[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 140 (Friday, July 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 37733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18309]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-629-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application for 
Abandonment

July 15, 1996.
    Take notice that on July 5, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77521-1642, 
filed an 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 five transportation agreements on 
file with the Commission in its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 2. 
Texas Eastern states that this abandonment of service is in the public 
interest and will have no effect on any existing customer, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    In its application, Texas Eastern requests authorization to abandon 
five transportation agreements (and their respective rate schedules) 
with Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Rate Schedule X-100), El Paso 
Natural Gas Company (Rate Schedule X-101), Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Rate Schedule X-102, Southern Natural Gas Company (X-
103), and Florida Gas Transmission Company (X-104). Texas Eastern 
entered into these transportation agreements to transport gas purchased 
and received from Border Gas, Inc. (Border Gas). Texas Eastern and the 
above-named shippers formed Border Gas to purchase up to 300,000 Mcf 
per day of imported gas from Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) at the U.S.-
Mexico border. Texas Eastern states that PEMEX suspended sales to 
Border Gas on November 1, 1984 and has not offered to sell gas to 
Border Gas since that time. Accordingly, no gas has been transported by 
Texas Eastern under the referenced transportation agreements. Texas 
Eastern also states that restructuring under Order No. 636 is 
incompatible with the bundled merchant service underlying the Border 
Gas project. Texas Eastern states that no facilities will be abandoned.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 5, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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 Texas Eastern to appear or to be represented 
at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18309 Filed 7-18-96; 8:45 am]
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