[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25233]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-769-000]


Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 16, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 9, 1998, Paiute Pipeline Company 
(Paiute), P.O. Box 94197, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-4197, filed in Docket 
No. CP98-769-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 
and 157.216) for authorization to abandon certain lateral pipeline 
facilities located along Paiute's Fort Churchill lateral in Lyon 
County, Nevada under Paiute's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP84-739-000 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, all as more 
fully set forth in the request that is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    Paiute proposes to abandon approximately 1,305 feet of 16-inch 
pipeline on its Fort Churchill Lateral at a point where the lateral 
crosses the Carson River. Paiute states that as a result of flood 
activity in the area, a portion of the pipeline had been unearthed and 
had become exposed to the flow of the river's waters. Paiute further 
states that due to the substantial risk of a rupture of the pipeline, 
Paiute proceeded to replace the affected section of pipeline, under 
Section 157.208(a) of the Commission's regulations and its blanket 
certificate authority, by installing a new river crossing pipeline 
underneath the river bed. As a result, Paiute states that the pipeline 
segment for which Paiute seeks abandonment authority is completely 
disconnected from its pipeline system. Paiute proposes to partially 
remove and to partially abandon in place the disconnected segment. 
Paiute states that the proposed abandonment will not cause any 
reduction or termination of the natural gas service rendered to any of 
Paiute's customers.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25233 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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