[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24449]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-717-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application for Abandonment

September 10, 1997.
    Take notice that on August 29, 1997, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), 200 North Third Street, Suite 300, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, filed an application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for an order granting permission and 
approval to abandon a compressor unit and appurtenant facilities, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Specifically, Williston Basin proposes to abandon Compressor Unit 
No. 3 and appurtenant facilities at the Lovell Compressor Station in 
Big Horn County, Wyoming. Williston Basin states that due to the change 
in location in gas supply on its system, it has not required the 
service of all three compressor units at the Lovell Compressor Station 
and, therefore, sees no need for Compressor Unit No. 3 at this location 
in the future. Williston Basin states that it will leave Compressor 
Station No. 3 in place until such time as it may be required for 
another purpose or location. However, Williston Basin states, 
Compressor Unit No. 3 will not be connected to either the suction or 
discharge lines and will be inoperable. Williston Basin asserts that 
the abandonment will not affect its current operations or impact its 
customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 1, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
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 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 Williston Basin to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24449 Filed 9-15-97; 8:45 am]
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