[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27057]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-775-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 7, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 26, 1997, and supplemented on 
September 30, and October 2, 1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch 
Gateway), 600 Travis Street, Houston, Texas, 77251, filed in Docket No. 
CP97-775-000, a request pursuant to Sections 157.205, 157.211 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations, under the Natural gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.211, and 157.216), for authorization to (1) plug and 
abandon 37 delivery taps on its Index 276 \1\ and (2) establish new 
delivery points, both in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, 
Mississippi, under its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-
430-000, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
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    \1\ Koch Gateway was granted authorization to abandon by sale 
its transmission line designated Index 276 in Docket No. CP94-75-
000. 67 FERC para. 61,362 (1994).
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    Koch Gateway says that the certificate authorization for the 
construction and operation of the taps which Koch Gateway now seeks 
abandonment authorization was issued in FPC Docket No. G-232. Koch 
Gateway says that these taps are used for delivery of natural gas to 
Entex, Inc. (Entex), a local distribution company in Hancock, Harrison, 
and Jackson Counties, Mississippi. Koch Gateway asserts that Entex 
concurs with the proposed abandonment and tie-over measures.
    Koch Gateway also states that Entex's affected farm tap customers 
will either be converted to propane service or tied-over to another 
natural gas source. Koch Gateway relates that such decision will be at 
the discretion of the end-user. Koch Gateway explains that the other 
natural gas source will be either Koch Gateway's adjacent pipeline 
designated as Index 300 or to an Entex distribution system. Koch 
Gateway also seeks permission to install taps and minor piping to tie-
over those end-users who elect to continue natural gas service. Koch 
Gateway states that the approximate cost of tying-over all taps is 
$337,000, and the approximate cost of converting all end-users to 
propane is $128,000. Koch Gateway explains that the purchaser of Index 
276 will reimburse Koch Gateway for all such costs, which is consistent 
with the sale of the asset as approved in Docket No. CP94-75-000.
    Koch Gateway indicates that the Mississippi Public Service 
Commission has been notified of this filing.
    Koch Gateway asserts that the service to end-users who elect to 
continue natural gas service will be unaffected; that Entex will 
continue to receive natural gas service pursuant to Koch Gateway's No-
Notice, Firm Transportation and Interruptible Rate Schedules; and the 
proposed abandonments and/or tie-overs will not have a significant 
impact on Koch Gateway's peak day or average day volumes.
    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 Sec. 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 therefore, 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. 97-27057 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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