[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 314-315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-60]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP02-44-000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
December 27, 2001.
Take notice that on December 7, 2001, Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(Dominion), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301,
filed an application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and
Part 157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity to construct and operate pipeline
facilities for the transportation of natural gas all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection. Copies of this filing are on file with the
Commission and are available for public inspection. This filing may
also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS''
link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222
for assistance).
Specifically, Dominion seeks to construct and operate 4,735 of
additional horsepower at its existing Little Greenlick Compressor
Station located in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Dominion, together with
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), has also filed to lease
150,000 Dth per day of capacity to Tennessee from Ellisburg,
Pennsylvania to Leidy, Pennsylvania.\1\ The capacity created by this
proposal, 130,000 Dth per day, and by a proposal to expand the
facilities jointly owned by Dominion and National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel) will provide the volume to be leased to
Tennessee.\2\ The estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $10.3
million.
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\1\ The lease is the subject of Docket No. CP02-47-000.
\2\ The expansion of the joint facilities owned by Dominion and
National Fuel is the subject of Docket No. CP02-53-000.
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Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Sean
R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager, Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West
Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301 at 304-627-3462 or by E-
mail at [email protected].
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 17, 2002, 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
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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. 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, protests and interventions 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 under the ``e-Filing''
link.
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. 02-60 Filed 1-2-02; 8:45 am]
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