[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17352-17353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8853]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-284-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

April 5, 1999.
    Take notice that on April 1, 1999, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company 
(Koch Gateway), P. O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77521-1478, filed, in 
Docket No. CP99-284-000, 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 in place of the western 
portion of its Latex-Fort Worth Mainline facilities (West Index 1 line) 
located in Tarrant, Dallas, and Kaufman 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, Koch Gateway requests authorization to abandon in 
place approximately 102.08 miles of its West Index 1 line and 
associated laterals of the facilities. Koch Gateway describes the 
facilities as consisting of various diameter-sized pipe from 4-inch to 
20-inch. Additionally, Koch Gateway requests permission to abandon the 
service it provides on these facilities to its single firm customer, 
Lone Star Gas Company (Lone Star). Koch Gateway contends that it has 
not been able to attract or maintain substantial gas markets in the 
Dallas/Forth Worth area along West Index 1. Therefore, Koch Gateway 
maintains it cannot compete in this market due to shifts in supplies, 
increased competition, low current demand for transportation, 
increasing operating costs, and the lack of economic benefits.
    Koch Gateway has requested an abandonment date of June 1, 1999, but 
will not abandon the facilities and services until the last customer 
served by Lone Star has been converted to an alternative form of energy 
service.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 26, 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 385.214 and 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 protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party in any 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

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unnecessary for Koch Gateway to appear or to be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8853 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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