[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7417]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-283-000]


Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

March 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on March 11, 1997, Eastern Shore Natural Gas 
Company (Eastern Shore), Box 615, Dover, Delaware 19903-0615, filed an 
application pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing 
Eastern Shore to (1) construct and operate 0.4 miles of 16-inch 
diameter pipeline; and (2) abandon in place 0.4 miles of existing 10-
inch diameter pipeline, all as more fully set forth in the application, 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Eastern Shore says that the proposed pipeline segment, to be 
located in New Castle County, Delaware, would replace existing pipeline 
that must be relocated due to Delaware State Department of 
Transportation (DelDOT) highway construction. Construction of the 
proposed facilities is planned to be undertaken between Fall 1997 and 
Spring 1998.
    Eastern Shore estimates that the incremental additional cost of 
upsizing the pipeline segment proposed in its application will be 
$53,620 and estimates the total project cost to be $329,856. Eastern 
Shore states that it will finance the cost of the project initially 
from internally generated funds and short term notes and that permanent 
financing will be arranged after construction has been completed. 
Eastern Shore requests that the total cost of these facilities be 
rolled-in to its total system costs for rate purposes.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 9, 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 157.100). 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 Section 7 and Section 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 of 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 a 
grant of the certificate is required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If a motion 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 Eastern Shore to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7417 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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