[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6416]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-233-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

March 11, 1999.
    Take notice that on March 3, 1999, Florida Gas Transmission Company 
(FGT) 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed, in Docket No. 
CP99-233-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order 
permitting and approving the abandonment by sale to Copano Pipelines/
South Texas, L.P., a Texas Limited Partnership (Copano), of its South 
of MOPS facilities located in San Patricio, Refugio, and Nueces 
Counties, Texas, as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may 
be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, FGT explains that the South of MOPS facilities 
consist of 70.25 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline, FGT's Compressor 
Station No. 2, consisting of two units for a total of 4,000 horsepower, 
and various measurement facilities, with appurtenances.
    FGT further requests that the Commission find that, upon 
abandonment and sale of such facilities, the South of MOPS facilities 
will be intrastate transportation facilities under Section 2(16) of the 
NGPA, and exempt from jurisdiction of the Commission under the NGA. FGT 
states that when conveyed to Copano, the South of MOPS facilities would 
be integrated with other Copano facilities and be operated as a non-
jurisdictional intrastate pipeline.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 1, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
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 385.211 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 the 
proceeding herein 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 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 FGT to appear or to be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-6416 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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