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service to K N Westex Services

Company (Westex), a provider of

transportation and storage services, for

use by new electrical power generation

customers. It is stated that the facilities

will be used to deliver approximately

60,000 Mcf of natural gas on a peak day

and 5,400,000 Mcf on an annual basis to

Westex. It is asserted that Caprock will

be reimbursed for the $730,000 cost of

the facilities by Golden Spread Electric

Cooperative, Inc., GS Electric

Generating Cooperative, Inc. and Denver

City Energy Associates, L.P. It is stated

that Caprock’s FERC Gas Tariff does not

prohibit additional delivery points. It is

explained that the volume of gas

delivered to Westex will be within

Westex’s existing contract quantity and

that the proposal will not have any

adverse impact on Caprock’s peak day

and annual deliveries.

Any person or the Commission’s staff

may, within 45 days after issuance of

the instant notice by the Commission,

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20984 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–684–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Application for

Abandonment

July 31, 1998.

Take notice that on July 22, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–0146, filed in

Docket No. CP98–684–000 an

application pursuant to Section 7(b) of

the Natural Gas Act for permission and

approval to abandon by sale to Blazer

Energy Corporation (Blazer), a wholly

owned subsidiary of Statoil Energy, Inc.,

certain certificated natural gas facilities,

to abandon the service provided through

the facilities to be sold, and to abandon

an exchange service with CNG

Transmission Corporation (CNG) and

permission to amend the related

exchange agreement to remove that

point, all as more fully set forth in the

application on file with the Commission

and open to public inspection.

Columbia states that Columbia and

Blazer entered into a Purchase and Sale

Agreement dated July 15, 1997, which

provides that Columbia will sell to

Blazer all of its interest in certain

pipeline facilities located in Fayette,

Raleigh, and Kanawha Counties, West

Virginia. Columbia proposed (i) to

abandon, by sale to Blazer, Columbia’s

interest in certificated facilities

designed as Lines KA–7, KA–12, KA–

13, and the Carbon Compressor Station,

located in West Virginia; (ii) to abandon

the services provided through the

facilities to be sold; and (iii) to abandon

a point of exchange with CNG

Transmission Corporation and

permission to amend Columbia’s

Exchange Agreement X–35 to remove

that point.

Concurrently with this application,

Blazer filed a petition for a declaratory

order in Docket No. CP98–683–000

requesting that the Commission declare

that certain facilities Blazer proposes to

acquire from Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (Columbia)

are gathering facilities exempt from

Commission jurisdiction under Section

1(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before August

21, 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

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulation 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 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.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20981 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–694–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation; Notice of Request Under

Blanket Authorization

July 31, 1998.

Take notice that on July 24, 1998,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway,

Fairfax, Virginia 22030–0146, filed in

Docket No. CP98–694–000 a request

pursuant to Sections 157.205, and

157.212, of the Commission’s

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.205, 157.212) for

authorization to modify an existing

point of delivery to Washington Gas

Light Company (WGL) by constructing

certain facilities in Prince William

County, Virginia, under Columbia’s

blanket certificate issued in Docket No.

CP83–76–000 pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set

forth in the request that is on file with

the Commission and open to public

inspection.

Columbia requests authorization to

modify its Robert Trent Jones point of

delivery and provide service under

existing rate schedules and within

certificated entitlements. Columbia

estimates that the proposed volumes

will be approximately 20,600 Dth/day.

The modification has been requested by

WGL to provide additional firm

transportation service for residential

and commercial customers. WGL has

not requested an increase in its total

firm entitlements. Therefore, there is no

impact on Columbia’s existing peak day

obligations to its other customers.