[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12162-12163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5995]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-229-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application for 
Abandonment

March 5, 1999.
    Take notice that on February 26, 1999, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (Florida Gas), P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-1188, filed 
an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157.18 of the Commission's Regulations requesting permission and 
approval to abandon pipeline facilities located in Dade County, 
Florida, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed 
on the Internet at http://www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-
2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, Florida Gas proposes to abandon 1.9 miles of 18-inch 
pipeline and approximately 327 feet of 2\1/2\-inch lateral connected to 
the Hialeah NW meter station located in Dade County, Florida. Florida 
Gas seeks this abandonment authority due to road construction in the 
immediate area by the Florida Department of Transportation. Florida Gas 
states that abandoning the facilities instead of relocating them will 
save approximately $2 to $3 million. Florida Gas also states that the 
abandonment of the 1.9 miles of 18-inch pipeline will not affect its 
ability to deliver firm volumes to its customers and will result in 
only a minimal reduction in its ability to deliver interruptible 
volumes. Further, Florida Gas states that abandonment of the 2\1/2\-
inch lateral will not affect deliveries since Florida Gas can deliver 
all of the contractual volumes through an existing 6-inch lateral.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 26, 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 Rule 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 proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party in any 
proceeding herein must file a motion to intervene

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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 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 herein, if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and 
approval for 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 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 Florida Gas to appear or to be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5995 Filed 3-10-99; 8:45 am]
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