[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-29231]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-22-000]


Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc.; Notice of Application

October 27, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 19, 1998, Gasdel Pipeline System, Inc. 
(Applicant), 110 West Broadway, P.O. Box 909 Ardmore, Oklahoma, 73402, 
filed in Docket No. CP99-22-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Section 157.18 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations 
thereunder, for permission and approval to authorize Applicant to 
abandon by sale its interests in twelve pipeline segments as well as 
seeking an order vacating the authorization in Docket No. CP96-478-000 
under the blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-276-000 for the 
acquisition of the East Cameron Block 311 Lateral on the grounds that 
the East Cameron Block 311 Lateral is exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction pursuant to the production and gathering exemption 
contained in Section 1(b) of the NGA, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Applicant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Development 
Corporation (EDC), has sold, subject to receipt of the requisite 
regulatory approvals, its interest in twelve of its thirteen line 
segments to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco). 
Applicant states that because some of the facilities were constructed 
and/or acquired under specific certificates and some under blanket 
certificates, Applicant is seeking Commission authorization to abandon 
by sale for $500,000 its interests in those facilities. Applicant 
further states that upon completion of this sale to Transco, the only 
remaining natural gas pipeline facility owned by Applicant will be its 
East Cameron Block 311 line. In addition to granting its request to 
abandon by sale its interests in the twelve line segments being sold to 
Transco, Applicant requests the Commission to vacate the blanket 
certificate authorization previously used by Applicant from the East 
Cameron Block 311 line as not having been necessary for the reasons 
stated above.
    Applicant asserts that upon receipt of the abandonment 
authorization and the vacation of the blanket certificate authorization 
for the East Cameron Block 311 line, Applicant will no longer be 
jurisdictional because it will no longer own or operate any facilities, 
or conduct any operations, subject to the Commission's jurisdiction 
under the NGA. Therefore, Applicant requests cancellation of its FERC 
Gas Pipeline Tariff and vacation of the Order on Request for Waiver, 79 
FERC para. 61,102, (1997), denying Applicant's request for a waiver of 
the standards relating to electronic delivery mechanisms (EDM), 
electronic data interchanges (EDI) and capacity release practices 
contained in FERC Order No. 587.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before November 17, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a petition 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 the proceeding or to 
participate as a party in any hearing therein must file a petition 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 this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provide for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29231 Filed 10-30-98; 8:45 am]
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