[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 26511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13218]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-522-000]


Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, Notice of Application

May 21, 1996.
    Take notice that on May 15, 1996, Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company (Columbia Gulf), 2603 Augusta, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77210-
4621, filed in Docket No. CP96-522-000 an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, 
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
construction and operation of certain natural gas facilities and order 
granting permission and approval to abandon the facilities being 
replaced, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Columbia Gulf states that as part of its objective to ensure the 
more efficient and reliable operation of its pipeline system, it 
initiated in 1986 to install on-line pigging facilities on its mainline 
system. Columbia Gulf further states that as part of this program, it 
proposes to construct and operate approximately 0.3 mile of 30-inch 
pipeline crossing the Ouachita River, replacing approximately 0.3 mile 
of dual 24-inch pipeline located in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. 
Columbia Gulf indicates that the estimated cost of the proposed 
construction is $712,000. It is asserted that the proposed single 30-
inch pipeline crossing will result in a de minimus decrease in the 
theoretical capacity of the crossing. It is further asserted that the 
proposed crossing will have no effect on the throughput of Columbia 
Gulf's loop pipeline system as the minimal pressure reduction can be 
made up at the existing Delhi Compressor Station with existing 
compressor units.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference 
to said application should on or before June 11, 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 and 
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 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 
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 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 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 Columbia Gulf to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-13218 Filed 5-24-96; 8:45 am]
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