[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19981]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-637-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

July 24, 1997.
    Take notice that on July 14, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket No. CP97-637-000 a request pursuant to 
Secs. 157.205, 157.211, and 157.216(b) of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205, 157.211, and 157.216) for 
approval to abandon certain facilities and to construct and operate new 
facilities, under National Fuel's blanket certificate issued in Docket 
No. CP83-4-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 
all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    National Fuel proposes to abandon in place approximately two miles 
of a six-inch sales lateral line known as Line P, and to abandon by 
transfer to National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation (Distribution) 
approximately 9.7 miles of Line P. National Fuel also requests 
authorization to abandon four sales taps located on Line P, at which 
gas is currently delivered to Distribution. National Fuel states that 
Distribution will still deliver all the natural gas it needs for the 
markets served by Line P, but these four sales taps will no longer be 
points of interconnection between National Fuel and Distribution.
    National Fuel also proposes to construct at and operate its Station 
No. 2235, an existing sales taps at which national Fuel delivers 
natural gas to Distribution. Specifically, National proposes to replace 
a three-inch meter with a four-inch meter and associated piping. 
National Fuel asserts that these changes will result in a change in the 
design delivery capacity of the station from 900 Mcf per day to 
approximately 1,600 Mcf per day. National Fuel asserts that this 
upgrade is necessary to accommodate the continuation of natural gas 
deliveries to Distribution after the abandonment of Line P.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 45 days of the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.214), a motion to intervene and pursuant to Section 157.205 of the 
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activities 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 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 Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19981 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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