[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-259]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-137-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application To 
Abandon

December 31, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 23, 1998, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia 
22030, filed under Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority 
to abandon by removal the Beaver Creek Compressor Station (Beaver 
Creek), located in Floyd County, Kentucky, effective November 30, 1999. 
Beaver Creek is comprised of nine compressor units which produce a 
total of 9,000 hp, two dehydration systems, and associated piping, all 
as more fully described in the application on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Columbia states that some of the Beaver Creek facilities are more 
than 70 years old, and that maintenance of the facility is difficult. 
Columbia states further, that as of November 30, 1999, Beaver Creek 
will no longer be needed to meet any of Columbia's service obligations.
    Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference 
to said application should on or before January 21, 1999, 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 Protesters 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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval of 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 Columbia to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-259 Filed 1-5-99; 8:45 am]
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