[Federal Register: March 31, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-264-000]

 
Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application

March 25, 1999.
    Take notice that on March 19, 1999, Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Columbia), 12801 Fairfax, Virginia 22030-1046, filed in 
Docket CP99-264-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for permission and approval to abandon in place 
approximately 9.1 miles of 2-,     4-, 12-, and 18-inch pipelines and 
appurtenances located in Jackson County, West Virginia, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) and open to public inspection.
    Columbia proposes to abandon in place approximately 9.1 miles of 
Line E which consists of 20-foot long joints with compression coupled 
pipeline. Columbia reports the pipeline was constructed prior to 1910 
by one of Columbia's predecessors and is uncoated and lacks corrosion 
protection. Columbia continues that Line E was originally constructed 
to transport locally produced and purchased gas in the area of Roane 
County, West Virginia, to markets situated in the Jackson County, West 
Virginia, as well as certain Ohio Area Markets. Columbia further 
continues that due to declining supplies of gas in the original 
production area, as well as operational changes on Columbia's system 
which have occurred over time, the subject portion of Line E no longer 
serves the function for which it was originally constructed. Columbia 
further states that the pipeline is now inactive and the tap consumers 
once served from Line E now receive service from alternate fuels or 
other Local Distribution Companies. Columbia reports that as a result 
of these changes, there are no customers or consumers receiving service 
via the facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 15, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10). All 
protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the

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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 NGA 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 Columbia to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7859 Filed 3-30-99; 8:45 am]
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