[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35168-35169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16977]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP95-661-002]


Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

June 24, 1997.
    Take notice that on June 13, 1997 Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 
77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP95-661-002 an abbreviated application 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to amend its existing 
authorization to abandon by sale, its Line 40-E facility in Lafourche 
and Terrebonne Parishes, Louisiana. Texas Eastern requests the 
Commission amend its Order Granting Abandonment issued October 30, 1995 
so as to replace Texaco Pipeline Inc. (Texas) with PanEnergy Field 
Services, Inc. (Field Services), an affiliate, as the purchaser of Line 
40-E.
    Texas Eastern states that pursuant to the terms and conditions of 
the Purchase and Sale Agreement between Texas Eastern and Texaco, 
Texaco notified Texas Eastern on March 21, 1997, that it was exercising 
its right under the Purchase and Sale Agreement to terminate such 
agreement. Subsequently, Texas Eastern has entered into a Purchase and 
Sale Agreement (``Agreement'') with Field Services pursuant to which 
Texas Eastern will sell, and Field Services will purchase, Line 40-E. 
Texas Eastern states the Agreement is substantially in the form of the 
agreement between Texas Eastern and Texaco. The price to be paid by 
Filed Services for Line 40-E, i.e., net book value at the date of 
closing, is a negotiated price. The option granted to Texaco to acquire 
13 acres of land at Texas Eastern's Larose Compressor Station location 
in Louisiana (``Option'') has been eliminated. Except for the Option, 
Texas Eastern further states that the Agreement provides for the sale 
of the exact same facilities as authorized in the Commission's October 
30, 1995 order. The net book value of Line 40-E at the proposed closing 
date of October 1, 1997 will be $3,023,062.
    Texas Eastern also requests that the Commission issue the 
declaratory order petitioned for by Field Services in its filing with 
the Commission on June 20, 1997 in Docket No. CP97-599-000.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 15, 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 proceedings. Any person wishing to 
become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a

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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 
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 Texas Eastern to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-16977 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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