[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18083-18084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8467]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-135-000]


Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company; Notice of Application

March 31, 2000.
    Take notice that on March 23, 2000, Texas Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, and 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana, P.O. Box 
2511, Houston, Texas 77252-2511, filed in Docket No. CP00-135-000 an 
application pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
for permission and approval for Texas Gas to abandon by sale its 
interest in certain jointly owned supply lateral facilities in offshore 
Louisiana and for Tennessee to acquire and own these facilities, all as 
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).
    The joint application requests authorization for (1) Texas Gas to 
abandon by sale to Tennessee its interest in certain jointly owned 
supply lateral facilities and appurtenances in the Eugene Island and 
ship Shoal areas, offshore Louisiana, and (2) Tennessee to acquire and 
own Texas Gas' interest in such facilities.
    Texas Gas declares that these facilities are no longer integral to 
their current role as an open access transporter and abandonment of its 
interest in the subject facilities will enable Texas Gas to streamline 
its transmission operations. Tennessee states that after approval is 
granted for the acquisition by Tennessee of Texas Gas' interest in 
these facilities, any shippers desiring access to the supplies attached 
to these laterals will be able to obtain transportation service from 
Tennessee pursuant to its Commission-approved tariff, thus none of the 
interruptible shippers currently utilizing Texas Gas' capacity in these 
facilities will be subject to a diminution or termination of service.
    Tennessee declares that it will pay $102,870.79 for Texas Gas' 
interest in the identified supply lateral facilities. Texas Gas states 
that it has agreed to reimburse Tennessee for actual costs incurred by 
Tennessee not to exceed $100,000 for reconditioning the Eugene Island 
342C pipeline in return for Tennessee's assumption of all retirement 
and abandonment costs associated with the facilities.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to David 
N. Roberts, Manager of Certificates and Tariffs, at (270) 688-6712, 
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, P.O. Box 20008, Owensboro, Kentucky 
42304.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Application should on or before April 21, 2000, 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 385.211 or 18 CFR 385.214) 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 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 petition 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 abandonment 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition for 
leave to

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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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-8467 Filed 4-5-00; 8:45 am]
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