[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30849-30850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-546-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

May 30, 1997.
    Take notice that on May 27, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket no. CP97-546-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations for permission and approval to abandon certain 
underground natural gas storage facilities, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    National Fuel proposes to abandon five wells, and five segments of 
2-inch pipeline totaling 685 feet. The wells will be plugged, 102 feet 
of the pipeline will be removed, and the remaining pipeline will be 
abandoned in-place.The facilities to be abandoned are part of National 
Fuel's Belmouth Storage Field in Elk County, Pennsylvania. National 
Fuel states that it is abandoning the wells because their poor 
deliverability and injection performance does not justify the expense 
of reconditioning the wells, which is necessary due to deterioration of 
the well casings, to keep them in operation as storage wells. National 
Fuel also states that the pipeline segments to be abandoned are 
attached to the wells and will not serve any purpose after the wells 
are plugged. National Fuel further states that abandonment of the wells 
will not decrease field performance.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 20, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at 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

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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 apporpriate 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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-14640 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]
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