[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 179 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49561-49562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24825]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-755-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

September 10, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 1, 1998, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Regulations, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP98-755-000 for authorization to (1) 
partially abandon the original certificate provided in Docket No. CP74-
33 for a portion of the Rate Schedule WSS service, (2) continue to 
provide this abandoned portion of the individually certificated service 
pursuant to Transco's blanket certificate and Part 284 of the 
Commission's Regulations, and (3) to waive the open season provision of 
Transco's FERC Gas Tariff to the extent necessary to enable each 
converting Rate Schedule WSS shipper to retain its existing firm 
storage upon conversion of its service.
    Transco requests that the conversions to Part 284 blanket service 
and the abandonment of the corresponding portion of the Rate Schedule 
WSS certificated service be made effective November 1, 1998 
coincidentally with the November 1, 1998 proposed effective date of 
Transco's Section 4 tariff filing establishing the new Rate Schedule 
WSS-Open Access. Transco further requests the Commission issue its 
order in the instant docket, concurrently with authorization of the 
Section 4 filing, by October 1, 1998. Transco also states that it is 
converting a portion of its Rate Schedule WSS service to a blanket 
service at the request of Atlanta Gas Light Company, Chesapeake 
Utilities Corporation--Delaware Division, Chesapeake Utilities 
Corporation--Maryland Division, Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority, Penn 
Fuel Gas, Inc., and Southwestern Virginia Gas Company.
    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, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or to 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 
participant 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 on its designee on 
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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 Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24825 Filed 9-15-98; 8:45 am]
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