[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79358-79359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32263]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-46-000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application
December 13, 2000.
Take notice that on December 7, 2000, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York
14203, filed in Docket No. CP01-46-000 an application pursuant to
Sections 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity to operate, on a permanent basis,
certain facilities at its existing Holland Storage Field, Eric County,
New York, and permission to abandon by sale 200,000 Mcf of base gas
that is no longer required, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us./online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
National Fuel states that Well 7395 and its associated well line,
Line CW-7395, located in its Holland Storage Field, Eric County, New
York, were completed in 1998 pursuant to 18 CFR 157.215 of the
Commission's Regulations and National Fuel's Part 157 blanket
certificate. National Fuel further states that the facilities were
installed in order to test or develop the potential of the Holland
Storage Field to turn more working gas and to restore the
deliverability of the field. National Fuel maintains that based on its
testing activities over the last three years, Well 7395 has restored
5,000 Mcf per day of deliverability on last day (base gas conditions)
at the Holland Storage Field and will allow an additional 200,000 Mcf
of active gas to be turned each year. National Fuel now requests
permanent authorization to operate Well 7395 and associated Line CW-
7395. In addition, National Fuel states that the amount of base gas
required in the Holland Storage Field will decrease by 200,000 Mcf upon
certification of Well 7395; therefore, National Fuel requests
permission to abandon the 200,000 Mcf of base gas no longer needed.
Questions regarding the details of this application should be
directed to David W. Reitz, Assistant General Counsel, National Fuel
Gas Supply Corporation at (716) 857-7949, 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo,
New York 14203.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before January 3, 2001, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to
intervene 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
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 all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant
and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the
proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the
environmental aspects of the project.
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This preliminary determination typically considers such issues as the
need for the project and its economic effect on existing customers of
the applicant, on other pipelines in the area, and on landowners and
communities. For example, the Commission considers the extent to which
the applicant may need to exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-
way for the proposed project and balances that against the non-
environmental benefits to be provided by the project. Therefore, if a
person has comments on community and landowner impacts from this
proposal, it is important either to file comments or to intervene as
early in the process as possible.
Comments and protests may be filed electronically via the Internet
in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying a
certificate will be issued.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32263 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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