[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33855-33856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16042]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-552-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
June 18, 1999.
Take notice that on June 11, 1999, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, filed
in Docket No. CP55-552-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon as
nonjurisdictional facilities, by sale to McDay Energy Partners, Ltd.
(McDay Energy), certain pipeline facilities, with appurtenances,
located in Zavala and Dimmitt Counties, Texas (Zavala Facilities) and
certain services rendered thereby. Northern also requests approval,
concurrent with the conveyance of the Zavala Facilities, to abandon a
rental compressor unit located at the Zavala County #3 Compressor
Station, 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).
Northern states that the Zavala Facilities consist of approximately
26 miles of 12-inch pipeline and appurtenant facilities, and that the
facilities will be conveyed to McDay Energy for $1,700,000. Northern
also states that, concurrent with the conveyance of the Zavala
Facilities, Northern is proposing to abandon the 1,100 horsepower
rental compressor unit located at the Zavala County #3 Compressor
Station in-place.
Northern states that it is currently providing only interruptible
transportation service on the Zavala Facilities on a month-to-month
basis pursuant to Part 284 of the Commission's Regulations and rate
schedules in Northern's FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1.
Northern states that all transportation services related to the Zavala
Facilities will be terminated by Northern effective on the effective
date of the sale of the subject facilities to the McDay Energy.
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Northern states that McDay Energy currently own gathering
facilities connected to the Zavala Facilities. Northern further states
that the Zavala Facilities, if owned and operated by McDay Energy,
would provide an opportunity for the McDay Energy to more efficiently
control its gathering operations in the area. In addition, Northern
states that McDay Energy intend to file a petition for a declaratory
order seeking a determination that the subject Zavala Facilities, once
conveyed to McDay Energy, are gathering facilities exempt from the
Commission's jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the NGA.
Any questions regarding the instant application should be directed
to either Michele Winckowski at (402) 398-7082 ([email protected]) or
Glen Hass at (402) 398-7419 ([email protected]), Northern Natural Gas
Company, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before July 9, 1999, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,
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 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 Section 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 Northern to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16042 Filed 6-23-99; 8:45 am]
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