[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25376]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-771-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company and Texas Eastern Transmission 
Corporation; Notice of Joint Application

September 17, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 10, 1998, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1888 and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation (Texas Eastern), 5400 
Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed in Docket No. CP98-
771-000 a request pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon a gas exchange service agreement 
dated May 24, 1973 (May 24th Agreement), all as more fully set forth in 
the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    FGT and Texas Eastern state that the May 24th Agreement was 
approved by the Federal Power Commission in Docket No. CP74-56 and that 
it provided for the exchange of gas between the parties at points of 
interconnection between FGT's and Texas Eastern's facilities in 
Matagorda County, Texas, St. Laundry Parish, Louisiana, and Pointe 
Coupee Parish, Louisiana. FGT and Texas Eastern also state that the May 
24th Agreement has not been used since prior to June 1, 1993.
    FGT and Texas Eastern state that in compliance with Part 154 of the 
Commission's Regulations, FGT filed the May 24th Agreement as Rate 
Schedule E-9 in its FERC Gas Tariff Original Volume No. 3, and that 
Texas Eastern filed the May 24th Agreement as Rate Schedule X-72 in its 
FERC Gas Tariff Original Volume No. 2.
    FGT and Texas Eastern also state that the proposed abandonment will 
not result in the abandonment of any facilities; will not result in the 
abandonment of service to any customers; and will not disadvantage any 
customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 8, 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 385.214 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 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 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 FGT or Texas Eastern to appear or be 
represented at the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25376 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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