[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23234-23235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10939]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-343-000]


Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

April 23, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 15, 1997, Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas

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Company (A-T), 3230 Second Street, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661, filed 
an application in Docket No. CP97-343-000 for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act, to construct and operate compression facilities to permit A-T to 
transport up to 8,310 Mcf of natural gas per day on a firm basis for 
Huntsville Utilities Gas System, City of Huntsville, Alabama 
(Huntsville), City of Decatur, Alabama (Decatur) and Marshall County 
Gas District (Marshall County), and for pregranted abandonment of those 
facilities upon expiration of the underlying contracts, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    A-T proposes to increase transportation volumes for Huntsville by 
2,442 Mcf per day and for Decatur by 1,868 Mcf per day and initiate a 
firm transportation service for Marshall County for 4,000 Mcf per day. 
A-T proposes to provide the services on November 1, 1997, for a term of 
five years or such longer periods as may be requested by the shippers 
and determined to be appropriate and lawful under applicable federal 
and state laws.
    A-T indicates that, to provide the proposed services, it would 
construct and operate additional compressors at its Sheffield and 
Decatur Compressor Stations. A-T estimates a related construction cost 
of $1,806,748 for the two compressors and related facilities such as su 
ction and discharge piping, blow down systems, fuel gas systems and 
buildings, which would be financed with funds on hand, funds generated 
internally, and borrowings under revolving credit agreements. A-T 
proposes to charge Part 284 rates.
    A-T states that its proposed services and facilities were 
identified as the environmentally preferable alternative to the North 
Alabama Pipeline Project proposed by Southern Natural Gas Company in 
the Draft Environmental Statement recently issued in Docket No. CP-96-
153-000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 5, 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 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 unnessary for A-T to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10939 Filed 4-28-97; 8:45 am]
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