[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30882]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-79-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

November 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on November 12, 1997, NorAm Gas Transmission 
Company (NorAm), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-79-000 a request pursuant to Sections 157.205 and 
157.216 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.216) for permission and approval to abandon a 
portion of NorAm's Line 2-T located in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, 
and a portion of its Line 5 located in Grant and Kay Counties, 
Oklahoma. NorAm makes such request under its blanket certificate issued 
in Docket Nos. CP82-384-000 and CP82-384-001 pursuant to Section 7 of 
the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NorAm proposes to abandon segments of two lines that it acquired as 
part of its merger with Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation,\1\ 
because the expected revenue recovery does not justify the expenditure 
to relocate those line segments. It is stated that both lines serve 
ARKLA, a division of NorAm Energy Corporation.
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    \1\ See 24 FPC 91, CP60-79.
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    Line 2-T is comprised of 59,277 feet of 3-inch line. NorAm is 
proposing to abandon 53,764 feet of Line 2-T, along with nine active 
and six inactive rural domestic taps. It is stated that the remaining 
5,513 feet of Line 2-T will continue to serve ARKLA's Cheyenne town 
border station without interruption. NorAm avers that planned 
construction by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, dictates 
that the above mentioned facilities be abandoned or moved from the 
public right-of-way.
    Line 5 is comprised of 115,838 feet of 8-inch to 12-inch line. 
NorAm is proposing herein to abandon a 43,824 foot 8-inch segment of 
Line 5, along with 19 active and one inactive rural domestic tap. NorAm 
indicates that this segment of Line 5, is likewise located on a county 
right-of-way.
    NorAm estimates it would cost $327,000 to relocate that segment of 
Line 2-T, indicating that segment of Line 2-T generates an annual 
revenue of approximately $200. NorAm further indicates that the subject 
segment of Line 5, has an estimated yearly lost and unaccounted for gas 
cost of $62,740--compared to the approximate $583 of annual revenue 
that is generated by that segment of Line 5.
    NorAm states that it has paid to convert each active customer to an 
alternate source of fuel.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefor, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-30882 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]
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