[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14680-14681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7763]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-254-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

March 21, 1997
    Take notice that on February 19, 1997, as supplemented March 13, 
1997, Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG) P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
74101, filed in Docket No. CP97-254-000 a request pursuant to Section 
157.205, 157.212(a) and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216(b)) for 
authorization to replace and relocate the Commerce town border setting, 
(2) to abandon by reclaim the Cardin and Treece town borders, and (3) 
to abandon by sale to Western Resources, Inc. (WRI) six town border 
meter settings, three domestic settings \1\ and related service, 
located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma and Cherokee County, Kansas, under 
WNG's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000, pursuant 
to Section 7 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.
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    \1\ WNG originally proposed to abandon, by sale to WRI, four 
domestic settings. However, in its supplement WNG indicates that 
after further research, it has determined that one of the meters 
will not be affected by the proposed abandonment.
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    Specifically, WNG seeks authorization to replace the WRI Commerce 
town border setting with a triple run 3-inch meter setting and relocate 
it to the site of WNG's high pressure regulator in Ottawa County, 
Oklahoma. WNG states that replacing the existing meter setting with a 
triple-run will provide more accurate measurement at low volumes as 
well as reducing maintenance and measurement reading time. WNG states 
that the cost to replace the Commerce town border setting is estimated 
to be $122,830.

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    WNG also seeks authorization to reclaim the WRI Cardin and Treece 
town borders located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma and Cherokee County, 
Kansas, respectively. WNG states that installing the new Commerce town 
border will eliminate the need for individual measurement at the Cardin 
and Treece town borders.
    Additionally, WNG proposes to abandon in place, by sale to WRI, the 
Commerce town border, the North Commerce town border, Alsop Industrial 
Sales, the Century town border, the Mineral Heights town border and the 
Picher town border, all located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, three 
domestic settings and related service.
    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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7763 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]
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