NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28458-28459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13561]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-517-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

May 19, 1997.
    Take notice that on May 12, 1997, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(NGT), a subsidiary of NorAm Energy Corporation, whose main office is 
located at 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed an 
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), as amended and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's (Commission) Regulations thereunder (18 CFR 157.7 and 
157.18), requesting issuance of a Commission order authorizing NGT to 
effect the sale and transfer to NorAm field Services Corporation (NFS) 
of certain existing pipeline and compressor facilities and equipment 
appurtenant thereto, located in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and 
Arkansas. NGT's proposal is more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NGT seeks a determination that once conveyed, these facilities will 
be gathering facilities exempt from the Commission's jurisdiction.
    Specifically, NGT proposes to abandon and transfer to NFS certain 
gas supply facilities designated as the Oklahoma Facilities, the Texas 
Facilities, the Louisiana Facilities and the Arkansas Facilities. The 
Oklahoma Facilities consist of approximately 42 miles of 2-inch to 12-
inch diameter pipe. These facilities, designated as Lines ADT-9, 2-T-1, 
NCT-1, ATE-1 9-1-C, 36 and OT-15, are located in Ellis, Blaine, 
Kinfisher, Custer, Caddo, Grady, Pittsburgh, Latimer and Haskell 
Counties Oklahoma. The Texas Facilities consist of a 12-inch diameter 
segment of Line ST-1, approximately 10 miles in length located in 
Panola County. The Louisiana Facilities consist of approximately 11 
miles of 2-inch to 4-inch diameter pipe designated as Lines RT-1, RT-2 
and RM-19 and the 80 h.p. Stonewall Field Compressor Station, located 
Caddo and DeSoto Parishes. The Arkansas Facilities consist of 45 miles 
of 2-inch to 6-inch diameter pipe designated as Lines OT-22, OT-20, B-
271, B-399, BT-11, BT-2, BT-2-A, B-321, B-137, B-245, B-256, B-429, B-
307, BT-11-A, B-274, BT-8, J-13, BT-4, B-349, B-374, and BM-22. NGT 
proposes to sell these facilities to NFS

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for the net book value of the assets at the time of closing.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 6, 1997, 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 385.211 and Sec. 385.214) 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 pretestants parties 
to the proceedings. 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 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 or if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter, finds that a grant of the 
certificate for the proposal is required by the public convenience and 
necessity. If the Commission 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 NGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-13561 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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