[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 226 (Thursday, November 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59223-59224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29737]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-54-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

November 15, 1996.
    Take notice that on October 21, 1996, as supplemented on November 
8, 1996, Florida Gas Transmission Company (FGT), P.O. Box 1188, 
Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed in Docket No. CP97-54-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations for 
permission and approval to abandon

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by sale to Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) FGT's ownership 
interest in certain pipeline, measurement and appurtenant facilities 
know as Cognac Pipeline located just off the Louisiana Gulf Coast in 
the Outer Continental Shelf, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    FGT states that the Cognac Pipeline was originally constructed to 
deliver reserves from Mississippi Canyon Blocks 150, 151, 194, and 195 
in the offshore Louisiana area. The Cognac Pipeline Consists of: (1) 
26.3 miles of 16-inch pipeline extending from the platform in Block 194 
to the South Pass in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; (2) 13.4 miles of 
18-inch pipeline extending from the South Pass in Plaquemines Parish to 
a point of interconnection with Southern's existing 14-inch Romere Pass 
Pipeline, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; (3) .3 miles of 14-inch 
Pipeline from the Block 194 platform riser; and (4) a receiving station 
consisting of measurement facilities and certain related and 
appurtenant facilities.
    FGT seeks to abandon by sale its 25.29502% interest in the Cognac 
Pipeline to Southern, which will acquire FGT's interest under its Part 
157 Subpart F Blanket Construction Certificate upon Commission approval 
to abandon these facilities. FGT states that the sales price for the 
facilities to be conveyed to Southern is $137,000, which will be a net 
gain since the facilities are fully depreciated. FGT proposes to sell 
its interest in the Cognac Pipeline because the purchase gas contract 
in the offshore Louisiana area has been terminated and the Cognac 
Pipeline is a non-contiguous lateral off the FGT system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 6, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street, 
NE., 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 385.211) 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 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 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 FGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-29737 Filed 11-20-96; 8:45 am]
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