[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-293-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application for 
Abandonment by Transfer

March 27, 1997.
    Take notice that on March 18, 1997, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas, 77251-1188, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-293-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting permission and approval to abandon by 
transfer to Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (TETCO) certain 
interconnecting facilities located west of the Atchafalaya River at the 
interconnection with TETCO's system in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, FGT requests that the Commission issue an order 
authorizing the abandonment by transfer to TETCO of the 800 feet of 24-
inch pipeline (Interconnecting Facilities) connecting FGT's M&R Station 
to TETCO's facilities. FGT states that the Interconnecting Facilities 
were authorized in Docket No. CP74-56, and replaced with a higher grade 
of 24-inch pipe in the Spring of 1996 pursuant to Section 2.55(b) of 
the Commission's Regulations. FGT also states that it will retain 
ownership of the M&R Station including the EFM/SCADA equipment, but 
TETCO will operate the Station along with the remaining facilities 
necessary to render gas transportation service for both systems. FGT 
further states that TETCO shall acquire the Interconnecting Facilities 
under its blanket certificate pursuant to Section 157.208 and shall 
report the facilities in the required Annual Report after FGT receives 
Commission authorization to abandon by transfer.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 17, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 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 NGA 
(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 NGA 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 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 FGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8316 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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