[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-42-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

January 6, 2009.
    Take notice that on December 23, 2008, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed 
in Docket No. CP09-42-000, an application pursuant to sections 157.205 
and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) as amended, to abandon by sale certain natural gas supply 
facilities located in Vermilion Blocks 65, 67, and 76, offshore 
Louisiana, to Nexen Petroleum U.S.A. Inc. (Nexen), under Tennessee's 
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-413-000,\1\ all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to the public for inspection.
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    \1\ 20 FERC ]62,409 (1982).
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    Tennessee states that it proposes to abandon in place and by sale 
to Nexen a receipt meter, approximately 2.2 miles of 6-inch diameter 
pipeline, and 5.2 miles of 4-inch diameter pipeline, located in 
Vermilion Blocks 65, 67, and 76, offshore Louisiana. Tennessee also 
states that Nexen would continue to operate the facilities following 
the closing of the purchase and sales transaction.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Jacquelyne M. Rocan, Senior Counsel, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 
1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, via telephone at (713) 
420-4544, or facsimile (713) 420-1601 or Debbie Kalisek, Analyst, 
Certificates & Regulatory Compliance via telephone at (713) 420-3292 or 
facsimile (713) 420-1605.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number filed to access the document. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC 
[email protected] or call toll-free at (866) 206-3676, or, for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, 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 allowed time for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-334 Filed 1-9-09; 8:45 am]
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