[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5329]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-259-000]


Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

February 27, 1997.
    Take notice that on February 21, 1997, Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company (Algonquin), 1284 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, Massachusetts 
02135, filed an application with the Commission in Docket No. CP97-259-
000 pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and 
approval to abandon and remove pipe in New Jersey and pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the NGA in order to temporary acquire temporary 
workspace adjacent to the existing right-of-way to replace the removed 
pipe, all as more fully set forth in the application which is open to 
the public for inspection.
    Algonquin proposes to remove and replace approximately 2,400 feet 
of 26-inch diameter pipe in Raritan, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 
order to comply with a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) class 
location change. Algonquin states that it must upgrade this portion of 
its pipeline or lower the Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) 
below the currently effective MAOP of 750 psig by January 17, 1998. 
Algonquin also states that it would be unable to meet its contractual 
obligations at an MAOP lower than the present MAOP of 750 psig.
    Algonquin proposed to acquire temporary rights to use 35 feet of 
work space adjacent to its existing right-of-way in order to remove the 
2,400 feet of pipe it needs to replace. Algonquin states that it would 
place new 26-inch diameter pipe in the same trench excavated to remove 
the old pipe. Algonquin further states that it would be forced to 
operate heavy equipment over its in-service 30-inch diameter loop 
pipeline if Algonquin does not acquire the temporary workspace. 
Algonquin estimates that it would cost $1,312,833 to replace the 
removed pipe.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before March 20, 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 NGA (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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA 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 Algonquin to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5329 Filed 3-4-97; 8:45 am]
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