[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59296-59297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29351]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-32-000]


Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

October 28, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 21, 1998, Williams Gas Pipelines 
Central, Inc. (Williams), P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed 
in Docket No. CP99-32-000 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 in place by sale to 
Missouri Gas Energy, a division of Southern Union Company (MGE), 
approximately 1.05 miles of the Alba and the Purcell 3-inch lateral 
pipelines and appurtenant facilities located in Jasper County, 
Missouri, under Williams' blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 
CP82-479-000, 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.
    Specifically, Williams seeks authorization to abandon in place by 
sale to MGE approximately 0.9 miles of the Alba 3-inch lateral pipeline 
(Line FN-5) and approximately 0.15 miles of the Purcell 3-inch lateral 
pipeline (Line FN-18) all located in Sections 16 & 17, Township 29 
North, Range 32 West, Jasper County, Missouri, including without 
limitation, all gas lines, meters, records and other equipment, 
personal property, and fixtures located thereon and/or used in 
conjunction with the operation of the pipelines. Williams states that 
the Alba 3-inch lateral pipeline was originally installed in 1939 and 
Purcell 3-inch lateral pipeline was originally installed in 1939. 
Williams states that MGE will incorporate the pipelines into its 
existing distribution system. Williams states the sales price for these 
lateral lines is $10.
    Williams states that the proposed lateral pipelines are downstream 
of its existing metering and regulating facilities and, therefore, no 
changes are being proposed to Williams' metering facilities serving the 
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areas or in the capacity of Williams' facilities serving these areas. 
Williams states that there will be no change in volumes delivered as a 
result of its proposal.
    Williams states that in the agreement to assign and transfer the 
pipeline facilities, MGE agrees to accept and provide service to all 
domestic customers currently receiving gas from the pipelines to be 
abandoned.
    Williams states that inasmuch as this is a request to abandon 
lateral pipeline facilities in place by sale to a local distribution 
company, such change is not prohibited by an existing tariff, and that 
Williams has sufficient capacity to accomplish the deliveries specified 
without detriment or disadvantage to its other 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. 98-29351 Filed 11-2-98; 8:45 am]
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