[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41138-41139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20093]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP-96-683-000]


Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application 
To Abandon

August 2, 1996.
    Take notice that on July 30, 1996, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (Applicant), 1600 Smith Street, Houston Texas 77002, filed 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to 
abandon, a certificated transportation service with El Paso Natural Gas 
Company. The service is Applicant's Rate Schedule X-23 in its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Original Volume No. 2. Applicant's proposal is

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more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicant states that the transportation service is no longer 
needed and it has canceled the agreement.
    Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference 
to said application should on or before August 23, 1996, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval of 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 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20093 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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