[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1167]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-182-000]


Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

January 13, 1997
    Take notice that on January 3, 1997, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (MRT), 525 Milam, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 
71151-0001, filed in Docket No. CP97-182-000 a request pursuant to 
Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon 
pipeline facilities and a delivery tap to be located in St. Louis 
County, Missouri, under MRT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-489-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, all as 
more fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    MRT proposes to abandon in place: (1) Line A-123, which consists of 
14,377 feet of 10-inch pipe and a 2-inch delivery tap, certificated in 
Docket No. G-863, located in St. Louis County, Missouri and (2) A 
7,401-foot portion of 10-inch pipe on Line A-97, certificated in Docket 
No. C-291, located in St. Louis County, Missouri. MRT states that the 
subject pipeline laterals are deteriorated, require high maintenance, 
and are bare-coated.
    MRT asserts that historically, these lines have been used to 
deliver natural gas to Laclede Gas Company (Laclede). However, MRT 
states Laclede installed 2,150 feet of 2-inch pipe to an existing MRT 
tap, which has eliminated MRT's requirement or need to use Line A-123 
and the designated portion of Line A-97. MRT advises this proposed 
abandonment will not affect their ability to serve Laclede or any other 
customer on its system.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1167 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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