[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20852]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-685-000]


Texas Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

July 30, 1998.
    Take notice that on July 23, 1998, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, 
filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. CP98-685-000 
pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and 
approval to abandon by sale an offshore Louisiana gas supply lateral to 
Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), all as more fully set forth 
in the request which is open to the public for inspection.
    Texas Gas proposes to abandon by sale for $28,000 to Unocal 
approximately 0.73 miles of 6-inch diameter pipe and appurtenant 
facilities in Eugene Island Blocks 276C and 259, offshore Louisiana. 
Texas Gas, as a former natural gas merchant, states that it originally 
constructed the pipe to attach natural gas supplies in the Eugene 
Island area to the Bluewater System for ultimate delivery to Texas Gas. 
Texas Gas also states that it no longer has a firm transportation 
commitment involving the subject pipe and does not need the pipe 
anymore.
    Texas Gas states that its proposed transfer of the pipe to Unocal 
would have no adverse effect upon Texas Gas' existing customers. Texas 
Gas uses the subject pipe to provide interruptible transportation 
service to Unocal, currently the only customer served via the pipe.
    Texas Gas also petitions for a declaratory order by which the 
Commission disclaims its jurisdiction over the pipeline facilities 
Texas Gas proposes to abandon by sale of Unocal. Texas Gas indicates 
that after it transfers the facilities to Unocal that Unocal would 
provide nonjurisdictional service to any other shippers on a non-
discriminatory basis.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 20, 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 
NGA (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 NGA 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 Texas Gas to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20852 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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