[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19142-19143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9646]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-291-000]
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application
April 13, 1999.
Take notice that on April 7, 1999, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in
Docket
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No. CP99-291-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural
Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain facilities
located Offshore Louisiana by sale to Union Oil Company of California
(Unocal), all as more fully set forth in the application on file with
the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online.rims.htm (call 202-208-2222
for assistance).
Specifically, Transco states that it seeks authorization to abandon
by sale to Unocal the following facilities: (1) 1.012 miles 6-inch
Purchase Lateral, Pan-American and Unocal's platform in Vermilion Block
35, Offshore Louisiana; (2) 0.451 mile 4-inch lateral, Union Platform
#3 to Platform #1 in Vermilion Block 35, Offshore Louisiana; and (3) a
600 HP skid mounted compressor unit, Unocal Platform B in Vermilion
Block 67, Offshore Louisiana. The facilities are collectively referred
to as the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities. Transco states that these
faculties are currently included in its spindown proceeding on file
with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-206-000 and upon approval of
this abandonment by sale, Transco will remove these facilities from the
spindown proceeding.
Transco states that the abandonment of the Vermilion 35 and 67
Facilities will be by sale to Unocal, and no removal of any of the
facilities will be required. Transco states that the purchase price for
the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities at the closing will be $1.00 and
other good and valuable consideration, and that the estimated net book
value of the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities as of March 31, 1999 was
$28,978. In addition, Transco states that the requested abandonment
will have no impact on the daily design capacity of or operating
conditions on its system, and no service to any of Transco's customers
will be impacted by the abandonment of these facilities.
Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with
reference to said application should on or before May 4, 1999, 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-9646 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]
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