[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27533]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. RP97-40-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

October 22, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 16, 1996, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 
Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Commission's Regulations thereunder 
for permission and approval to abandon as non-jurisdictional 
facilities, by sale to Enron Mountain Gathering Inc. (EMGI), certain 
non-contiguous facilities including compression, pipeline and delivery 
point facilities, with appurtenances, located in Colorado and Wyoming, 
and certain services rendered thereby, all as more fully set forth in 
the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    In accordance with the provisions of an Asset Purchase Agreement 
dated August 30, 1996 (Agreement), Northern proposes to convey to EMGI 
certain facilities, including appurtenances, which include three (3) 
transmission lateral compressor stations located in Routt and Mesa 
Counties, Colorado, approximately 36 miles of pipeline with diameters 
of 4 and 6 inches and delivery point facilities located along these 
pipelines, located in Routt, Moffat and Mesa Counties, Colorado and 
Carbon County, Wyoming.
    Northern states that EMGI will be filing with the Commission a 
Petition for Declaratory Order seeking a determination that the 
facilities, once conveyed to it, are gathering facilities not subject 
to the Commission's jurisdiction pursuant to NGA Section 1(b).
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 12, 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 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 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 or its designee on 
this application if no petition to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a petition for leave 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will 
be unnecessary for Northern to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27533 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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