[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46429-46430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23411]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-739-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

August 26, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 21, 1998, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, Houston,

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Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. CP98-739-000 an application pursuant 
to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations, requesting authorization to amend the 
certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to Tennessee on 
October 9, 1991, in Docket No. CP90-639-000, et al.
    Specifically, Tennessee requests that the Commission issue an order 
authorizing Tennessee (1) to abandon 53,000 Dth/day of Section 7(c) 
transportation service which Tennessee provides to New England Power 
Company (NEPCO) under Tennessee's Rate Schedule NET, and (2) to provide 
53,000 Dth/day of Section 7(c) transportation service to USGen New 
England, Inc. (USGenNE) under Rate Schedule NET. Tennessee also 
requests approval of the new USGenNE agreement, which does not entirely 
conform to Tennessee's pro forma NET transportation agreement, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Tennessee states that the requested authorizations will enable 
USGenNE to take assignment of NEPCO's firm entitlement under NEPCO's 
NET contract with Tennessee. Tennessee also states that the authority 
requested does not require the construction of any facilities and will 
not impact service to any of Tennessee's other customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 8, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
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 certificate and 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 sharing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23411 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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