[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6929]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-264-000]


Arkla, a Division of NorAm Energy Corp.; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

March 12, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 4, 1998, Arkla, a division of NorAm 
Energy Corp. (Arkla), P.O. Box 751, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203, filed 
with the Commission in Docket No. CP98-264-000 a petition for a 
declaratory order stating that certain pipeline facilities Arkla would 
purchase from Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company (LNT) would be exempt 
from the Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA), which is open to the public for inspection.
    Arkla proposes to purchase approximately 78 miles or 8-inch 
diameter pipe between Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, and 
Okay, Hempstead County, Arkansas, and approximately 17 miles of 6-inch 
diameter pipe that extends from Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, 
Louisiana, to an interconnection with the 8-inch diameter pipe in 
Webster Parish (collectively, the LNT facilities). Arkla states that 
LNT has contemporaneously filed a request with the Commission in Docket 
No. CP98-263-000 to abandon the LNT pipeline facilities by sale to 
Arkla.
    Arkla states that it would blind-plate the 8-inch diameter pipeline 
at the Arkansas-Louisiana state line and operate the separated segments 
as reconfigured parts of its local distribution systems in Arkansas and 
Louisiana. Arkla also states that it operates as a local distribution 
company that distributes natural gas at retail solely within the states 
of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Arkla further states that 
its operations are confined to each of the respective states and its 
local activities and operations within each state are regulated by the 
public service commissions of each respective state.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before March 23, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 CRR 157.10). All protects filed with the Commission 
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to the 
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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-6929 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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