[Federal Register: October 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 209)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP97-609-001]

 
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Petition To Amend

October 23, 1998.
    Take notice that on October 13, 1998, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP97-609-001 a petition to amend the order issued November 
3, 1997, in Docket No. CP97-609-000, et al., pursuant to Section 7(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon by sale 
to Western Gas Resources, Inc. (WGR) unit 6 at the Mitchell compressor 
station in Pecos County, Texas, rather than by removal, all as more 
fully set forth in the petition on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    It is stated that by order issued November 3, 1997, Northern was 
authorized to abandon by sale to WGR certain compression facilities, 
with apurtenances, located in Pecos County, Texas, (Mitchell 
facilities) and the services rendered thereby. It is also stated that 
the November 3, 1997, order authorized Northern to abandon by removal 
units 5 and 6 at the Mitchell compressor station. It is further stated 
that concurrent with the approval of Northern's abandonment, the 
Commission declared in Docket No. CP96-641-000 that once acquired by 
WGR, the Mitchell facilities would perform a non-jurisdictional 
gathering function. Northern states that the sale closed effective 
December 31, 1997, and the facilities have been utilized in WGR's non-
jurisdictional gathering operations since that date.
    Northern states that due to enhanced recovery processes, gas 
supplies upstream of the Mitchell facilities have increased such that 
unit 6, which was previously thought to be unneeded, is now required 
for containing efficient operations of the gathering facilities 
connected to the subject facilities. Therefore Northern requests 
amendment of the November 3, 1997, order to approve the abandonment of 
unit 6 by sale to WGR, rather than by removal.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protests with 
reference to said petition to amend should on or before November 13, 
1998, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., 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 (19 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28932 Filed 10-28-98; 8:45 am]
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