42244 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices

1Field Services has filed a related petition for

declaratory order in Docket No. CP97–671–000.

1Field Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, and owns

gathering and processing assets in the states of

Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

2Panhandle has filed a related abandonment

application in Docket No. CP97–672–000.

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.1

Panhandle proposes to abandon by

transfer to Field Services approximately

5.6 miles of 8-inch pipeline and related

facilities. Panhandle states that upon

approval of the requested abandonment,

the facilities will be operated as part of

Field Services’ gathering system.

Panhandle states that the facilities

proposed to be abandoned are being

transferred for $227,035, which is the

net book value.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before August

21, 1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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

385.214 or 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 is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own 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

unnecessary for Panhandle to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20699 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–671–000]

Panhandle Field Services Company;

Notice Of Petition For Declaratory

Order

July 31, 1997.

Take notice that on July 29, 1997,

Panhandle Field Services Company

(Field Services),1 370 Seventeenth

Street, Suite 900, Denver, Colorado

80202, filed in Docket No. CP97–671–

000 a petition pursuant to Section 16 of

the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Rule

207(a)(2) of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207

(a)(2)), for a declaratory order

disclaiming Commission jurisdiction

over certain facilities to be acquired

from Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company (Panhandle),2 an affiliate, and

the services provided through them, all

as more fully set forth in the petition

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Field Services seeks a declaratory

order from the Commission finding that:

(1) At the time of transfer, from

Panhandle to Field Services,

approximately 5.6 miles of 8-inch

pipeline located between Field Services’

Spooney Booster Station (Spooney

Booster) and Panhandle’s Hansford

Compressor Station (Hansford

Compressor) in Hansford County, Texas

(Spooney 8-Inch Line) described in the

petition would be facilities used for the

gathering of natural gas exempt from

Commission jurisdiction under Section

1(b) of the NGA.

(2) Field Services would not be a

‘‘natural-gas company’’ pursuant to

Section 2(6) of the NGA by virtue of its

proposed acquisition, ownership and

operation of the facilities.

(3) The gathering services that Field

Services seeks to perform as described

in its petition would be exempt from the

Commission’s jurisdiction under

Section 1(b) of the NGA; and

(4) Field Services’ rates and charges

for gathering services would not be

subject to Sections 4 and 5 of the NGA.

Field Services proposes to operate the

Spooney 8-Inch Line as a gas gatherer

providing gathering and related services

between the Hansford Compressor and

the Spooney Booster. Currently the

Spooney 8-Inch Line moves gas from the

Spooney Booster to the Hansford

Compressor and parallels a Panhandle

6-inch line. Upon acquisition of the

Spooney 8-inch Line, Field Services

states that it will physically disconnect

the Spooney 8-Inch Line from the

Hansford Compressor. Field Services

states that it will use the line to gather

gas from points to be constructed along

its length and deliver the gathered gas

through the Spooney Booster for

delivery to Panhandle via the existing 6-

inch line. Field Services states that it

does not propose to engage in the sale

or transportation of natural gas in any

manner which would subject it to the

Commission’s jurisdiction under the

NGA.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

petition should on or before August 21,

1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 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

384.214 or 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20700 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–664–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 31, 1997.

Take notice that on July 24, 1997,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court,

Houston, Texas 77056–5310, filed a

request with the Commission in Docket

No. CP97–664–000, pursuant to

Sections 157.205, and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to construct a delivery point in Fulton

County, Pennsylvania, so that Texas

Eastern may provide natural gas

deliveries to Penn Fuel Gas, Inc. (Penn