[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5714]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-228-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

March 3, 1999.
    Take notice that on February 26, 1999, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Applicant), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas, 77252, filed in 
Docket No. CP99-228-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations 
thereunder, for permission and approval to abandon certain minor 
pipeline facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The 
application may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm 
(call (202) 208-2222 for assistance)
    Applicant proposes to abandon by removal certain inactive and minor 
pipeline facilities, specifically, a receipt point facility designated 
as side valve number 547E-111. Applicant states that this facility is 
located in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Applicant proposes to blind 
flange the side valve and remove the riser and associated check and 
ball valves. Applicant further states that the abandoned facilities 
will then be scrapped.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 24, 1999, 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 proetestants 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5714 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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