Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33278-33279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15769]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-547-000]


Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

June 15, 1999.
    Take notice that on June 8, 1999, Reliant Energy Gas Transmission 
Company (REGT), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77210, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for 
permission approval to abandon pipeline facilities located in Caddo and 
Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, 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 Internet at www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    REGT proposes to abandon by sale and transfer to Reliant Energy 
Field Services Corp. (REFS) a 4.3 mile segment of an 8-inch line 
identified as Line LIT-1 in Louisiana. It is stated that the line was 
installed as an intrastate pipeline used to transport gas supply to 
REGT's interstate system for delivery to the Shreveport and Bossier 
City, Louisiana, markets. REGT asserts that it acquired the line from 
NorAm Intrastate in 1994. REGT requests a determination that following 
the sale and transfer to REFS the line will be used as a gathering 
facility and thus exempt from Commission regulation.
    REGT proposes to sell the line to REFS at the net book value at the 
time of closing. It is stated that REGT has no firm transportation 
services on this line segment. It is asserted that the proposed 
abandonment would not affect REGT's ability to meet its customer 
obligations and that no customer would lose service as a result of the 
abandonment. REGT states that the abandonment to REFS would benefit 
customers because a non-jurisdictional gatherer has more flexibility to 
acquire gas supplies and furnish them to customers at competitive 
prices.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before July 6, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 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

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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 a grant of the certificate 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 REGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15769 Filed 6-21-99; 8:45 am]
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