[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23980]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-747-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company and Mobile Bay Pipeline Company; 
Notice of Application

September 1, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 25, 1998, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch Gateway) and Mobile Bay Pipeline Company (Mobile Bay) 
(Applicants), both at 20 Greenway Plaza, P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 
77251-1478, filed in Docket No. CP98-747-000 a joint application 
pursuant to Sections 7(c) and (b) of the Natural Gas Act for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity and for an order 
granting permission and approval to transfer facilities and services, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Koch Gateway requests a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing it to acquire the facilities of Mobile Bay 
whereby Mobile Bay's existing services will be performed by Koch 
Gateway. Further, Mobile Bay requests companion authority to transfer 
all of its assets, operations, and services to Koch Gateway. In 
addition, Koch Gateway requests that it be substituted for Mobile Bay 
in all pending proceedings in which Mobile Bay is a party. The joint 
application requests that the authorizations be made effective as of 
the first day of operation after the jurisdictional assets are conveyed 
to Koch Gateway.
    The Applicants state that the operations of both Koch Gateway and 
Mobile Bay's pipeline system will continue in an uninterrupted manner 
with no change in jurisdictional services or maximum rates. Mobile Bay 
requests companion authority to transfer, pursuant to Section 7(b), its 
jurisdictional facilities and operations to Koch Gateway. Further, 
Mobile Bay declares that it will terminate its effective FERC Gas 
Tariff and services will be provided under Koch Gateway's tariff that 
is on file with the Commission and in effect on the date of the 
approval of this application. In addition, Koch Gateway asserts that it 
will file tariff revisions to its effective tariff incorporating Mobile 
Bay's existing rates and services.
    The Applicants state that these changes will not adversely impact 
the customers of either Mobile Bay or Koch Gateway or the service they 
receive on either pipeline. The Applicants declare there will be no 
change in the maximum tariff rates on either pipeline.
    The Applicants state that the approval of this application is 
required by present and future public convenience and necessity to 
eliminate redundant administrative processes between Koch Gateway and 
Mobile Bay. The Applicants declare Mobile Bay is a wholly owned 
subsidiary of Koch Gateway, delivering over 98% of its volumes into 
Koch Gateway. The Applicants assert that this results in duplicate 
contract, nominations, and invoicing processes for both the Applicants 
and their customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Application should on or before September 21, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., 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 385.211 or 18 CFR 385.214) 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 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 petition 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 abandonment 
is required by public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Waston, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23980 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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