[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 64823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32125]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-105-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation and Texas Gas 
Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

December 3, 1997.
    Take notice that on November 26, 1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251-1396, 
and Texas Gas Transmission Corporation (Texas Gas), P.O. Box 20008, 
Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, filed in Docket No. CP98-105-000 an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon existing Section 7(c) exchange 
agreements between Transco and Texas Gas, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Transco and Texas Gas propose to abandon existing Section 7(c) 
exchange agreements under Transco's Rate Schedules X-25 and X-55 and 
Texas Gas' Rate Schedules X-20 and X-50. Transco and Texas Gas, by 
letter dated July 12, 1996, stated they have agreed to terminate these 
services, and request abandonment of the exchange agreements to be 
effective as of the date of the Commission's order approving 
abandonment.
    Transco and Texas Gas further state that the proposed abandonment 
will not impact either of the certificate holder's peak day or annual 
deliveries and neither pipeline's tariff prohibits the proposed 
elimination of rate schedules. Transco and Texas declare no gas has 
flowed from these points after August 1, 1991, and do not propose to 
abandon any facilities pursuant to the instant application. Transco and 
Texas Gas state that no service to any of its other customers will be 
affected by the abandonment authorizations requested herein.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said Application should on or before December 24, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 18 CFR 385.214) 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 the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 petition 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 abandonment 
is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a petition 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32125 Filed 12-8-97; 8:45 am]
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