24778 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 86 /Tuesday, May 5, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–374–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline, L.P. and Koch

Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of

Application

April 29, 1998.

Take notice that on April 23, 1998

Koch Gateway Pipeline, L.P. (Koch

Gateway) and Koch Gateway Pipeline

Company (KGPC) (Applicants), both at

600 Travis Street, Houston, Texas,

77002, filed in the above docket,

pursuant to Sections 7(c) and (b) of the

Natural Gas Act, a joint application for

a certificate of public convenience and

necessity and for an order granting

permission and approval by August 1,

1998 to transfer facilities and services.

By this application, Koch Gateway

requests a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

it to acquire the facilities and perform

the services of KGPC, and to gather,

transport and store natural gas in

interstate commerce in the same manner

as currently authorized and conducted

by KGPC in accordance with the terms

of existing certificates of public

convenience and necessity issued to

KGPC.

Further, KGPC requests companion

authority to transfer all of its assets,

operations, and services to Koch

Gateway. In addition, Koch Gateway

requests that it be substituted for KGPC

in all pending proceedings in which

KGPC is a party, all as more fully set

forth in the Application. The Joint

Application requests that authorizations

be made effective as of August 1, 1998,

the first day of operation after the

jurisdictional assets are conveyed to

Koch Gateway.

Applicants state that a Partnership

Agreement was entered into whereby

Koch Gateway was formed. The

Partnership Agreement is attached to

the application. The partnership is

composed of two corporate partners,

KGPC as the general partner and Koch

Energy, Inc. as the Limited Partner.

Under the partnership agreement, and

upon Commission approval, KGPC will

transfer its assets, facilities, operations,

and services to the partnership.

Under the partnership agreement

KGPC as general partner will continue

the operations of the pipeline system in

an uninterrupted manner. KGPC seeks

companion authority to transfer,

pursuant to Section 7(b), its

jurisdictional facilities and operations to

Koch Gateway. Further, Koch Gateway

will adopt the tariff of KGPC that is on

file with the Commission and in effect

on the date of the approval of this

Application.

Applicants state that the sole purpose

of this application is to change the legal

structure of the natural gas company

from a corporation to a partnership so

as to provide the natural gas company

with additional financial flexibility in

operating its business and will not

adversely impact any of the rates of

KGPC’s customers or any of the services

they receive on the pipeline.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before May 20,

1998, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, DC 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 proceedings. 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 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 Koch Gateway or Koch

Gateway KGPC to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–194–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Proposed Changed in FERC

Gas Tariff

April 20, 1998.

Take notice that on April 24, 1998,

NorAm Gas Transmission Company

(NGT) tendered for filing as part of its

FERC GAS Tariff, Fourth Revised

Volume No. 1, the following revised

tariff sheets to be effective May 24,

1998:

Title Sheet

First Revised Sheet No. 2

Third Revised Sheet No. 239

First Revised Sheet No. 239A

Third Revised Sheet No. 324

First Revised Sheet No. 343

NGT states that the purpose of this

filing is to reflect ministerial changes

resulting from the merger of NGT’s

parent with Houston Industries

Incorporated and the relocation of

NGT’s Houston corporate offices, as

well as the additional segregation of

NGT’s marketing affiliate offices as

described in Section 17 of the General

Terms and Conditions of NGT’s tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and Regulations.

All such motions or protests must be

filed as provided in 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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