[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44467-44468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22208]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-693-000]


Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

August 15, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 12, 1997, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (MRT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-693-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act for authorization to return to service for a 3-year 
period a 93-mile segment of its 22-inch Main Line No. 1 and facilities 
appurtenant thereto in Missouri and Arkansas, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    MRT states that it received authorization to abandon this mainline 
segment in Docket No. CP95-228-000 as part of its multiyear System 
Modernization Plan. It is stated that as part of MRT's rate case filing 
in Docket No. RP96-199-000 MRT has agreed to file this request to 
retain the mainline segment in service for a 3-year period to expire no 
later than April 30, 2001. It is

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asserted that retention of the line will make available to MRT's 
customers additional capacity of 19,630 MMBtu equivalent of natural gas 
per day. It is explained that there are outstanding requests in MRT'a 
firm transportation queue establishing an unmet demand for additional 
capacity in MRT's market area.
    MRT states that it has determined this proposal to be the most 
economical, efficient and timely alternative to providing the 
additional capacity required. It is asserted that the segment has 
remained in an operational ready state. It is further asserted that 
returning the segment to service would have no rate impact on MRT's 
existing customers, and that all costs would be absorbed by MRT during 
the limited period. MRT estimates that it will spend $2.1 million to 
operate the segment over the 3-year period.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 25, 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 MRT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22208 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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