[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26589-26590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12635]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP-403-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application for 
Abandonment

May 7, 1998.
    Take notice that on April 29, 1998, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(NGT), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston Texas 77210-4455 filed in Docket 
No. CP98-403-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations for an 
order permitting and approving the abandonment of certain pipeline 
facilities in Panola County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the 
request which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.

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    Specifically, NGT proposes to abandon Line ST-17, composed of 
approximately 374 feet of 8-inch pipe, in the W.C. Gray Survey A-245 in 
Panola County, Texas. NGT says this line was constructed in 1982 and 
certificated in Docket No. CP91-400, to receive gas supply from the 
discharge side of the Champlin Compressor Station and deliver it 
through an interconnection with Texas Gas Transmission Corporation. NGT 
indicates that as a result of changes in its business, this 
interconnection is no longer needed and has not been utilized for an 
extensive period.
    NGT plans to abandon Line ST-17, in its entirety, along with an 8-
inch dual meter run, 6-inch dual regulatory, and above ground 
appurtenant equipment. NGT relates that it will reclaim a 63 foot 
segment of ST-17 starting at the yard piping in the Champlin Compressor 
Station yard and abandon in place the remaining 311 feet of pipe. NGT 
says the 63 feet of pipe will be junked and the cost to reclaim this 
pipe is estimated to be $2,370.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 28, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 385.211 and 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 in any 
proceeding herein 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 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 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 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 NGT to appear or to be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-12635 Filed 5-12-98; 8:45 am]
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