[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25785]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-776-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

September 22, 1998.
    Take notice that on September 14, 1998, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP98-776-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 
157.216) for authorization to abandon certain facilities in Arkansas, 
under NGT's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-384-000 and 
CP82-384-001 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.
    By this application, NGT seeks the Commission's authority to 
abandon a compressor station in Conway County, Arkansas. Specifically, 
NGT seeks authority to abandon a 660 horsepower compressor station, 
including the building the unit is housed and all other appurtenant 
equipment and facilities associated with the compressor station. NGT 
states that the compressor and above ground facilities will be removed 
and the station piping will be cut and capped and abandoned in place. 
NGT estimates the cost of abandonment and removal of the unit will be 
approximately $41,842. NGT states that the subject facilities are 
located on NGT's Line B, a 10-inch lateral line, in Conway County, 
Arkansas in Section 17, Township 6 North, Range 16 West at Station 
Number 2084+26. NGT also states that these facilities, designated as 
the Morrilton Compressor Station, were certificated in FERC Docket No. 
CP68-344 and were used to facilitate deliveries to Arkla, a division of 
NorAm Energy Corporation for service to small rural distribution towns 
in central Arkansas. NGT further states that the station has not been 
in use since 1991, and is no longer needed to provide deliveries to 
NGT's existing customers. NGT states that, upon abandonment, any 
equipment removed will be junked at no value.
    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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25785 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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