Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application to Abandon

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25877-25878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12109]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-449-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application to Abandon

May 7, 1999.
    Take notice that on May 3, 1999, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed under Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to abandon, ownership 
interests in a segment of offshore pipeline designated as Line 823X-
1000 along with associated riser and platform piping located in West 
Cameron Block 609B, Offshore Louisiana. This application is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection. The application may 
also be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance.
    Specifically, Tennessee proposes to abandon its 16.66% ownership 
interest in 1,200 feet of 12-inch pipeline connecting Platform B of 
West Cameron Block 609 to an underwater tap in W.C. Block 617. Natural 
gas was transported through this pipeline for ultimate delivery 
onshore. Newfield Exploration (Newfield), the producer who owns the 
platform to which Line 823X-100 is connected, has advised Tennessee and 
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf), the other holder of 
interest in the facilities, that it intends to abandon and remove the 
platform sometime before June 1999. Both Tennessee and Columbia Gulf 
have agreed to transfer their interest in the measuring equipment and 
risers located on the platform to Newfield. Newfield will than remove 
these facilities with the platform.
    Any person desiring to be heard or make any protest with reference 
to said application should on or before May 14, 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, or if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds 
that permission and approval of 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

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unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or be represented at the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12109 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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