[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19978]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-653-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

July 24, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 18, 1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77521-1478, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-653-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations, for an order 
permitting and approving the abandonment in place and removal of 26.00 
miles of 16-inch and 1.29 miles of 14-inch natural gas transmission 
pipeline in Caddo, Bossier, and Webster Parishes, Louisiana.
    Koch states that this transmission pipeline is inactive and no 
longer needed to provide service to the north Louisiana market area. 
Koch further states that this abandonment is in the public interest and 
will have no effect on its existing customers, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 14, 1997 file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street, NE., 
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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment 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 to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19978 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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