[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3228]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP78-123-000; CP80-435-000]


Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company; Notice of 
Effectiveness of Surrender of Certificate and Termination of Proceeding

February 6, 2009.
    On December 15, 2008, as supplemented on January 23, 2009, Alaskan 
Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company (ANNGTC) \1\ submitted a 
notice that it was surrendering the conditional certificate that the 
Commission issued to ANNGTC in Docket Nos. CP78-123 and CP80-435, 
authorizing the construction of the Alaskan pipeline segment of the 
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) and the Alaska Gas 
Conditioning Facility.\2\ ANNGTC's partners have concluded that ANNGTC 
is no longer a viable entity and that ANNGTC cannot feasibly pursue the 
ANGTS pipeline project conditionally authorized in Docket Nos. CP78-123 
and CP80-435.
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    \1\ ANNGTC is a partnership, the sole remaining partners of 
which are TransCanada Pipeline USA, Ltd. and United Alaska Fuels 
Corporation.
    \2\ See Alcan Pipeline Company, 1 FERC ] 61,248 (1977); Alaskan 
Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company (formerly Alcan 
Pipeline Company and Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Company), 3 FERC ] 
61,290 (1978); 18 FERC ] 61,002 (1982); and Northwest Alaskan 
Pipeline Company, et al., 19 FERC ] 61,078 (1982).
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    Because ANNGTC never perfected its conditional certificate and 
never constructed any facilities or provided any services under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), there are no facilities or services subject to 
the abandonment provisions of NGA section 7(b), and no abandonment 
authorization or other Commission action is required. Accordingly, 
ANNGTC's surrender of the certificate issued in Docket Nos. CP78-123 
and CP80-435 is accepted by the Commission and this proceeding is 
terminated.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-3228 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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