[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14800]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-27-004]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application To
Amend Certificate
June 7, 1999.
Take notice that on May 27, 1999, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of
America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed
in Docket No. CP96-27-004 an Application to Amend Certificate
(Amendment) to delete the Commission's authorization for construction
of certain new natural gas facilities. The existing certificate
authority in this docket was issued during 1996-1998 as part of the
Northern Border Project.\1\ Natural's proposal is more fully set forth
in the application on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. This application may be viewed at http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for help).
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\1\ See the Preliminary Determination issued on August 1, 1996
(76 FERC para. 16,142); Order Issuing Certificate issued on August
1, 1997 (80 FERC para.61,147); and Order Amending Certificate issued
on February 27, 1998 (82 FERC para. 61,207)
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The purpose of the Amendment is to delete the existing authority to
construct and operate 4.1 miles of 36-inch pipeline looping east of
Station 110 and 0.5 miles of 36-inch pipeline across the Mississippi
River, which Natural no longer believes are needed. Natural has
constructed and put into service the additional compression authorized
for Station 110. The only construction activities concerning the
looping and river crossing are preliminary site studies and the
purchase and storing of steel pipe in a western Illinois storage site.
Natural says that under winter conditions, this additional compression
is sufficient to move an additional 110 MMcf/day of gas from Harper,
Iowa to the Chicago area. Natural says that the Amendment does not
raise any environmental, rate or service issues.
Any person desiring to be heard or making any protest with
reference to said application should on or before June 28, 1999, file
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE,
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 person to whom the protests are directed.
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
issued by the Commission, filed by the applicant, or filed by all other
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 serve copies of comments or any other filing it makes
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as
well as filing an original and 14 copies with the Commission. Any
person who has previously intervened in Docket No. CP96-27-000/001/002
does not need to intervene again.
A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of such
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 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 these
applications 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 Texas Gas to appear to be represented at the
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14800 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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