[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79593-79594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32869]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-22-000]


In the Matter of Southern Natural Gas Company and ANR Storage 
Company; Notice of Application

December 23, 2002.
    Take notice that on December 10, 2002, Southern Natural Gas Company 
(Southern) P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, and ANR 
Storage Company (ANR), P. O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed an 
abbreviated joint application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural 
Gas Act, as amended, and sections 157.7 and 157.14 of the Commission's 
regulations for authorization to abandon the storage services, 
previously authorized in Docket No. CP79-416 (12 FERC `` 61,194), 
rendered under ANR's X-9 and X-10 Rate Schedules on behalf of Southern 
effective as of March 31, 2002. The application is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    ANR states that it has provided storage service on behalf of 
Southern pursuant to ANR's Rate Schedules X-9 and X-10 and pursuant to 
the terms of storage service agreements (the ``Agreements'') dated 
January 31, 1979, and February 1, 1979, respectively. This service 
involves ANR making storage available to Southern pursuant to storage 
agreements whereby ANR will store during the summer periods up to 
11,503,000 Mcf of natural gas and during the winter periods will make 
equivalent volumes of gas available for redelivery to Southern. The 
January 31 agreement provided for a 50-day storage service of up to 
5,881,900 Mcf of gas while the February 1 agreement provided for a 100-
day storage service of up to 5,620,800 Mcf of gas. The Agreements 
provided that Southern could elect to defer redelivery, from one 
contract year to the next, of all or any part of the volumes stored. 
Since Southern requested termination of the service under ANR's X-9 and 
X-10 Rates Schedules, ANR has requested that the abandonment of Rate 
Schedules X-9 and X-10 be effective March 31, 2003.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before December 31, 2002, 
file with the Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's rules of practice and procedure, 18 CFR

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385.211 or 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 proceedings. 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 motion 
to intervene is filed within the time required herein or if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the 
subject authorization 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 unnecessary for Southern or ANR to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-32869 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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