[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1624]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-190-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

January 16, 1997.
    Take notice that on January 10, 1997, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed 
an Docket No. CP97-190-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act, for permission at its Sublette Compressor Station 
located in Seward County, Kansas, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern states that the compressor units that it proposes to 
abandon, will not be required due to changes in the operating 
conditions, resulting from the installation of five new units that 
Northern is proposing to install and operate, in a companion 
application that Northern filed in Docket No. CP97-191-000. Northern 
further states that the new units proposed in Docket No. CP97-191-000 
will eliminate the need for the ten old and near obsolete units. It is 
asserted that the abandonment of the units will not result in the 
abandonment of service to any of Northern's existing shippers, nor will 
the proposed abandonment adversely effect capacity since this 
compression will be replaced with newer and more efficient technology.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before February 7, 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 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 Northern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1624 Filed 1-22-97; 8:45 am]
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