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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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18372 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP98–299–000]

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

Company; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 6, 1998.

Take notice that on July 1, 1998,

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

(Panhandle) tendered for filing as part of

its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised

Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on

Appendix A to the filing, to become

effective August 1, 1998.

Panhandle states that it is proposing

to suspend the $0.01 per Dt. Stranded

Transportation Cost Reservation

Surcharge applicable to Rate Schedules

FT, EFT and LFT and the 0.06¢ per Dt.

Stranded Transportation Cost

Volumetric Surcharge applicable to Rate

Schedule SCT. Panhandle will file a

reconciliation report as soon as

practicable and provide invoice credits,

with carrying charges, to applicable

shippers for any excess collections

through July 31, 1998.

Panhandle states that copies of this

filing are being served on all affected

customers and applicable state

regulatory agencies.

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, N.E., 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18349 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–640–000]

Point Arguello Natural Gas Line

Company; Notice of Application

July 6, 1998.

Take notice that on June 29, 1998,

Point Arguello Natural Gas Line

Company (Point Arguello), 4000

Executive Parkway, San Ramon,

California 94583, filed in Docket No.

CP98–640–000 an application pursuant

to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to

permit Point Arguello to transport

natural gas over its existing facilities

from near the Gaviota Gas Processing

Plan, Gaviota, California to Platform

Hermosa, in the Point Arguello Field on

the Outer Continental Shelf, offshore

Santa Barbara, California, all as more

fully set forth in the application which

is on file with the Commission and open

to public inspection.

Point Arguello states that its pipeline

was built to transport natural gas

associated with the crude oil production

from the Point Arguello Field onshore to

the Gaviota Gas Processing Plant. It is

stated that without the pipeline natural

gas not used in the offshore platform

operations would have been flared or

reinjected into the producing reservoirs.

Point Arguello indicates that changes

are occurring in the management of the

oil production of the Point Arguello

Field. It is stated that, in order to extend

the economic life of the field, the oil

producers are proposing to reconfigure

their operations to reduce costs and

streamline operations by moving the oil

stabilization operations from onshore to

the offshore oil platforms and to inject

all surplus gas produced from the field

into the reservoir. It is also stated that

no further gas processing will be

required at the Gaviota plant.

It is indicated that the producers plan

to reinject the surplus gas because gas

production rates continue to decline

and, as a result, levels of hydrogen

sulfide are increasing, precluding the

gas from being transported to shore. It

is also expected that, in the near future,

gas production rates will not be

sufficient to support the offshore

platform operations. As a result, Point

Arguello proposes to transport gas from

onshore to offshore.

To implement this reversal of flow,

Point Arguello proposes to reactivate an

existing 100 yards of pipe near the gas

processing plant and to install a valve

in order to provide a direct connection

with Southern California Gas Company.

No other facility changes are involved.

No changes to Point Arguello’s cost of

service tariff is proposed.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before July 27,

1998, 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 and permission for

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 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 Point Arguello to

appear or be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18364 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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