[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8899]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Docket No. CP00-137-000


Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

April 5, 2000.
    Take notice that on March 27, 2000, Reliant Energy Gas Transmission 
Company (REGT), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77210, filed in 
Docket No. CP00-137-000 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 REGT to construct certain 
facilities in Hot Spring County, Arkansas to reconfigure its system to 
enable deliveries to be diverted from its Line AC to other portions of 
its system in Arkansas, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 
This filing may be viewed on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, REGT proposes to construct: (1) Approximately 2.2 
miles of 20-inch pipeline, to be designated as Line ACT-4 and 
paralleling its Line AC; (2) one 20-inch main line valve with bypass on 
its Line S-3-S; and (3) one 20-inch mainline valve between Line S-3-S 
and its Line T at the existing Perla Junction. REGT states that the 
proposed facilities will allow up to 158,500 Dth/d of natural gas to be 
diverted from Line AC into Line T and other portions of REGT's system 
in Arkansas. Total cost is estimated to be $1.5 million, for which REGT 
requests rolled-in rate treatment.
    REGT has executed a firm transportation contract with Pine Bluff 
Energy LLC (Pine Bluff), for no less than 10 years, with a contract 
demand of 40,000 Dth/d. Pine Bluff is currently constructing an 
electric power cogeneration plant adjacent to facilities owned by 
International Paper in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Pine Bluff is said 
to have leased capacity in International Paper's existing plant line. 
Upon completion of Pine Bluff's power plant, REGT, under its blanket 
authority, will install a delivery tap on REGT's Line T, in Grant 
County, Arkansas, to provide transportation service to Pine Bluff.
    Pine Bluff has requested that firm service commence by October 1, 
2000, and REGT request that Commission authorization be granted no 
later than July 31, 2000.
    Any question regarding this amendment should be directed to Kevin 
P. Erwin, Senior Counsel, Reliant Energy Gas Transmission Company, P.O. 
Box 61867, Houston, Texas 77208-1867, at (713) 207-5232.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 26, 2000, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 
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 385.211 and 385.214) 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 parties directly involved. Any 
person wishing to become a party in any proceeding herein 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 persons 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 the jurisdiction conferred upon the 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 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 REGT to appear or to be represented at the 
hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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