Union Pacific Highlands and Gathering Company; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72301-72302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34614]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-123-000]


Union Pacific Highlands and Gathering Company; Notice of Petition 
for Declaratory Order

December 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on December 17, 1998, Union Pacific Highlands and 
Gathering Company (UPH) filed in the above docket, a petition for a 
Declaratory Order requesting the Commission to declare that certain 
facilities being acquired by UPH from Transwestern Pipeline Company 
(Transwestern) will be gathering facilities as defined by section 1(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and as such, will be exempt from the 
Commission's NGA jurisdiction.
    The Transwestern facilities that are the subject of the petition 
are located in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico and consist of:
    1. The 8-inch diameter Crawford Lateral, approximately 27.2 miles 
in length,
    2. A portion of the 16-inch diameter Crawford Loop Lateral segment 
approximately 5.6 miles in length,
    3. The 12-inch diameter Burton Flats Lateral approximately 15.7 
miles in length,
    4. The 8-inch diameter Avalon Lateral approximately 2.08 miles in 
length,
    5. The 10-inch diameter Yates Federal #1 Lateral approximately 4.9 
miles in length,
    6. The 8-inch diameter TX O&G Williamson Federal #1 Lateral 
approximately 0.9 miles in length,
    7. The 6-inch TX O&G Williamson Federal #1 Lateral extension 
approximately 0.5 miles in length, and
    8. All delivery and receipt points located on these facilities.
    Transwestern has filed an application in Docket No. CP98-795-000 
seeking authorization to abandon the above-mentioned facilities by sale 
to UPH.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said petition should on or before January 13, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the

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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 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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held 
without further notice before the Commission or its designee on this 
petition if no motion to intervene is filed within the time required 
herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that a 
grant of the petition is 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 UPH to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34614 Filed 12-30-98; 8:45 am]
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