[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11987]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-359-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application to 
Abandon Facilities and Petition for Declaratory Order

May 2, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 21, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, and Lobo Energy, Inc. (Lobo), 3333 East Florida Avenue, No. 6, 
Denver, Colorado 80210, filed an application in Docket No. CP97-359-
000. In the application, National Fuel requests permission and 
approval, pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, to abandon/
sell a certificated gathering line (Line N-50, in Erie County, New 
York) to Lobo, and Lobo requests a declaratory order from the 
Commission disclaiming jurisdiction over the Line N-50 facilities after 
it acquires them, all as more fully set forth in the application, which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    The Line N-50 facilities to be sold to Lobo include Line N-50 
(approximately 6,086 feet of 2-inch and 4-inch pipeline), one 
uncertificated metering and regulating station (designated EM-MS-93-
XX), and the applicable rights-of-way, easements, permits, and property 
interests related thereto. According to National Fuel and Lobo, Line N-
50 is a dead-end system with five (5) production wells attached to it, 
that operates at a pressure of 60 psig, without compression or gas 
processing facilities.
    National Fuel further states that Line N-50 was constructed under 
budget authorization granted to National Fuel on July 6, 1978 in Docket 
No. CP78-297, and that it has agreed to sell the Line N-50 facilities 
to Lobo for $1,000.
    Lobo requests the Commission to determine that, subsequent to their 
transfer to Lobo, the Line N-50 facilities will not be subject to the 
Commission's jurisdiction. Lobo states that the Commission should find 
that the primary function of the Line N-50 facilities is gathering, 
given the characteristics of the facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 23, 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 party 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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
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 Fuel and Lobo to appear or be 
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11987 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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