[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 66270-66271] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-31901] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP97-138-000] Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Application December 11, 1996. Take notice that on December 5, 1996, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (CGT), 2603 Augusta, Suite 125, Houston, Texas 77210-4621, filed in Docket No. CP97-138-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon an exchange interconnection and related facilities with Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), which were authorized in Docket No. CP64- 141, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. CGT proposes to abandon an exchange interconnection with Tennessee located in La Salle Parish, Louisiana. CGT states that the facilities proposed for abandonment were constructed in 1965 as an emergency [[Page 66271]] interconnection between the pipeline systems of CGT and Tennessee. CGT asserts that as a result of existing operations of the pipeline systems and the existence of a similar emergency interconnection located in Rowan County, Kentucky, the facilities proposed for abandonment are no longer needed. CGT further asserts that the proposed abandonment will have no impact on any existing customer. Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference to said application should on or before January 2, 1997, 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 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 therein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will be unnecessary for CGT to appear or be represented at the hearing. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-31901 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M