[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24783]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-741-000]


East Tennessee Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

September 12, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 9, 1997, East Tennessee Natural Gas 
Company filed in Docket No. CP97-741-000 a request pursuant to Sections 
157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural 
Gas Act for authorization to abandon, by removal, a measurement 
facility serving the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) plant located 
in Bount County, Tennessee, under blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP82-412-000,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the request for 
authorization on file with the Commission and open for public 
inspection.
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    \1\ See, 20 FERC para. 62,413 (1982).
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    Applicant requests authorization to abandon the Alcoa West/Meter 
Station No. 75-9137,\2\ including appurtenant facilities and 
approximately 30 feet of 6-inch interconnecting pipe located at the end 
of the 6-inch pipe owned by Alcoa. The delivery meter is physically 
located in the middle of Alcoa's plant yard. The meter station provided 
gas used for certain processes in the production of aluminum; and, 
Alcoa has advised Applicant that it has shutdown the Alcoa West Plant 
permanently, and is in the process of removing the plant.
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    \2\ Applicant states that it was authorized to construct and 
operate the meter station by order under Docket No. G-889 (1948). 
Applicant states that this meter station has been inactive since May 
24, 1994.
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    Applicant states that Alcoa was the only customer served by the 
facility and has consented to the abandonment.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24783 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]
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