[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10898]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-346-000]


Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

April 20, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 13, 1998, Mississippi River Transmission 
Corporation (Applicant), P.O. Box 4455, Houston, Texas 77210-4455, 
filed in Docket No. CP98-342-000 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 (Commission) 
regulations thereunder, for permission and approval to abandon from 
interstate service two points of interconnection with Texas Gas 
Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas) located in Lincoln and Morehouse 
Parishes, Louisiana, respectively, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Applicant states that the first point of interconnection with Texas 
Gas for which Applicant now seeks abandonment authorization consists of 
a ten-inch meter station constructed in 1972 in Lincoln Parish, 
Louisiana, to exchange natural gas with Texas Gas on Applicant's West 
Line. Applicant further states that the second point of interconnection 
consists of a ten-inch dual meter station constructed in 1964 to 
exchange natural gas with Texas Gas in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, 
through Applicant's Main Line 1 and Main Line 2. Applicant asserts that 
these points of interconnection with Texas Gas have not been utilized 
for an extensive period of time. Applicant further asserts that it has 
notified Texas Gas of Applicant's proposal. It is indicated that the 
estimated cost of the abandonment proposals herein is $49,853.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 11, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10898 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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