Federal Register: May 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 102)NoticesPage 29194-29195From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Docket No. CP98-556-000Koch Gateway Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 15, 1998, Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch Gateway), P.O. Box 1478, Houston, Texas 77251-1478, filedin Docket No. CP98-556-000 on abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization and approval to abandon an obsolete natural gas transportation service for SCM Corporation (SCM) performed under its Rate Schedule X-169 which was authorized in Docket No. CP85-465, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.

Koch Gateway states that abandonment is being proposed because there has not been any service provided under the agreement for a number of years and that the parties have mutually agreed to termination. No imbalances exist. No facilities are proposed to be abandoned and that service obligations to its remaining customers will not be

[Page 29195]impaired after abandonment authorization. This service is no longer required by SCM.

Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before June 11, 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 filedwith 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 filedwithin 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 Koch Gateway to appear or be represented at the hearing. David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary.

FR Doc. 98-14056Filed5-27-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 6717-01-M