[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 39508] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-19281] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP97-631-000] Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application July 17, 1997. Take notice that on July 11, 1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch Gateway), Post Office Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed in Docket No. CP97-631-000, an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations, requesting authority to revise the cushion gas and working gas parameters of its Bistineau Storage Facility (Bistineau) located in Bienville and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, and to increase Bistineau's protective acreage by 160 acres, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. Specifically, Koch Gateway seeks authorization to reduce the cushion gas in Bistineau by 5 Bcf and to increase the working gas volume by the same amount. No change in the total certificated capacity or maximum shut-in pressure is proposed. Koch Gateway also seeks to expand the protective acreage for Bistineau by 160 acres to the immediate west of the existing protective acreage. Finally, Koch Gateway seeks to operate the Koch Fee #1 test well as a injection/ withdrawal well at Bistineau. Koch Gateway states that the Koch Fee #1 well will be an observation well from which withdrawals will be made only to the extent necessary to capture gas which is migrating from Bistineau. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before August 7, 1997, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 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 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 Koch Gateway to appear or be represented at the hearing. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-19281 Filed 7-22-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M