CP96-249-000, involves a routing south from Portland to Haverhill 
which closely parallels Granite State's existing pipeline. From Exeter 
south to Haverhill, the routing of the PNGTS is alongside Granite 
State's existing pipeline. Granite State says that it owns and operates 
parallel 6- and 10-inch pipelines for a distance of approximately 15.26 
miles. Granite State requests authority to abandon its 6-inch pipeline 
in order to make way for and provide space for the location of the new 
PNGTS 20-inch line, which will allow the PNGTS pipeline to be laid in 
the existing right-of-way, alongside Granite State's 10-inch pipeline.
    According to Granite State, the abandoned 6-inch line will be 
removed from its existing location and disposed off by PNGTS at no cost 
to Granite State. At the time the 6-inch is removed, PNGTS will 
reimburse Granite State for the undepreciated cost, which as of 
December 31, 1995 was $44,099.00. Granite State says it will convey to 
PNGTS the right to use the right-of-way occupied by the 6-inch line at 
a price to be negotiated later. The actual abandonment and removal of 
the 6-inch line and the compressor station will not occur until the 
construction of the PNGTS 20-inch pipeline begins in the Exeter to 
Haverhill area, sometime during the 1998 construction season. Granite 
State further requests that a Commission order approving the requested 
abandonment be issued contemporaneously with a Commission ordered 
issuing a certificate to PNGTS in Docket No. CP96-249-000. According to 
Granite State, there will be no loss of service or decrease in service 
to any of its customers as a result of the proposed abandonments.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 21, 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 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 abandonments 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 provide for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Granite State to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-11575 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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