[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 137 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18770]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-623-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application

July 11, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 8, 1997, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Applicant), 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, 
filed an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations thereunder for an 
order granting permission and approval to abandon, in place, by sale to 
Timberland Gathering and Processing Company, Inc. (Timberland), certain 
facilities located near the town of Hooker, Texas County, Oklahoma, all 
as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Applicant proposes to abandon its Compressor Station No. 101, 2,948 
feet or 20/26-inch lateral, 4,748 feet of 20-inch lateral, and various 
other facilities within its Hooker Gathering System. The facilities for 
which Applicant is seeking abandonment authority, along with many 
uncertificated facilities, make up what is generally described as 
Applicant's Hooker Gathering System. Applicant has agreed to sell the 
entire gathering system to Timberland, which will continue to perform 
gathering service for the few customers now being served on the system 
by Applicant, or alternatively, purchase the production from wells 
along the system.
    Applicant states that the regulatory status of the Hooker Gathering 
System was thoroughly reviewed by the Commission in its order issued in 
Docket No. CP93-500-000.\1\ In that order, the Commission also stated 
that Applicant must apply for abandonment authority if it seeks to sell 
its certificated facilities at a future time.
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    \1\ See, 68 FERC para. 61,339 at 62,359 (``The record in this 
case supports a conclusion that the facilities (certificated and 
uncertificated) continue to function primarily as gathering 
facilities.'')
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    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 1, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
petition 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 petition 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 petition 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 petition for leave 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will 
be unnecessary for Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18770 Filed 7-16-97; 8:45 am]
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