[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57665-57666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28599]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-56-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application 
for Abandonment

November 1, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 21, 1996, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois, 60148, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-56-000, an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting permission and approval to 
abandon a transportation service performed by Natural under its Rate 
Schedule X-84 for Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch Gateway) 
authorized in Docket No. CP76-392, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Natural states that in Docket No. CP76-392, it was authorized, 
among other things, to provide an interruptible transportation service 
for Koch Gateway, formerly known as United Gas Pipe Line Company, 
pursuant to a gas transportation agreement (Agreement) between Natural 
and Koch Gateway dated May 24, 1976. Koch Gateway notified Natural by a 
letter dated June 26, 1996, that the transportation service provided 
under the Agreement and Natural's Rate Schedule X-84 is no longer 
required. Natural further states that this Agreement carries no 
imbalance and has not been used since March 1987. Therefore, Natural 
requests authority to abandon its transportation service for Koch 
Gateway performed under the Agreement and Natural's Rate Schedule X-84 
authorized in Docket No. CP76-392.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 22, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of

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the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (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 NGA 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 a 
grant of the certificate 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 Natural to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28599 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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