[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63926-63927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31640]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-97-000]
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of
Application
November 26, 1997.
Take notice that on November 19, 1997, Great Lakes Gas Transmission
Company Limited Partnership (Great Lakes), One Woodward Avenue, Suite
1600, Detroit, Michigan 48226, filed in Docket No. CP98-97-000 under
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for authority to construct and
operate 3.9 miles of 36-inch loop pipeline in Kittson and Itasca
Counties, Minnesota, along with a side tap in St. Louis County,
Minnesota, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Great Lakes states that the estimated cost of the proposed
facilities is $8,597,000 and that they will be used to transport 6,000
dekatherms per day (dth/d) for the City of Duluth, Minnesota (Duluth)
and 500 dth/d for Northwest Natural of Cass County, Inc. (Northwest).
Great Lakes states that its agreement with Northwest provides for firm
transportation between the Canadian border near St. Vincent, Minnesota
(Emerson interconnect) and Great Lake's Carlton, Minnesota delivery
point. Great Lake's agreement with Duluth provides for firm
transportation between the Emerson interconnect and either the Carloton
delivery point or the new line tap to be located in St. Louis County,
Minnesota. Great Lakes proposes to place the facilities in service on
November 1, 1999.
Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before
December 17, 1997, 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 determining the appropriate action to be
taken but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the
proceeding. The Commission's rules require that protestors provide
copies of their protests to the party or parties directly involved. 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.
A person obtaining intervenor status will be placed on the service
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive
copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by every one of the
intervenors. An intervenor can file for rehearing of any Commission
order and can petition for court review of any such order. However, an
intervenor must submit copies of comments or any other filing it makes
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as
well as 14 copies with the Commission.
A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed
on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of
environmental documents and will be able to participate in meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission and will
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final
order to a federal court.
The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally,
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
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
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unnecessary for Great Lakes to appear or be represented at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-31640 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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