[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79358-79359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32263]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-46-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

December 13, 2000.
    Take notice that on December 7, 2000, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed in Docket No. CP01-46-000 an application pursuant to 
Sections 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity to operate, on a permanent basis, 
certain facilities at its existing Holland Storage Field, Eric County, 
New York, and permission to abandon by sale 200,000 Mcf of base gas 
that is no longer required, 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 web at http://www.ferc.fed.us./online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
    National Fuel states that Well 7395 and its associated well line, 
Line CW-7395, located in its Holland Storage Field, Eric County, New 
York, were completed in 1998 pursuant to 18 CFR 157.215 of the 
Commission's Regulations and National Fuel's Part 157 blanket 
certificate. National Fuel further states that the facilities were 
installed in order to test or develop the potential of the Holland 
Storage Field to turn more working gas and to restore the 
deliverability of the field. National Fuel maintains that based on its 
testing activities over the last three years, Well 7395 has restored 
5,000 Mcf per day of deliverability on last day (base gas conditions) 
at the Holland Storage Field and will allow an additional 200,000 Mcf 
of active gas to be turned each year. National Fuel now requests 
permanent authorization to operate Well 7395 and associated Line CW-
7395. In addition, National Fuel states that the amount of base gas 
required in the Holland Storage Field will decrease by 200,000 Mcf upon 
certification of Well 7395; therefore, National Fuel requests 
permission to abandon the 200,000 Mcf of base gas no longer needed.
    Questions regarding the details of this application should be 
directed to David W. Reitz, Assistant General Counsel, National Fuel 
Gas Supply Corporation at (716) 857-7949, 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, 
New York 14203.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before January 3, 2001, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to 
intervene 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 NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 
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 all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of 
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant 
and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the 
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the 
proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the 
environmental aspects of the project.

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This preliminary determination typically considers such issues as the 
need for the project and its economic effect on existing customers of 
the applicant, on other pipelines in the area, and on landowners and 
communities. For example, the Commission considers the extent to which 
the applicant may need to exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-
way for the proposed project and balances that against the non-
environmental benefits to be provided by the project. Therefore, if a 
person has comments on community and landowner impacts from this 
proposal, it is important either to file comments or to intervene as 
early in the process as possible.
    Comments and protests may be filed electronically via the Internet 
in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal 
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue 
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's 
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying a 
certificate will be issued.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32263 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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