[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 9259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4322]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-89-000]


Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

February 17, 2000.
    Take notice that on February 11, 2000, Koch Gateway Pipeline 
Company (Koch Gateway), PO Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filed 
in Docket No. CP00-89-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205, 157.216) for authorization to abandon in place by sale to 
Koch Midstream Services Company (Midstream), a Texas intrastate 
pipeline company, various natural gas gathering pipelines and 
associated compression, taps, laterals, metering stations, and 
appurtenant facilities, under Koch Gateway's blanket certificate issued 
in Docket No. CP82-430, pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, 
all as more fully set forth in the request that 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).
    Koch Gateway states that these gathering facilities are located in 
the east Texas counties of Rusk and Gregg and are classified and 
functionalized as natural gas gathering and operate as gathering 
laterals connecting producing wells in the Henderson and Willow Springs 
producing areas to Koch Gateway. Koch Gateway states the continued 
operation and maintenance of the gathering facilities by Koch Gateway 
is no longer justified as a part of Koch Gateway's interstate pipeline 
system. Koch Gateway avers that these facilities are no longer part of 
Koch Gateway's core pipeline assets, and Koch Gateway currently has no 
plans to expand its natural gas gathering services in the Henderson and 
Willow Springs areas. Koch Gateway states that upon approval of the 
requested abandonment, and the closing of the sale of the gathering 
facilities, the facilities that will be interconnected with the 
existing intrastate pipeline system of Midstream Koch Gateway states 
that all of Koch Gateway's customers who have utilized the gathering 
facilities between and including January 1999 and December 1999 has 
accepted an equivalent offer from the parties and has consented to the 
proposed abandonment. The contact person for this filing is Kyle 
Stephens, Director of Certificates, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, PO 
Box 1478, Houston, Texas, 77251-1478, (713) 544-7309.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. if a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-4322 Filed 2-23-00; 8:45 am]
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