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Birmingham, Alabama 35202–2563, call

(205) 325–7133.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before December 21, 2000,

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A

person obtaining party status will be

placed on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30984 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–112–000]

Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

November 28, 2000.

Take notice that on November 22,

2000, Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation (Texas Eastern) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff Sixth

Revised Volume No. 1, Sixth Revised

Volume No. 1 and Sixth Revised Sheet

No. 647 to be effective on January 1,

2001.

Texas Eastern states that the purpose

of this filing is to remove from Section

16 of the General Terms and Conditions

of its FERC Gas Tariff certain provisions

that are no longer applicable, to revise

the phone number of the person to

whom complaints should be directed

regarding Texas Eastern’s compliance

with the Commission’s gas marketing

affiliate rules and to provide for the

posting on Texas Eastern’s Internet Web

site of information regarding shared

operating employees and shared

facilities, as well as any physical office

space barriers and card key protections

that may be necessitated by virtue of

shared office space, consistent with

Commission precedent.

Texas Eastern states that copies of its

filing have been mailed to all affected

customers and interested state

commissions.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm. (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30986 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–34–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation; Notice of Application

November 30, 2000.

Take notice that on November 20,

2000, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box

1396, Houston, Texas 42301, in Docket

No. CP01–34–000 filed an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act for permission and approval for

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Transco to abandon certain pipeline

facilities, located in offshore Texas,

which are portions of the North Padre

Island Gathering System and the Central

Texas Gathering System (North Padre

and Central Texas Gathering Systems),

by transfer to Williams Gas ProcessingGulf Coast Company, L.P. (WGP), an

affiliate of Transco, all as more fully set

forth in the application which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection. This filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Transco proposes to abandon 3.83

miles of 10-inch pipeline and 18.79

miles of 20-inch pipeline of the North

Padre Gathering System, located in the

North Padre Island Area and the North

Padre Island Area East Addition,

offshore Texas by transfer to WFP.

Transco also proposes to abandon 4.96

miles of 6-inch pipeline, 4.19 miles of

8-inch pipeline, 3.77 miles of 10-inch

pipeline, 64.79 miles of 12-inch

pipeline, 11.56 miles of 16-inch

pipeline, 116.48 miles of 20-inch

pipeline, 23.42 miles of 24-inch

pipeline, and 41.15 miles of 30-inch

pipeline of the Central Texas Gathering

System, located in the Galveston Area,

the Brazos Area, the Brazos Area South

Addition, the Matagorda Island Area,

and the Mustang Island Area East

Addition, offshore Texas by transfer to

WGP. Transco advises that the facilities

will be transferred at net book value,

which has been calculated at

$34,893,250 as of October 31, 2000.

Transco also requests authorization to

abandon its Rate Schedule X–66, under

which Transco states that gas has not

flowed since 1989. Transco asserts that

it has either notified or has caused the

notification of the affected parties of its

intent to terminate and abandon the

affected services, and WGP will begin

discussions with the affected parties for

continued service.

WGP has concurrently filed a petition

for a declaratory order in Docket No.

CP01–32–000 requesting that the

Commission determine that WGP’s

acquisition, ownership, and operation of

the facilities at issue not subject WGP or

any portion of WGP’s facilities, rates, or

services to the jurisdiction of the

Commission under the Natural Gas Act.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to

Randall R. Conklin, Vice President and

General Counsel, and Gisela Cherches,

Senior Attorney at (713) 215–2000,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation, P.O. Box 1396, Houston,

Texas 77251.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before December 21, 2000,

file with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A

person obtaining party status will be

placed on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding. Only parties to the

proceeding can ask for court review of

Commission orders in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding. The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the projects.

This preliminary determination

typically considers such issues as the

need for the project and its economic

effect on existing customers of the

applicant, on other pipelines in the area,

and on landowners and communities.

For example, the Commission considers

the extent to which the applicant may

need to exercise eminent domain to

obtain rights-of-way for the proposed

project and balances that against the

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

Beginning November 1, 2000,

comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30982 Filed 12–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–32–000]

Williams Gas Processing—Gulf Cost

Company, L.P.; Notice of Petition for

Declaratory Order

November 30, 2000.

Take notice that on November 20,

2000, Williams Gas Processing—Gulf

Coast Company, L.P. (WGP), P.O. Box

1396, Houston, Texas 77251, in Docket

No. CP01–32–000 filed a petition for a

declaratory order requesting that the

Commission declare that certain

pipeline facilities located almost

entirely in offshore waters on the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS), offshore Texas

to be acquired from WGP’s affiliate,

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), would have the

primary function of gathering of natural

gas and would thereby be exempt from

the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant

to Section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act,