[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79354-79355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32265]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-45-000]


Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application

December 13, 2000.
    On December 4, 2000, Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), P.O. 
Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, filed in Docket No. CP01-
45-000 an application pursuant to Section 7 of

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the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission's Rules and Regulations 
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing CIG 
to construct, own, operate, and maintain facilities in order to provide 
new transportation capacity to transport fuel for electric generation 
and for local gas distribution system supply, 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).
    Specifically, Tuscarora proposes to construct and operate:

     Approximately 35.1 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline 
and appurtenant facilities which will begin at CIG's existing Ault 
Meter Station in Section 4, Township 7 North, Range 66 West, Weld 
County, Colorado and extend southward and parallel with CIG's 
existing pipeline, terminating at the Fort Lupton Compressor Station 
in Section 34, Township 2 North, Range 66 West, Weld County, 
Colorado.
     Two new 2,225 horsepower (ISO rated) natural gas fired 
reciprocating compressor units and appurtenant facilities at the 
Fort Lupton Compressor Station in Section 34, Township 2 North, 
Range 66 West, Weld County, Colorado.
     Approximately 84 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline and 
appurtenant facilities which will begin at the Watkins Station in 
Section 31 township 3 South, Range 65 West, Weld County, Colorado 
and extend southward and parallel with CIG's existing Valley Line to 
CIG's Nixon Lateral in Section 25, Township 16 South, Range 65 West, 
El Paso County Colorado.

    CIG estimates that the proposed facilities will cost $72,138,900 
and CIG proposes to roll-in these costs into its existing rates. CIG 
has entered into firm contracts and precedent agreements for 282,000 
dth per day of capacity to be created by the proposed expansion.
    Questions regarding the details of this proposed project should be 
directed to James R. West, Manager, Certificates, Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, call 
(719) 520-4613.
    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. 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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