[Federal Register: July 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 140)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-576-000]

 
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Application

July 16, 1999.
    Take notice that on July 12, 1999, Williams Gas Pipelines Central, 
Inc. (Williams), Post Office Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101, filed in 
Docket No. CP99-576-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), for authorization to uprate the Blackwell-Cotton 
Valley 16-inch pipeline, to construct approximately 36.8 miles of 20-
inch loop pipeline and additional measurement facilities. This filing 
may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm 
(call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Williams proposes to uprate the Blackwell-Cotton Valley 16-inch 
pipeline from 500 psig to 690 psig, to extend the Southern Trunk 20-
inch pipeline loop by constructing an additional 36.8 miles of pipeline 
loop, and to construct additional measurement facilities to serve new 
turbines at the Empire District Electric Company State Line plant in 
Jasper County, Missouri. The total project cost is estimated to be 
approximately $19,717,524.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
either Bart Wherritt at (918) 573-4369 or John Cary (918) 573-4212, 
Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc., P.O. Box 3288, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
74101.
    Any persons desiring to be heard to protest said filing should on 
or before August 6, 1999, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, a petition 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 the proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein, must file a petition 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 Docket No. CP99-576-000 
Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice before the 
Commission on this application if no petition to intervene is filed 
within the time required herein, and if the Commission on its own 
review of the matter finds that the abandonment is required by the 
public convenience and necessity. If a petition for leave to intervene 
is timely filed, or if the Commission on its 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 Williams to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-18712 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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