[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1981]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-558-001]


CNG Transmission Corporation; Notice of Amendment

January 22, 1998.
    Take notice that on January 15, 1998, CNG Transmission Corporation 
(CNG), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP96-558-001 an amendment pursuant to Section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and the Commission's Rules and Regulations 
thereunder, to amend its certificate issued at Docket No. CP96-558-000 
on October 11, 1996, all as more fully set forth in the application on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    According to CNG, the above order approved the abandonment in place 
of 67.07 miles of 14-inch pipeline, known as Line 14, located in Potter 
County, Pennsylvania and Livingston, Allegany and Wyoming Counties, New 
York. By this amendment, CNG requests to abandon an additional 5.5 
miles of Line 14 in Allegany County, New York, due to age and 
condition.
    CNG states that the abandonment of Line 14 will have no impact on 
CNG's existing services. This is so, according to CNG, because (1) the 
markets served by Line 14 have declined, and (2) CNG's existing, 
parallel pipelines, Lines 24 and 554 have sufficient capacity to 
maintain existing services to the markets served by this part of CNG's 
system.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application, should on or before February 12, 1998, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20426, a petition to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (Rule 210, 211, or 214) and 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 the proceeding or to participate as 
a party in any hearing therein must file a petition 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, as 
amended, and the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a 
hearing will be held without further notice before the Commission, or 
its delegate, on this application if no petition to intervene is filed 
within the time required herein, if the Commission on its own review of 
the matter finds that the certificate is required by the public 
convenience and necessity.
    If a petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the 
Commission on its own motion believes that an oral 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 CNG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1981 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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