18768 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 74 / Thursday, April 17, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–313–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Petition for

Declaratory Order and Request for

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity

April 11, 1997.

Take notice that on April 3, 1997,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue,

S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314–

1599, filed in Docket No. CP97–313–000

a petition pursuant to Section 16 of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Rule

207(a)(2) of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207(a)(2)), for a declaratory order

requesting that an existing facility,

located in Indiana County,

Pennsylvania, be refunctionalized from

gathering to transmission. Further,

Columbia, pursuant to Section 7(c) of

the NGA, requests authorization that

this facility refunctionalized to

transmission be certificated as a

jurisdictional transmission facility, all

as more fully set forth in the petition

which is on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Columbia states that as a result of a

detailed facility review completed in

association with preparation of its spinoff application filed in Docket No.

CP97–127–000, Columbia determined

that its Line 12206, an existing facility

which is presently functionalized as

gathering, serves a transmission

function. Columbia states that Line

12206, consisting of approximately

6,041 feet of 8-inch-diameter pipeline, is

located between facilities to be sold to

Somerset Exploration Corporation and

Columbia’s transmission facilities.

Columbia states that it noted in its

application filed in Docket No. CP97–

127–000, that it would spin-off certain

of its gathering facilities to various

purchasers by public auction, and that

it would be filing the instant petition to

refunctionalize gathering facilities to

transmission.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

petition should on or before May 2,

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

384.214 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 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 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 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

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 Columbia to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9896 Filed 4–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP97–326–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

April 11, 1997.

Take notice that on April 4, 1997, El

Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

Post Office Box 1492, El Paso, Texas,

79978, filed an application with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission), in Docket No. CP97–326–

000, under Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) and Section 157.5, et

seq., of the Commission’s Regulations,

for permission and approval to abandon

in place a minor segment of mainline

pipeline located in Eddy County, New

Mexico, and the related natural gas

service from its interstate transmission

pipeline system, all as more fully

described in the application on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

El Paso states that it has determined

that a short segment of the Jal-El Paso

‘‘A’’ Line, approximately 1,290 feet in

length, is no longer required in the

operation of its interstate transmission

system. El Paso further states that this

segment abuts the length of pipeline

abandoned by sale to Leapartners, L. P.

El Paso asserts that by keeping this

segment of pipeline in service, El Paso

would retain a redundant facility and

continue to incur unnecessary operating

and maintenance expenses.

Any person desiring to be heard or

make protest with reference to said

application should, on or before May 2,

1997, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C., 20426, a protest or motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rule 211 or 214 of the

Commissions Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 or 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 Commissions

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 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commissions 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 the requested

abandonment is 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 El Paso to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9897 Filed 4–16–97; 8:45 am]

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