[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 236 (Friday, December 6, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 64737] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-31023] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP97-116-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application To Abandon Service December 2, 1996. Take notice that on November 22, 1996, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Applicant), 1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston, West Virginia 25314-1599 filed in Docket No. CP97-116-000 under Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to abandon its interest in the Boldman Extraction Plant to MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. (Mark West), and to sell its Cobb Extraction Plant to MarkWest. This application is filed contingent upon approval of a proposed settlement of Applicant's Section 4 rate proceeding in Docket No. RP95- 408-000. In accordance with the proposed settlement, Applicant proposes to cancel its lease of the Boldman Extraction Plant in Pike County, Kentucky (which is owned by MarkWest) and abandon the products extraction service performed there to MarkWest. Applicant also proposes to sell the Cobb Extraction Plant to MarkWest in Kanawha County, West Virginia, at net book value and abandon the services performed there to MarkWest. Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference to said application should on or before December 23, 1996, 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 385.214 or 385.211) and the regulations under the Natural Gas Act (1 8 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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and approval of 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 Applicant to appear or be represented at the hearing. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-31023 Filed 12-5-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M