[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20531]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-667-000]


El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

July 30, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 25, 1997, El Paso Natural Gas Company (El 
Paso), P.O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas 79978, filed in Docket No. CP97-
667-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for permission and 
approval to abandon the firm transportation and delivery of 1,140,000 
Mcf per day of natural gas to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) 
at the Topock Delivery Point, effective January 1, 1998, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    El Paso states that El Paso and PG&E are parties to a 
Transportation Service Agreement dated October 10, 1990, as amended and 
restated November 1, 1993 (TSA). El Paso notes that Article V, Section 
5.2 of the TSA provides for a primary term ending December 31, 1997, 
and thereafter from year to year until terminated by written notice 
given no less than twelve months in advance by either party to the 
other. El Paso indicates that PG&E, by letter dated June 20, 1995, gave 
notification to El Paso of its intention to terminate the TSA as of 
December 31, 1997. El Paso further notes that because the 
transportation and delivery service provided to PG&E is a converted 
certificated gas sales arrangement, in accordance with the preamble of 
the TSA, El Paso requires Section 7(b) permission and approval to 
abandon the firm transportation and delivery of up to 1,140,000 Mcf per 
day of natural gas to PG&E at the Topock Delivery Point.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 20, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 protectants 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulation 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 El Paso to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20531 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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