[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19142-19143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9646]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-291-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

April 13, 1999.
    Take notice that on April 7, 1999, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in 
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No. CP99-291-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain facilities 
located Offshore Louisiana by sale to Union Oil Company of California 
(Unocal), 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 web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online.rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance).
    Specifically, Transco states that it seeks authorization to abandon 
by sale to Unocal the following facilities: (1) 1.012 miles 6-inch 
Purchase Lateral, Pan-American and Unocal's platform in Vermilion Block 
35, Offshore Louisiana; (2) 0.451 mile 4-inch lateral, Union Platform 
#3 to Platform #1 in Vermilion Block 35, Offshore Louisiana; and (3) a 
600 HP skid mounted compressor unit, Unocal Platform B in Vermilion 
Block 67, Offshore Louisiana. The facilities are collectively referred 
to as the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities. Transco states that these 
faculties are currently included in its spindown proceeding on file 
with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-206-000 and upon approval of 
this abandonment by sale, Transco will remove these facilities from the 
spindown proceeding.
    Transco states that the abandonment of the Vermilion 35 and 67 
Facilities will be by sale to Unocal, and no removal of any of the 
facilities will be required. Transco states that the purchase price for 
the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities at the closing will be $1.00 and 
other good and valuable consideration, and that the estimated net book 
value of the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities as of March 31, 1999 was 
$28,978. In addition, Transco states that the requested abandonment 
will have no impact on the daily design capacity of or operating 
conditions on its system, and no service to any of Transco's customers 
will be impacted by the abandonment of these facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 4, 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 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 protestants parties to the 
proceeding. 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.
    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 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 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 unnecessary for Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9646 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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