[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11884-11885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6241]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-253-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application for 
Abandonment

March 5, 1998.
    Take notice that on February 26, 1998, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket No. CP98-253-000, an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to 
abandon its Van Compressor Station (Van Station), all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.

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    Specifically, National Fuel proposes to abandon its Van Station 
located in Venango County, Pennsylvania. National Fuel states that the 
abandonment will include the removal of all buildings and concrete 
foundations which will involve excavation up to three feet in depth. 
National Fuel declares that no transmission lines will be abandoned in 
connection with this project and there will be no abandonment or 
decrease in service to any National Fuel customer as a result of the 
proposed abandonment.
    National Fuel explains that during the summer of 1996, a flood 
destroyed most of National Fuel's transmission facilities at its Van 
Compressor Station. National Fuel notes that the Van Station compressed 
gas from Van Hampton Gas & Oil Company, Inc. (Van Hampton), a producer 
and gatherer of natural gas. National Fuel asserts that in September 
1996, after the flood destroyed Van Station, Van Hampton leased a skid 
mounted temporary compressor to National Fuel as a temporary 
replacement for National Fuel's 150 horsepower compressors damaged by 
the flood at Van Station. National Fuel advises that the leased 
compressor continues in operation today on the site of Van Station.
    National Fuel states that a new station (New Van Station) being 
constructed by National Fuel approximately 700 feet northwest of Van 
Station outside of the flood plane, will begin operation on or about 
March 3, 1998. National Fuel also states that the lease agreement for 
the temporary replacement compressor will expire when the new station 
begins operation and the skid-mounted compressor will be returned to 
Van Hampton.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 26, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 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 
Regulation 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 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 permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are 
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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-6241 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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