[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49506-49507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25032]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-650-000]


Williams Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

September 16, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 18, 1997, Williams Natural Gas Company 
(WNG), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in Docket No. CP97-
650-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing WNG to increase the 
maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of the Ottawa-Sedalia 20-
inch loop pipeline located in Franklin County, Kansas and Johnson 
County, Missouri, and the Grain Valley 20-inch pipeline located in Cass 
and Jackson Counties, Missouri, all as more fully described in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.\1\
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    \1\ Williams was notified by letter on August 1, 1997 that its 
application could not be noticed until Williams filed the 
Environmental Report with its application as required by Section 
380.3(c)(2) of the Commission's Regulations. Williams provided the 
report on September 12, 1997.
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    Specifically, WNG states that uprating the aforementioned pipelines 
will improve system integrity and reliability, and will provide 
increased operational flexibility. WNG estimates that the proposed 
uprate will cost approximately $1,386,843 which will be paid from funds 
on hand.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 7, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

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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 approval for the proposed application 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 WNG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25032 Filed 9-19-97; 8:45 am]
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