[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66071-66072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32844]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-113-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Florida Gas Transmission Company; 
Notice of Application

December 11, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 4, 1997, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama, 35202-2563, and Florida 
Gas Transmission Company (FGT) (jointly referred to as Applicants) 
filed in Docket No. CP98-113-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 
157.18 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations 
thereunder, for permission and approval to abandon from interstate 
service a natural gas exchange service by and between Applicant, all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Applicants state that the natural gas exchange agreement dated June 
28, 1972, was originally authorized in Docket No. CP73-14. Applicants 
further state that the agreement provided for the exchange of natural 
gas by and between themselves, up to 50,000 Mcf per day, at a point of 
interconnection between their respective pipeline systems in Washington 
Parish, Louisiana. Applicants assert that the abandonment

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proposed herein will not result in the abandonment of any facilities, 
nor will it result in any disadvantage to any of Applicants' customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 2, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
a petition 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 the proceeding or to 
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a petition 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 on this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provide for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Applicants to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32844 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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