[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-555-000]


Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

May 28, 1998.
    Take notice that on May 15, 1998, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern), Post Office Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed 
in Docket No. CP98-555-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act, for permission and approval to abandon, two (415 
horsepower) compressor units and compressor station structures located 
in Livingston Parish, Louisiana (Frost Compressor Station), all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection.
    Southern classifies the Frost compressor units as unnecessary and 
accordingly, proposes to abandon the Frost Compressor Station by 
removing the compressor equipment, structures, and associated piping. 
Southern states the Frost Compressor Station was constructed pursuant 
to a transportation agreement with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco). Under the agreement, Transco transported up to 
15,000 dekatherms of gas per day for Southern, on a firm basis. 
Southern delivered the gas to Transco at an interconnect in Ship Shoal 
Block 232, offshore Louisiana. Transco would then redeliver to Southern 
at the proposed interconnect in Livingston Parish.
    The gas purchase contracts have expired, Transco received approval 
from the Commission to abandon the transportation arrangement, and the 
Frost Compressor Station does not serve any firm obligations. Southern 
states abandoning the Frost Compressor Station will reduce cost of 
service by retiring underutilized facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 18, 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 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 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 Southern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14640 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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