[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49000-49001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24782]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-729-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

September 12, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 8, 1997, pursuant to Section 7(c) and 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore), P.O. Box 1769, Dover, Delaware 19903-1769, 
filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing: (1) the construction and operation of 2.3 miles 
of 10-inch pipeline, (2) the abandonment of 2.3 miles of existing 6-
inch pipeline, (3) the construction and operation of .2 miles of 16-
inch pipeline, and (4) the abandonment of .2 miles of existing 10-inch 
pipeline, all in connection with a highway realignment project required 
by the State of Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDot), all as 
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection.
    Eastern Shore states that the proposed pipeline segments, to be 
located in New Castle County, Delaware, would replace existing pipeline 
that must be relocated due to DelDOT highway construction. Eastern 
Shore notes that the construction of the proposed facilities is planned 
to be started between Winter 1997 and Spring 1998. Eastern Shore 
estimates that the incremental additional cost of upsizing the pipeline 
segment will be $177,668 and estimates the total project cost to be 
$903,851. Eastern Shore contends that it will finance this amount 
initially from internally generated funds and short-term notes and that 
permanent financing will be arranged after construction has been 
completed. Eastern Shore requests a preliminary determination that the 
total cost of these facilities be rolled in to its total system costs 
for rate purposes.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 3, 1997, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion

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to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 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 and Regulations, 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 Eastern Shore to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24782 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]
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