[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54100-54101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27555]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-9-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

October 10, 1997.
    Take notice that on October 7, 1997, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch Gateway), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-9-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 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 abandon 10 
delivery taps and establish six new delivery taps in Mobile County, 
Alabama, under Koch Gateway's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-430, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Koch Gateway proposes to abandon ten farm taps on its Index 276 
transmission pipeline in Mobile County, Alabama. In addition. Koch 
Gateway proposes to install six taps and minor piping to tie over 
certain taps to its adjacent Index 300 pipeline facilities or to the 
facilities of Mobile Gas Service Corporation (MGS), a local 
distribution company. Koch Gateway states that these taps are used for 
delivery of natural gas to end-users on behalf of MGS, and that MGS 
concurs with the proposed abandonment and tie-over measures.
    Koch Gateway states that no abandonment of service is proposed 
herein, and that it will continue to provide transportation service on 
a firm

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basis to these relocated taps. Koch Gateway estimates the cost of the 
proposed abandonment and construction activities to be $46,000 and 
states that the purchaser of the Index 276 pipeline will reimburse Koch 
Gateway for all such costs.
    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 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. 97-27555 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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