[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 160 (Thursday, August 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50190-50191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20903]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP98-132-001]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Amendment

August 11, 2000.
    Take notice that on August 2, 2000, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-132-001 an application pursuant to Sections 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act to amend the certificate of public convenience and 
necessity granted by order issued June 30, 1998, in Docket No. CP98-
132-000,\1\ all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The application 
may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance.
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    \1\ Northern Natural Gas Company, 83 FERC para.61,354 (1998).
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    In its amended application, Northern proposed to construct and 
operate facilities consisting of two segments of pipe totaling 
approximately 5.6 miles of 30-inch-diameter pipe, with appurtenances, 
to be located in Washington and Dakota Counties, Minnesota, rather than 
construct the facilities originally authorized in Docket No. CP98-132-
000. Northern proposes to extend its 30-inch-diameter C-Line 
approximately 2.3 miles to be located in Washington County, and extend 
its 30-inch-diameter D-Line approximately 3.3 miles to be located in 
Dakota County. Northern states that the proposed facilities are 
necessary to provide 40 MMcf per day of incremental firm transportation 
service to Koch Energy Services for use at its Rosemount Refinery. The 
total cost for the proposed project is estimated to be $8.1 million.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Keith L. Petersen, Director, Certificates and Reporting for Northern, 
1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398-7421 or 
Michele Winckowski, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7082.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
September 1, 2000, 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

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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 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 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 Northern to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20903 Filed 8-16-00; 8:45 am]
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