[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24785-24786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12301]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-498-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Columbia Gulf 
Transmission Company, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, Southern Natural 
Gas Company; Notice of Application

May 10, 1996.
    Take notice that on May 6, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, 
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf), P.O. Box 1273, 
Charleston, West Virginia, 25325, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch), 
P. O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas, 77252-1478, and Southern Natural Gas 
Company (Southern) (jointly referred to as Applicants), P. O. Box 2563, 
Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed in Docket No. CP96-498-000 an 
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations thereunder, for 
permission and approval to abandon a natural gas exchange service, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicants state that they propose to abandon an exchange service 
by and between themselves initiated pursuant to an agreement dated June 
14, 1977. Applicants indicate that they provide service under Natural's 
Rate Schedule X-88, Columbia Gulf's Rate Schedule X-39, Koch's Rate 
Schedule X-89, and Southern's Rate Schedule X-35. Applicants further 
state that the service was authorized in Docket No. CP77-489, as 
amended. Applicants assert that under the terms of the agreement, 
Southern purchased up to 33,000 Mcf of natural gas per day at or near 
the tailgate of Texaco, Inc.'s Henry Plant (Henry Plant) located in 
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and that Koch instructed and authorized 
Natural to take delivery of Southern's gas at or near the Henry Plant. 
It is further asserted that Natural then delivered equivalent 
quantities of gas to Columbia Gulf at the Henry Plant. It is indicated 
that Columbia Gulf then redelivered equivalent volumes of gas to 
Southern at the tailgate of Gulf Oil Corporation's Venice Plant located 
in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
    Applicants indicate that by letter agreements dated August 20, 
1993, January 20, 1995, and by a notice of Columbia Gulf to Natural 
dated July 20, 1995 the parties agreed to terminate the agreement.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 31, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
a petition 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 (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 petition to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in an 
subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Section 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 on this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its 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

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unnecessary for Applicants to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12301 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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