[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38985-38986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-620-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

July 15, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 3, 1997, as supplemented on July 10, 1997, 
Williams Natural Gas Company (WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
74101, filed in Docket No. CP97-620-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval 
to abandon, by sale to Western Gas Resources, Inc. (WGR), 10.7 miles of 
the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral pipeline and related facilities, and 
two meter settings in Woods County, Oklahoma and Comanche County, 
Kansas, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    WNG states that the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral was originally 
constructed to transport volumes of gas purchased by WNG from the 
Yellowstone field to WNG's 26-inch Straight Line. WNG further states 
that because of changes in the natural gas industry resulting from 
Commission Order Nos. 436, 500 and 636, WNG has determined that WNG's 
ownership of the Yellowstone lateral line is no longer required and 
proposes to abandon the lateral by sale to WGR.
    WNG states that upon acquisition by WGR, the Yellowstone 12-inch 
lateral line will be connected to WGR's, or an affiliate of WGR's 
existing gathering system which will deliver volumes into the Chaney 
Dell processing plant and/or Chester processing plant in Woodward 
County, Oklahoma. In addition, WNG states that WGR intends to file a 
petition for declaratory order seeking a determination that the subject 
facilities,

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once conveyed to WGR, are gathering facilities exempt from the 
Commission's jurisdiction under NGA section 1(b).
    WNG states that it will sell the Yellowstone 12-inch lateral to WGR 
for $10; however, as additional consideration, WGR will deliver at 
least 4 Bcf of natural gas over a three year period from the Chaney 
Dell or Chester Plants to WNG for transportation through the WNG 
system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 5, 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 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 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. 97-19054 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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