[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3973]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-236-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

February 12, 1997.
    Take notice that on February 6, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 14203, 
filed in Docket No. CP97-236-000 an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations, for authority to abandon certain underground natural gas 
storage facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    National proposes to abandon an observation well, designated as 
Well 1557, because it is no longer reliable as a pressure indicator for 
the field. National further proposes to abandon well line S-1557, a 
gathering line attached to Well 1557 which serves no other purpose. 
National estimates the cost of performing the plugging and abandonment 
of the well and the gathering line to be $20,000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 5, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street, NE., 
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 Section 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 on review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment is 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 National to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3973 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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