[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42682-42683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20106]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-589-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

July 30, 1999.
    Take notice that on July 22, 1999, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203 filed, in Docket No. CP99-589-000, 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 of 
certain facilities in Venango, Clarion, and Forest Counties, 
Pennsylvania, in connection with the sale of certain nonjurisdictional 
facilities to Van Hampton Gas & Oil Company, Inc. (Van Hampton), as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance.
    Specifically, National Fuel proposes to abandon by sale to Van 
Hampton approximately 31 miles of 2-inch to 8-inch diameter gathering 
pipelines, including five receipt points and seven points of delivery 
located along the gathering pipelines. National Fuel states that the 
gathering pipelines, receipt points and points of delivery will perform 
a gathering function for Van Hampton and requests that the Commission 
determine that such facilities will not be subject to the Commission's 
jurisdiction after the sale.
    National Fuel's application states that it has agreed to sell the 
nonjurisdictional gathering pipelines and metering facilities located 
at the receipt points, to Van Hampton for $1.00. National Fuel 
indicates that service will not be terminated to any of its shippers.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
David W. Reitz, Assistant General Counsel for National Fuel, 10 
Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 14203 at (716) 857-7949, or George 
L. Weber, Esq., Weber & Associates, P.C., 727 Fifteenth Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20005 at (202) 628-0200.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before August 20, 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 protest 
or motion to intervene is filed within the time required herein. At 
that time, the Commission on its own review of the matter will 
determine whether granting permission and approval for the proposed 
abandonment 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 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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20106 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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