[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23413]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-731-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

August 26, 1998.
    Take notice that on August 18, 1998, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
500 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, filed in Docket No. 
CP98-731-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for authorization and approval to abandon a gas 
exchange service with Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), performed under Rate 
Schedule X-157 which was authorized in Docket No. CP85-393-000, all as 
more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspections.
    No facilities are proposed to be abandoned as a result of the 
Commission's approval of this application. This exchange agreement was 
signed July 31, 1984, and was designated as Rate Schedule X-157. The 
applicant's facilities will continue to be available for service on an 
open-access basis pursuant to Part 284 of the Commission's regulations. 
By a letter dated June 1, 1998, ANR notified Shell of its desire to 
terminate the Agreement under Rate Schedule X-157, effective as of the 
date of such letter and or such later date as the Commission may deem 
appropriate. The abandonment is being proposed because no volumes have 
been exchanged for at least 10 years, the Purchase Contract was jointly 
canceled in 1988, and the parties have mutually agreed to terminate 
this exchange service. No imbalances exist.
    ANR states that authorization to abandon the service performed 
under ANR's Rate Schedule X-157 will not impair any of the service 
obligations to its remaining customers.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before September 16, 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 385.214 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 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 ANR to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23413 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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