[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 19142-19143] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-9646] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP99-291-000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application April 13, 1999. Take notice that on April 7, 1999, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in Docket [[Page 19143]] No. CP99-291-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon certain facilities located Offshore Louisiana by sale to Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), 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 web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online.rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). Specifically, Transco states that it seeks authorization to abandon by sale to Unocal the following facilities: (1) 1.012 miles 6-inch Purchase Lateral, Pan-American and Unocal's platform in Vermilion Block 35, Offshore Louisiana; (2) 0.451 mile 4-inch lateral, Union Platform #3 to Platform #1 in Vermilion Block 35, Offshore Louisiana; and (3) a 600 HP skid mounted compressor unit, Unocal Platform B in Vermilion Block 67, Offshore Louisiana. The facilities are collectively referred to as the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities. Transco states that these faculties are currently included in its spindown proceeding on file with the Commission in Docket No. CP96-206-000 and upon approval of this abandonment by sale, Transco will remove these facilities from the spindown proceeding. Transco states that the abandonment of the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities will be by sale to Unocal, and no removal of any of the facilities will be required. Transco states that the purchase price for the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities at the closing will be $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration, and that the estimated net book value of the Vermilion 35 and 67 Facilities as of March 31, 1999 was $28,978. In addition, Transco states that the requested abandonment will have no impact on the daily design capacity of or operating conditions on its system, and no service to any of Transco's customers will be impacted by the abandonment of these facilities. Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with reference to said application should on or before May 4, 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 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 Transco to appear or be represented at the hearing. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-9646 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M