[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27972-27973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12977]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-521-000]


Avoca Natural Gas Storage; Notice of Application

May 18, 1999.
    Take notice that on May 10, 1999, Avoca Natural Gas Storage 
(Avoca), One Bowdoin Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, filed in 
Docket No. CP99-521-000, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act, an application for permission and approval to abandon all of its 
certificated facilities by sale to Northeastern Gas Caverns, LLC. Avoca 
also seeks to abandon its section 7(c) certificate and its blanket 
certificate under section 284.224 of the Commission's Regulations. The 
facilities were to be constructed in Steuben County, New York. Avoca's 
request is 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).
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 8, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 of 
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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules and 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 a grant of the certificate is 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

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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 Avoca to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12977 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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