[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15793]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-561-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

June 11, 1997.
    Take notice that on June 4, 1997, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-561-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon by sale to Tennessee's 
affiliate, EPEC Offshore Gathering Company (EOGC), certain pipeline and 
measuring facilities and appurtenances thereto located in the vicinity 
of Eugene Island Block No. 24 (Eugene Island Facilities) on the Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS). In addition, Tennessee requests that the 
Commission find that the facilities to be transferred to EOGC are non-
jurisdictional gathering facilities exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction pursuant to NGA Section 1(b), all as more fully set forth 
in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, Tennessee proposes to abandon by sale to EOGC 2.44 
miles of 12-inch pipeline extending from Murphy Exploration and 
Production Company's Eugene Island Block 24 ``A'' Platform on the OCS 
to a subsea point of interconnection with a 12-inch pipeline owned by 
Quivira Gas Company at the boundary between the OCS and state waters in 
Eugene Island Block 10, a meter station, and all appurtenances thereto, 
excluding the electronic flow computer. Tennessee states that to the 
extent EOGC is unable to negotiate contracts with existing shippers for 
gathering service on the Eugene Island Facilities, EOGC will agree to 
provide gathering service pursuant to a default contract which will 
ensure that existing shippers receive gathering service under terms and 
conditions consistent with the terms and conditions under which they 
currently receive transportation service, for a two-year default term.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 2, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulation 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 unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-15793 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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