[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 113 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14027]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-429-000]


Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

June 9, 2009.
    Take notice that on June 8, 2009, Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company (Columbia Gulf), 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 
77056, filed a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
for authorization to abandon, pursuant to Columbia Gulf's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP83-496-000, certain offshore natural 
gas facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application, which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The 
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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Columbia Gulf proposes to abandon approximately 5.5 
miles of 16-inch pipeline (Segment 8310), Measuring Station 689, and 
appurtenances. Columbia Gulf states that Segment 8310 begins at the 
Garden Banks 236A platform and extends to a sub-sea interconnection at 
Garden Banks 149 in offshore Louisiana. Columbia Gulf asserts that 
Section 8310 will be abandoned in place and will be designated by the 
Mineral Management Service (MMS) as Segment 17594. Columbia 
Gulf states that Measuring Station 689 will be removed. Columbia Gulf 
asserts that production into the subject pipeline ceased in July of 
2003, at which time Chevron notified Columbia Gulf that its production 
had been depleted and that it had no plans for future development. 
Columbia Gulf avers that the pipeline has been inactive since that 
time. Columbia Gulf states that Chevron has since notified Columbia 
Gulf that it intended to abandon its Garden Banks 236A platform to 
which the pipeline is connected. Columbia Gulf asserts that it does not 
propose the abandonment of any service as a result of the proposed 
abandonment nor does Columbia Gulf have any firm contracts utilizing 
the pipeline. Columbia Gulf estimates the costs of abandoning the 
pipeline to be approximately $3 million.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
counsel for Columbia Gulf, Fredric J. George, Senior Counsel, P. O. Box 
1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273; telephone (304) 357-2359, 
fax (304) 357-3206.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the 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. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's regulations under 
the NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file 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 
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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-14027 Filed 6-12-09; 8:45 am]
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