[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24688-24689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10467]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-169-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Koch Gateway Pipeline 
Company; Notice of Joint Application

April 21, 2000.
    Take notice that on April 5, 2000, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, and 
Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch), 20 East Greenway Plaza, 5th 
Floor, Houston, Texas 77046, filed in Docket No. CP00-169-000 a joint 
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 157.18 of the Commission's 
regulations thereunder, requesting permission and approval for Natural 
and Koch to abandon the following exchange service agreements, all of 
which are more fully set forth in the application, which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection:
    (1) An exchange service jointly authorized in Docket No. CP67-315 
and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-16 and Koch's Rate 
Schedule X-22;
    (2) An exchange service authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP71-200 
and Koch's Docket No. CP71-201 and performed under Natural's Rate 
Schedule X-29 and Koch's Rate Schedule X-41;
    (3) An exchange service jointly authorized in Docket No. CP77-121 
and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-79 and Koch's Rate 
Schedule X-83;
    (4) An exchange service jointly authorized in Docket No. CP77-226 
and performed under Natural's Rate Schedule X-81 and Koch's Rate 
Schedule X-82; and
    (5) An exchange service authorized in Natural's Docket No. CP77-
641, as amended, and Koch's Docket CP78-23, as amended, and performed 
under Natural's Rate Schedule X-94 and Koch's Rate Schedule X-94
    The application may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/
rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed for 
Natural to James J. McElligott, Senior Vice President, 747 East 22nd 
Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 at (630) 691-3525, J. Curtis Moffatt, 
Esq., Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20007-3877, or Philip R. Telleen, Esq., Attorney for 
Natural, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 at (630) 691-
3749. For Koch, Kyle Stehens, Director of Certificates, P.O. Box 1478 
Houston, Texas 77251-1478 at (713) 544-7309 or Michael E. McMahon, 
Attorney for Koch, at (713) 544-4796.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 12, 2000, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 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) 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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory 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 motion to intervene if filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval for the proposed abandonment are required 
by the public convenience and necessity. If a motion 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

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unnecessary for Natural and Koch to appear to be represented at the 
hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10467 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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