[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18788]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-648-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

July 9, 1998.
    Take notice that on July 1, 1998, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket No. CP98-648-000, an application pursuant to 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity authorizing National Fuel to revise 
the storage field boundary for its Zoar Storage Field (Zoar) in Erie 
and Cattaraugus County, New York, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    National Fuel requests Commission authorization to extend Zoar's 
storage boundary in the areas northeast and southwest of the field to 
include an additional 4,127 acres and 772 acres, respectively, 
exclusive of the buffer zone. The proposed, revised storage area will 
be protected by a 1,000 foot buffer zone. National Fuel states that it 
has acquired and/or obtained operating rights with regard to each of 
the wells found to be in communication with Zoar in the proposed 
expanded storage area to the northeast of the existing storage area.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
July 30, 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 be 
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 submit 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.
    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 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 National Fuel to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18788 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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