[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28174]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-64-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

October 29, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 24, 1996, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-64-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act, for authority to abandon by transfer to ANR Field Services Company 
(ANR Field Services), its affiliate, certain gathering facilities 
located in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, all as more fully 
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    ANR states that in Docket No. CP96-186-000, it had proposed to 
spindown certain facilities, mainly in its Southwest gathering area, to 
ANR Field Services. ANR also proposed to refunctionalize certain 
facilities as transmission and to retain such facilities as part of its 
system. ANR notes that in an order issued August 2, 1996,\1\ the 
Commission approved the proposed spindown and approved in part, and 
denied, in part, the proposed refunctionalization. Since the Commission 
denied part of the refunctionalization request, certain facilities 
remain classified as gathering. Inasmuch as ANR seeks to terminate its 
gathering activities in the Southwest area, ANR proposes to abandon by 
transfer to ANR Field Services, all those facilities for which 
refunctionalization was denied in the August 2, 1996, order. 
Collectively, it is stated that the facilities proposed to be 
transferred include 161 miles of pipeline ranging in size from 2-inch 
to 12-inch together with meters and recording equipment at 113 
locations. ANR states that the net book value of the facilities 
proposed to be abandoned as of December 31, 1995, was $2.4 million.
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    \1\ 76 FERC para. 61,153 (1996).
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    ANR states that it will file, as required, any notice of 
termination of the services pursuant to Section 4 of the Natural Gas 
Act upon receipt of the authorization requested herein. Upon transfer 
of facilities, ANR states it will provide service to ANR's then-
existing customers who desire such service pursuant to either 
negotiated agreements or the default agreement which was approved, with 
certain modifications, in the August 2, 1996, order.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 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 385.214 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 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 herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that approval for the proposed abandonment is 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 ANR to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28174 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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