[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56877-56878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24093]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-452-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application

September 14, 2000.
    Take notice that on September 5, 2000, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed 
in Docket No. CP00-452-000 an application pursuant to Section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission's Rules and Regulations for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing CIG to 
construct and operate facilities to (i) increase the capacity out of 
the Raton Basin Area and increase capacity to delivery points east and 
south of CIG's Campo Regulator Station, and (ii) construct facilities 
necessary for the treatment requirements relating to gas quality for 
gas delivered off CIG's Valley Line, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing may be viewed at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    CIG proposes to construct and operate facilities necessary to 
increase its natural gas transmission system capacity out of the Raton 
Basin Area in Colorado and New Mexico, by 85 MDth per day. In addition, 
CIG proposes to increase capacity east and south of its Campo Regulator 
Station to allow Raton Basin shippers to deliver incremental quantities 
of gas to interconnects with Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, ANR 
Pipeline Company, Williams Natural Gas Company, and Natural Gas 
Pipeline Company of America to the east, and El Paso Natural Gas 
Company, Northern Natural Gas Company, and Transwestern Pipeline 
Company to the south. To accomplish this, CIG proposes to construct the 
following:
     The new Trinidad Compressor Station to be located on the 
western end of CIG's existing Campo Lateral in Las Animas County, 
Colorado. The compressor station will consist of one turbine driven 
centrifugal compressor unit nameplate rated at 4,700 horsepower and 
appurtenant facilities.
     The new Kim Compressor Station to be located at a mid-
point along the Campo Lateral in Las Animas County, Colorado. The 
compressor station will consist of two high speed natural gas engine 
driven reciprocating compressor units each nameplate rated at 4,450 
horsepower.
     Approximately 48 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline loop 
from CIG's existing Morton Compressor Station located in Morton County, 
Kansas to a point referred to as ``Hooker Traps'' in Texas County, 
Oklahoma.
     A new compressor unit at the existing Keyes Compressor 
Station located in Cimarron County, Oklahoma. The compressor unit will 
consist of one high speed natural gas engine driven, reciprocating 
compressor unit nameplate horsepower rated at 4,450 horsepower.
     Recylindering of the existing Beaver County Compressors 
located in Beaver County, Oklahoma. The Beaver County Compressor 
Station is currently equipped with three 1100 nameplate horsepower high 
speed reciprocating compressor units. Due to the change in operating 
conditions caused by the 48 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline loop, 
the compressor cylinders will be replaced to provide more efficient 
operation. There will be no change in horsepower of the compressor 
units.
    CIG also proposes, as a separate project, to construct and operate 
facilities related to gas quality control for quantities of gas 
delivered off CIG's Valley Line. These facilities consist of the 
following:
     Approximately 21 miles of 8-inch diameter pipeline look 
from the Keyes Compressor Station located in Cimarron County, Oklahoma 
to the Campo Regulator Station located in Baca County, Colorado.
     Miscellaneous blending facilities to be constructed 
pursuant to 18 CFR Sec. 2.55(a) within the Campo Regulator Station yard 
consisting of valves, controllers, blending meters and yard piping for 
blending of gas for delivery on CIG's Valley Line.
    CIG avers that the total cost of the proposed facilities for the 
Raton Basin Area expansion and increased delivery flexibility is 
$51,784,900 and the cost of the gas quality control facilities is 
estimated to be $4,507,600. CIG states it conducted an open season 
which resulted in an additional 85 MDth of long term contracts for the 
expansion. CIG states that the combination of existing and incremental 
entitlements represent 100 percent of CIG's capacity out of the Raton 
Basin Area through the Campo Lateral. CIG proposes rolled-in treatment 
for the expansion out of the Raton Basin Area and access to additional 
markets, and proposes to collect the cost of service for the gas 
quality control facilities through its Gas Quality Control Surcharge 
pursuant to Article 20 of the General Terms and Conditions of its First 
Revised Volume No. 1 FERC tariff.

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    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
James R. West, Manager, Certificates, at (719) 520-4679, Colorado 
Interstate Gas Company, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
80944.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest with reference to 
said application should on or before October 5, 2000, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 888 First Street, 
NE, Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or 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 (NGA) (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. Any person wishing to become a party in any 
proceeding 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. 
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 
Section 7 and 15 of the NGA 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 CIG to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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