[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60270-60271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30246]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-96-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

November 20, 1996.
    Take notice that on November 13, 1996, Koch Gateway Pipeline 
Company (Koch), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1487, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-96-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval for Koch to abandon, by 
sale to Metroplex Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (Metroplex), the western 
portion of its 16-inch Latex-Fort Worth Mainline and certain related 
transmission laterals, all as more fully set forth in the application 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Koch requests authorization to abandon in place by 
sales to Metroplex, the western segment of its 16-inch Latex-Forth 
Worth Main Line, designated as Index 1, from Fort Worth, Texas to 
Willis Point, Texas as well as the related lateral lines. Koch states 
that the facilities to be abandoned consist of approximately 108 miles 
of various size transmission facilities located in Tarrant, Dallas, 
Kaufman and Van Zandt Counties, Texas. Koch indicates that these 
transmission facilities are positioned at the far northwest extremity 
of its system, away from its other productive pipeline assets, and no 
gas supplies are connected to these facilities. Koch, claiming that its 
market has dwindled along the length of Index 1 west of Willis Point, 
Texas and, as a direct result of this shrunken market, the cost of 
operating and maintaining the Index 1 facilities bears no proportion to 
the

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revenue generated by the facilities, asserts that abandonment of these 
underutilized facilities is in the public interest.
    Koch states that a finding by the Commission that upon approval of 
the abandonment and sale, the subject facilities shall not be subject 
to the jurisdiction of the Commission, is a condition of the sale.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 11, 1996, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulation 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 Koch to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30246 Filed 11-26-96; 8:45 am]
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