[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1443]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-181-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application

January 15, 1997.
    Take notice that on January 3, 1997, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-181-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(c) and 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), for authority to convert two 
existing injection/withdrawal wells in CIG's Flank Storage Field in 
Baca County, Colorado, to observation wells, and to abandon the 
wellhead facilities and gathering lines to the two injection/withdrawal 
wells, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to the public for inspection.
    CIG states that the subject two injection/withdrawal wells proposed 
for conversion to observation wells have failed to function as 
injection/withdrawal wells to any appreciable extent even after CIG 
attempted to stimulate the wells by conducting hydraulic fracture 
treatment. However, because of their location in the storage field, the 
wells will be of value as observation wells by using electric logs to 
provide information concerning the integrity of the seal in the 
reservoir.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should, on or before February 5, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., 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 and 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 the request should be granted. 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 CIG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1443 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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