[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66070-66071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32843]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-125-000]


MIGC, Inc.; Notice of Application

December 11, 1997.
    Take notice that on December 9, 1997, MIGC, Inc. (MIGC), 12200 N. 
Pecos Street, Denver, Colorado 80234, filed in Docket No. CP98-125-000 
an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity to install and operate 
compression, and related appurtenant facilities at the Hilight 
Processing Plant in Campbell County, Wyoming and at the Platte River 
Compressor Station in Converse County, Wyoming. MIGC states that due to 
the urgent need for additional capacity on MIGC's mainline, 
authorization is requested on an expedited basis, in early February of 
1998, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    MIGC states that the installation and operation of these facilities 
will serve to alleviate an existing capacity constraint on MIGC's 
system and by so doing will enable MIGC to increase throughout on the 
75.4-mile section of MIGC's system which runs south from the Hilight 
Processing Plant to the systems of Colorado Interstate Gas Company and 
KN Interstate Transmission Company from an existing level of 90,000 Mcf 
per day to a level of 130,000 Mcf per day. MIGC states that the cost of 
the proposed project is estimated to be $5.67 million.
    MIGC further states that in order to substantiate the need for 
additional capacity on its system, MIGC posted a notice on its 
Electronic Bulletin Board and commenced a three-week open season 
running from August 18, 1997 through September 5, 1997. It is stated 
that such open season resulted in the execution of a binding Precedent 
Agreement by which one party has agreed to subscribe to the entire 
40,000 Mcf per day of additional capacity on a firm basis for a term of 
20 years, at MIGC's current maximum rate under Rate Schedule FTS-1.

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    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
December 22, 1997, 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 be 
taken but will not serve to make the protestants parties to the 
proceeding. The Commission's rules require that protesters 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 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 MIGC to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32843 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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