[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5528-5529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-188]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-52-000]


CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request 
Under Blanket Authorization

January 29, 2004.
    Take notice that on January 14, 2004, CenterPoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company (CEGT), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 
77002-5231, filed in Docket No. CP04-52-000, a request pursuant to 
sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for authorization to 
abandon certain facilities in the State of Texas, under CEGT's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP82-384-000 and 001 pursuant to 
section 7(C) of the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully described in the 
request.
    Copies of this request are on file with the Commission and are 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    CEGT proposes to abandon, by sale and transfer, certain above-
ground facilities that are currently a part of various CEGT delivery 
point facilities in the State of Texas as described more fully in the 
request. CEGT further proposes to sell and transfer these facilities to 
CenterPoint Energy Entex (Entex), a distribution division of 
CenterPoint Energy, Incorporated, at the estimated net book value, of 
$23,025.96. CEGT states that no services would be abandoned as a result 
of the proposed sale and transfer. Entex, it is said, would own and 
operate these facilities as part of its distribution system.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days after the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to rule 
214 of the

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Commission's procedural rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or 
notice of intervention and, pursuant to section 157.205 of the 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (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 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 NGA.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Lawrence O. Thomas, Director--Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy 
Gas Transmission Company, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, 
or call (318) 429-2804.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-188 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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