[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1684]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP93-672-002]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application To 
Amend Abandonment Authority

January 17, 1997.
    On January 13, 1997, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America 
(Applicant), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, applied 
under Section 7(b) for authorization to amend the abandonment authority 
granted in Docket No. CP93-672-001 by order issued on June 15, 1995. 
That order, authorized the abandonment in place, by removal of 308 
miles of Applicant's Amarillo No. 1 Line.
    Applicant now requests amendment of that authority to provide for 
the abandonment by transfer to MidCon Gas Products Corp. (MidCon) of 
the southernmost 28 miles of the abandoned line. MidCon is a non-
jurisdictional gathering affiliate of Natural. The 28 miles of line 
proposed for transfer to MidCon starts at a point near the Hooker 
Lateral in Beaver County, Oklahoma and ends in Meade County, Kansas, 
29.5 miles south of Natural's Compressor Station 103.
    Applicant also requests that the Commission state that the 28 miles 
of line transferred to MidCon is a non-jurisdictional gathering 
facility under Section 1(b) of the NGA. Applicant states that the 
transferred line will be connected with 102.67 miles of pipe previously 
transferred to MidCon in June, 1996, by Commission order issued in 
Docket No. CP95-191-000 on August 24, 1995 (72 FERC para. 61,183). The 
28 miles of line will be operated as part of a low pressure, high Btu 
gathering system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to this amended application should on or before February 7, 
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 (28 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the 
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.20). 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 the proceeding or to participate as a party in any hearing 
therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules. Any person who has previously intervened in Docket 
No. CP93-672-000 or CP93-672-001 does not need to intervene again.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 a grant of the 
certificate is required by the public convenience or 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 Natural to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1684 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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