[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52249-52250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26100]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-794-000]
Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application
September 24, 1998.
Take notice that on September 18, 1998, Northwest Pipeline
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158,
filed in Docket No. CP98-794-000, an application pursuant to Section
7(C) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, for a blanket
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the
construction and operation of temporary compression facilities, all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
Northwest seeks authorization to temporarily install and operate
portable compressor units at the existing Chehalis Compressor Station
in Lewis County, Washington and at a proposed new Fort Lewis Compressor
Station in Pierce County, Washington. Northwest also requests
certificate authorization to construct the appurtenant facilities at
those two sites necessary to accommodate the portable compressor units.
Northwest proposes to construct a new Fort Lewis Compressor Station
and related facilities (excluding a permanent compressor unit).
Northwest also proposes to construct appurtenant facilities at the
existing Chehalis Compressor Station necessary to accommodate temporary
operation of a portable turbine compressor unit.
Northwest states that it owns two portable Solar Centaur compressor
units (4,700 ISO-rated horsepower each) which currently are dedicated
to temporarily replacing out-of-service permanent units under existing
blanket certificate authority. Northwest requests blanket authority,
with pre-granted abandonment, for temporary installation and operation
of the existing portable Solar Centaur compressor units--one each at
the new Fort Lewis Compressor Station and the existing Chehalis
Compressor Station; but only when such portable units are not needed
for their primary function of temporarily replacing out-of-service
permanent compressor units.
Northwest avers that the Fort Lewis/Chehalis area of Northwest's
system historically has been an operational bottleneck for movement of
Canadian
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gas supplies southward during off-peak periods. Northwest states that
the proposed project will increase Northwest's off-peak physical south
flow capacity through the Fort Lewis area by as much as 75 MDth/d to
130 MDth/d, depending upon upstream market conditions.
Any person desiring to be heard or making any protest with
reference to said application should on or before October 15, 1998,
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 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 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.
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. Comments
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 Northwest to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26100 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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