[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67852-67853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33834]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-132-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
December 22, 1997.
Take notice that on December 15, 1998, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), filed in Docket No. CP98-132-000 an application, pursuant
to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and operate
approximately 9.6 miles of 30-inch pipeline and appurtenances, located
in Steele and Rice Counties, Minnesota, in order to provide increased
natural gas deliveries to Koch Energy Services (Koch), all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection.
Northern states that the expanded capacity will be used to provide
incremental firm transportation service requested in its recent open
season by Koch for use at its Rosemount Refinery. Northern proposes to
construct and operate the proposed facilities which will provide
additional peak day capacity in its operational Zone EF by
approximately 40,000 Mcf of natural gas per day. Northern states that
its application is supported by a precedent agreement with Koch
covering firm transportation services subscribing the full capacity of
the proposed facilities.
Northern estimates the cost of the proposed facilities to be
approximately $9.4 million which it anticipates to finance with
internally generated funds.
Northern requests approval for rolled-in rate treatment of the
expansion costs of the proposed facilities. Northern states that the
rate impact to Northern's existing shippers meets the threshold applied
by the Commission for a presumption in favor of rolled-in rates and the
proposed facilities are integral to Northern's existing transmission
system.
Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before
January 12, 1998, 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
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to 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
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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 unnecessary for Northern to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-33834 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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