[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46738-46739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23397]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-705-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation and El Paso Natural Gas 
Company; Notice of Joint Application

August 28, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 22, 1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251 and El Paso 
Natural Gas Company (El Paso), jointly referred to as Applicants, filed 
in Docket No. CP97-705-000 a joint application pursuant to Section 7(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act for an order permitting and approving the 
abandonment of existing Section 7(c) certificated exchange agreements 
between Transco and El Paso, under Transco's Rate Schedules X-160 and 
X-161 and El Paso's Rate Schedules X-46 and X-45, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Specifically, the Applicants state that they seek Commission 
authorization to terminate Transco's Rate Schedules X-160 and X-161 and 
El Paso's Rate Schedules X-46 and X-45. The Applicants state that 
Transco and El Paso, by letter dated June 2, 1997, mutually agreed to 
terminate these services effective as of the date an order is issued 
approving such terminations.
    The Applicants state that the service provided under the exchange 
agreements has not been utilized since May, 1991, and that no 
historical imbalances associated with the subject exchange agreements 
exist.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 18, 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

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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 Transco or El Paso to appear or be 
represented at the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23397 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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