[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26741]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-781-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application For 
Abandonment

October 3, 1997.
    Take notice that on September 29, 1997, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket No. CP97-781-000, an application pursuant to 
Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to 
abandon its Deerlick Storage Field and adjacent facilities located in 
Warren County, Pennsylvania, all as more fully set forth in the 
application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    National Fuel proposes to abandon by sale to Tenneco Gas Processing 
Company and Five Oaks, Inc., all of its facilities comprising its 
Deerlick Storage Field plus adjacent gathering lines and appurtenant 
facilities, all located in the Townships of Sheffield and Cherry Grove, 
Warren County, Pennsylvania. National states that its Deerlick Storage 
Field consists of 20 storage wells and 32,803 feet of various size well 
pipelines. National Fuel asserts that it has concluded that Deerlick 
Storage Field is no longer necessary to provide storage services, and 
has removed all top gas and base gas.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before October 24, 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 jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulation 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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-26741 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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