[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17397-17398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9301]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-305-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application to 
Abandon

April 3, 1998.
    Take notice that on March 26, 1998, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed under 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to abandon by sale 
to PG&E NGL Marketing, L.P., (PG&E) the Helen Gohlke Facilities 
consisting of 33.2 miles of 3-inch and 6-inch diameter pipeline in 
Victoria County, Texas. FGT also seeks a determination that the Helen 
Gohlke Facilities, will be not be subject to Commission jurisdiction 
under NGA Section 1(b) once they are conveyed to PG&E and disconnected 
from FGT's system. This application is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    More specifically the facilities proposed for sale by FGT consist 
of:
    1. 32.1 miles of 6-inch diameter pipeline in Victoria County 
connecting to FGT's 20-inch mainline at MP 188.8, (Helen Gohlke 
Lateral);
    2. .7 miles of 3-inch diameter pipeline in Victoria County 
connecting to the Helen Gohlke Lateral at MP 1.2, (Klotzmann Lateral); 
and
    3. .4 miles of 3-inch pipeline in Victoria County connecting to the 
Helen Gohlke Lateral at MP 31.1, (Shell-Brown Lateral).
    Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference 
to said application should on or before April 24, 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 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 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 or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds 
that a grant of the certificate is 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

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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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9301 Filed 4-8-98; 8:45 am]
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