[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 246 (Friday, December 20, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 67327-67328] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-32290] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. CP97-149-000] Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application December 16, 1996. Take notice that on December 11, 1996, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 filed in Docket No. CP97-149-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and approval to abandon a certain exchange service which was once required for exchange of gas between Texas Eastern and Consolidated System LNG Company (Consolidated). Texas Eastern requests that the abandonment be effective on the date of issuance of the Commission order. It is stated that on February 22, 1978, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. CP77-418-000 granting Texas Eastern and Consolidated authorization to exchange natural gas. Texas Eastern states that such service was rendered between Texas Eastern and Consolidated pursuant to the terms and conditions of the exchange agreement dated May 20, 1977 (Agreement), which is included as Rate Schedule X-86 in Texas Eastern's FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 2. Pursuant to the Agreement, Consolidated states that it transported vaporized natural gas from its LNG regasification facility at Cove Point, Maryland, through its pipeline in Loudoun, Virginia for delivery to Texas Eastern's pipeline system at points of interconnection near Chambersburg and Perulack, Pennsylvania. It is further stated that Texas Eastern would concurrently exchange an equivalent quantity of gas at existing delivery points connecting Texas Eastern's pipeline system to the pipeline system of Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation as set forth in the Agreement. Texas Eastern further states that the volume of gas authorized to be exchanged was a total maximum daily quantity of 365,000 Dth per day of vaporized natural gas, plus a maximum day surge allowance of up to 20% above such average daily quantity as authorized by the Order. It is also stated that Consolidated's corresponding authorization for the exchange service with Texas Eastern was previously abandoned pursuant to the Commission's Order Approving Contest Settlement issued January 28, 1988 (42 F.E.R.C. para.61,078). Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before January 6, 1997 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 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 [[Page 67328]] 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 Texas Eastern to appear or be represented at the hearing. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-32290 Filed 12-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M