[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23113]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-725-000]


Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company; Notice of Application

August 24, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 12, 1998, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 
Company (Panhandle), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-725-000 an application pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to abandon certain 
pipeline facilities and to construct and operate other pipeline 
facilities to replace those being abandoned in Livingston County, 
Michigan, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Panhandle proposes to abandon facilities in its Howell Storage 
Field, abandoning approximately 372 feet of 8-inch storage pipeline 
(250 feet to be abandoned in place and the remaining 122 feet by 
removal). Panhandle proposes to replace the storage lines by 
constructing 40 feet of 6-inch pipe and 80 feet of 4-inch pipe and to 
reconfigure an existing 6-inch line and two 4-inch lines, and to 
install two new hot taps and relocate an existing valve. It is asserted 
that the replacement is required to bring the storage lines into 
compliance with United States Department of Transportation Minimum 
Federal Safety Standards and to ensure that the lines can be safely 
operated at their maximum allowable operating pressure. It is further 
asserted that the proposal will not result in any change in capacity. 
The cost of the proposed construction is estimated at $89,075, to be 
financed from funds on hand.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 14, 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 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 herein, 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 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 Panhandle to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23113 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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