[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59553-59554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29479]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-213-008]
Columbia Gas Transmission; Notice of Application
October 29, 1998.
Take notice that on October 23, 1998, Columbia Gas Transmission
Corporation (Columbia), a Delaware corporation, having its principal
place of business at 12801 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia,
22030-10-46, an abbreviated application pursuant to Sections 7(b) and
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, to amend its
certificates previously issued by the Commission in an Order Denying
Rehearing and Issuing Certificates on May 14, 1997, Order Amending
Certificate on November 25, 1997, and Order Amending Certificates on
June 30, 1998 in Docket Nos. CP96-213-000, et al., Columbia's Market
Expansion Project (MEP).
Specifically, Columbia proposes to make a facility modification to
the 1999 construction previously authorized at its Smithfield
Compressor Station, located in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
As part of the MEP project, Columbia originally proposed to uprate
and
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relocate an existing Solar Centaur gas turbine (Unit No. 6) from its
Clendenin Compressor Station to its Smithfield Compressor Station.
Subsequently, Columbia has determined that it should retain Unit No. 6
at Clendenin for continued standby service.
Columbia now proposes herein to amend its certificate to modify the
1999 Smithfield compressor project by installing a new Solar Taurus
7,170 horsepower (ISO) gas turbine/compressor and abandoning an
existing Solar Centaur 3,830 horsepower gas turbine/compressor. The
existing Smithfield Centaur unit will be returned to Solar, Inc.
(Solar) as an exchange for credit toward the purchase of the Taurus
unit. Columbia states that this proposed modification to the Smithfield
project results from further design, operating and cost analysis
performed by Columbia's engineering personnel, and; this proposal will
allow Columbia to fully benefit from the increased efficiency of a new
generation Solar Taurus/C-40 compressor package. Columbia states the
Centaur/C-30 units are less efficient than a Taurus/C-40 package.
Columbia anticipates future operation and maintenance cost savings will
result from more efficient compressor operations.
The revised estimated investment cost of $8,567,200 for the
Smithfield project results in an approximate increase of $465,000 in
1995 dollars of the estimated Gross Investment for the MEP.
Any person desiring to participate in a hearing process or to make
any protest with reference to said application should on or before
November 19, 1998, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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 the protestants parties to the
proceedings. 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 its
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 a
subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and
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 Columbia to appear or be represented at the
hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29479 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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