[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12304]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-373-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

May 6, 1997.
    Take notice that on April 23, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed an application with 
the Commission in Docket No. CP97-373-000 pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon by 
exchange pipeline facilities, which were authorized in Docket No. CP68-
92, in Garfield County, Oklahoma, with ONG Transmission Company (ONG), 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is open to the 
public for inspection.
    WNG proposes to abandon approximately 18.2 miles of 8-inch diameter 
lateral pipeline and appurtenant equipment to ONG in exchange for one 
1,100 H.P. compressor unit and meter setting owned by ONG. WNG states 
that it no longer needs the 18.2 miles of pipe because WNG has sold the 
gathering system that the pipe served. WNG states that upon abandonment 
ONG would operate the pipe as part of its nonjurisdictional intrastate 
pipeline system.
    As part of the exchange, WNG states that WNG and ONG mutually 
desire a bi-directional interconnection between the WNG interstate and 
ONG intrastate pipeline systems at an existing receipt point in 
Woodward County, Oklahoma. WNG also states that in order to make 
deliveries at the proposed interconnection, WNG proposes to acquire the 
1,100 H.P. compressor and meter setting in exchange from ONG and 
install the equipment to compress gas to the required line pressure. 
Upon acquiring and installing the compressor unit and meter setting, 
WNG states that the equipment would become part of WNG's interstate 
pipeline system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 27, 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 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 
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 WNG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12304 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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