[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44466-44467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22206]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-690-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

August 15, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 8, 1997, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 filed in Docket 
No. CP97-690-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) and 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval for FGT to reroute and/
or relocate and abandon a portion a 24-inch mainline located in 
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, FGT requests an order be issued authorizing one 
reroute and two relocations totaling approximately 18,370 feet of 24-
inch mainline located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. FGT states that 
the purpose of the reroute and/or relocation is to comply with the 
safety requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which 
requires heavier wall pipe due to the proximity of new residential and 
commercial construction in the vicinity of FGT's mainline. FGT proposes 
to abandon in place, the three sections of 24-inch pipeline that will 
be taken out of service. FGT estimates the total cost of the proposal 
to be approximately $3,762,161.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 5, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 
20426, a motion to

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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 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 a grant of the certificate is 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 FGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22206 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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