[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24098-24099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11398]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-358-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

April 28, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 21, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), One Williams Center, P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-358-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 
157.212(a), and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.212(a), and 157.216(b)) for 
authorization to abandon in place approximately 4.3 miles of the Ft. 
Scott 8-inch lateral pipeline, to replace the Greeley Gas town border 
meter setting and connect it to an adjacent 16-inch pipeline, to 
convert two domestic customers to propane service, and to abandon 
service from the 8-inch pipeline, all in Bourbon County, Kansas, under 
the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000, all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    WNG states that the Ft. Scott line was originally installed in 1929 
and certificated in Docket No. G-298. WNG asserts that the pipeline to 
be abandoned is shallow, has a history of leaks, and is a high 
maintenance line. WNG contends that the only service on this line is to 
the Greeley town border and two domestic customers. The

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Greeley town border was installed in 1947 pursuant to Docket No. G-934. 
It consisted of a single 4-inch meter run, and will be replaced size 
for size in the same location. WNG will construct approximately 500 
feet of 4-inch pipeline to connect the replaced Greeley town border to 
an adjacent 16-inch pipeline. WNG asserts that the most recent peak day 
and annual volume for the Greeley town border is 2,049 Dth and 227,503 
Dth, respectively. WNG does not anticipate any change in volume as a 
result of the proposal. WNG states that Greeley is aware of and has 
agreed to the proposal. Additionally, WNG claims that the domestic 
customers have agreed to convert to propane.
    WNG asserts that the proposal will not significantly affect a 
sensitive environmental area. WNG states it has attached copies of its 
blanket clearance letters from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and the Kansas State Historic 
Preservation Officer. Additionally, WNG states that it is sending a 
copy of the request to the Kansas Corporation Commission. WNG states 
that the proposal is not prohibited by an existing tariff, and WNG as 
sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries specified without 
detriment or disadvantage to its other customers.
    WNG submitted the two letters that it submitted to its domestic 
customers, in which WNG has offered to reimburse the customers for the 
cost of converting from natural gas to propane. WNG states that the 
cost of conversion is $12,090.45 for the two domestic customers.
    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 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11398 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]
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