[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7637-7638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3594]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-188-000]


El Paso Offshore Gathering and Transmission Company; Notice of 
Petition for Declaratory Order

February 9, 1999.
    Take notice that on February 1, 1999, El Paso Offshore Gathering 
and Transmission Company (El Paso), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 
77252-2511, filed in the above docket a petition seeking a declaratory 
order from the Commission requesting the Commission to declare that 
certain facilities being acquired by El Paso from Northern Natural Gas 
Company (Northern) will be gathering facilities as defined by section 
1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and as such, will exempt from the 
Commission's NGA jurisdiction. Northern has filed for abandonment of 
these facilities in Docket No. CP98-744-000.
    The facilities that El Paso seeks to have declared non-
jurisdictional upon purchase from Northern are certain non-contiguous 
pipeline facilities, with appurtenances, located in Matagorda Island, 
Offshore Texas known as the Seagull Shoreline Laterals (SSL 
facilities). Specifically these facilities include:
    (1) MATAGORDA ISLAND 623 A: (TOS-84071) approximately 2 miles of 
16-inch pipeline and appurtenant facilities, extending from the 
platform in MAT 623 ``A'' to an underwater connection in MAT 623 ``B''.
    (2) MATAGORDA ISLAND 623 B & 624: (TOS-83431 & TOS 83421) 
approximately 4 miles of 24-inch pipeline with associated metering and 
appurtenant facilities from the ``B'' platform in MAT 623 to El Paso's 
facilities in MAT 624, and approximately 0.4 miles of 10-inch pipeline 
from MAT 624 to a subsea tap on the 24-inch line in MAT 623.
    (3) MATAGORDA ISLAND 622 C: (TOS-84961) approximately 3 miles of 
24-inch pipeline with associated metering and appurtenant facilities 
from MAT 622 ``C'' to the ``B'' platform in MAT 623, and
    (4) MATAGORDA ISLAND 628: (TOS-85411) approximately 7 miles of 16-
inch pipeline associated metering and appurtenant facilities, extending 
from the platform in MAT 638 ``B'' to an underwater connection in MAT 
622 ``C''.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before March 1, 1999, file with 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance 
with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) 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 
proceedings. 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. The petition may 
be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 petition if no motion to 
intervene is filed within the time required herein or if the Commission 
on its own review of the matter, finds that a grant of the certificate 
for the proposal is required by the public convenience and necessity. 
If the Commission 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

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unnecessary for El Paso to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3594 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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