[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28936]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-20-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

October 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 15, 1998, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed in Docket No. CP99-20-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon four farm taps in Washakie County, 
Wyoming, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Williston Basin proposes to abandon the following 
farm taps:
     Busch farm tap at Station No. 283+34 located on the Slick 
Creek transmission line in SW\1/4\ Section 9, T47N, R92W, Washakie 
County, Wyoming;
     Wagon Wheel farm tap at Station No. 401+65 located on the 
Slick Creek transmission line in NE\1/4\ Section 28, T47N, R92W, 
Washakie County, Wyoming;
     McKamey farm tap at Station No. 4802+82 located on the 
Madden-Worland transmission line in NE\1/4\ Section 27, T47N, R92W, 
Washakie County, Wyoming; and,
     Hiland farm tap at Station No. 4818+47 located on the 
Madden-Worland transmission line in SE\1/4\ Section 22, T47N, R92W, 
Washakie County, Wyoming.
    Williston Basin states that Wyoming Gas Company, a local 
distribution company, now serves the customers previously served by 
these farm taps through its distribution system and did not express 
opposition to the proposed abandonments.
    Williston Basin states that project activity at each site will 
entail the excavation of the site within the existing, previously 
disturbed pipeline right-of-way, and will include capping of the tap 
riser at the mainline connection. Williston Basin further states the 
riser, surface piping and pipe fence, if present, will be removed and 
the excavation backfilled to natural contours and reseeded.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 13, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 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 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 Williston Basin to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28936 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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