[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-174-000]


Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of 
Application

April 20, 2000.
    Take notice that on April 11, 2000, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas 
Transmission LLC (KMIGT), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-
8304, filed in Docket No. CP00-174-000 an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to 
abandon certain facilities located in the States of Texas and Oklahoma 
comprising the eastern portion of KMIGT's Buffalo Wallow Pipeline 
System by sale to OkTex Pipeline Company (OkTex), an affiliate/division 
of ONEOK, Inc., as more fully set forth in the application while is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may 
be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance).
    KMIGT proposes to abandon to OkTex the eastern portion of the 
Buffalo Wallow Pipeline System extending from milepost 11.4 located in 
Hemphill County, Texas, to the Aledo delivery point located in 
Oklahoma. It is stated that the eastern portion consists of 52.5 miles 
of 20-inch pipe and interconnects with various other pipelines located 
in Hemphill County, Texas, and Roger Mills, Custer, and Dewey Counties, 
Oklahoma.
    KMIGT declares that OkTex will be separately filing an application 
to acquire and operate the subject facilities proposed to be abandoned 
by KMIGT to OkTex. KMIGT states that OkTex has agreed to assume all 
service obligations and economic responsibilities for the subject 
facilities. KMIGT asserts that upon approval of the authorization 
requested herein, OkTex will operate the facilities as an additional 
segment of its interstate pipeline system and will provide open access 
transportation service to shippers requesting service on these 
facilities pursuant to the terms and conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff.
    KMIGT states that the facilities to be sold to OkTex will be 
conveyed at $700,000, which will be adjusted for certain additional 
capital expenditures, if any, incurred by KMIGT on the subject 
facilities prior to the closing date of the sale of these assets.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Bentley W. Breland, Vice President, Certificates and Rates, at (303) 
763-3581, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC, P.O. Box 
281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Application should on or before May 11, 2000, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 of 18 CFR 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 proceeding. 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 petition to 
intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the Commission 
on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the abandonment 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition for 
leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission, on its own 
motion believes that a 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10330 Filed 4-25-00; 8:45 am]
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