[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33835]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-136-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application

December 22, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 16, 1997, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77252, filed 
in Docket No. CP98-136-000 a request pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for approval to abandon a firm transportation service 
provided for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BG&E) under Transco's 
Rate Schedule FT, all as more fully set forth in the request which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Transco states that it currently delivers 3,881 Dekatherms of 
natural gas to BG&E on a firm basis pursuant to Transco's blanket 
certificate authorized under Part 284(G) of the Commission's 
Regulations. Transco asserts that it seeks abandonment authorization 
for the service described above because the subject FT service for BG&E 
was previously converted from firm sales service to firm transportation 
service under Transco's Rate Schedule FT pursuant to Transco's revised 
Stipulation and Agreement in Docket Nos. RP88-68, et al., and that 
settlement provides that pre-granted abandonment shall not apply to 
such conversions. It is indicated that by letter dated July 17, 1997, 
BG&E provided notice to Transco that BG&E was electing to terminate the 
service agreement effective as of the end of the primary term of the 
agreement, February 2, 1998. It is further asserted that one shipper, 
The Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia, submitted a binding nomination 
for all of such capacity for a primary term of 25 years in an open 
season that extended from October 21 through November 20, 1997.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference 
to said application should on or before January 5, 1998, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, a 
petition to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements 
of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 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 the proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a petition 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 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 on this application 
if no petition to intervene is filed within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
application 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33835 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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