[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-930]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP97-176-000]


Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

January 10, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 31, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West 
Virginia 25314-1599, filed in Docket No. CP97-176-000 an application 
pursuant to Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission and approval to abandon pipeline facilities in the Terra 
Alta Storage Field located in Preston County, West Virginia, and to 
construct and operate replacement facilities, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Columbia proposes to abandon 2.9 miles of various diameter segments 
of storage pipeline and appurtenances and to replace them with 2.6 
miles of various diameter segments of pipeline and appurtenances. 
Columbia estimates the cost of the replacement at $2,394,700, with a 
net debit to accumulated provisions for depreciation for the abandoned 
facilities of $462,816. It is stated that the proposal is part of 
Columbia's ongoing program of upgrading its storage fields to ensure 
reliable operation of its pipeline system. It is asserted that the 
proposal will not affect the reservoir performance of the storage field 
or deliveries and that Columbia is not requesting authorization for any 
new or additional service.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before January 31, 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 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. 97-930 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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