[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3574-3575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1137]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-62-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application

January 9, 2001.
    Take notice that on January 5, 2001, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, filed in 
Docket No. CP01-62-000 an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act for a blanket certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing Northwest to install and operate, on a temporary 
and limited basis, three existing portable compressor units to provide 
incremental horsepower and physical capacity at its existing Kemmerer, 
Pegram and Lava Hot Springs Compressor Stations in Wyoming and Idaho 
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).
    Northwest proposes to establish an additional secondary function 
for its three portable compressor units that current have a primary 
function of temporarily replacing out-of-service

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permanent compressor units.\1\ Specifically, when the temporary units 
are not required for their primary function, Northwest will operate the 
units to temporarily supplement northflow capacity through the 
Kemmerer, Wyoming to Pegram, Idaho segment (the Kemmerer Corridor) of 
its system. The increased northflow capacity will reduce the level of 
operational flow orders issued to provide sufficient displacement 
capacity to accommodate firm contractual obligations through the 
Kemmerer Corridor. Northwest states that the temporary supplemental 
compression will increase the physical northflow capacity through the 
Kemmerer Corridor by about 22 MDth per day.
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    \1\ Two of the portable compressor units have a current 
secondary function by virtue of Northwest's blanket authority to 
operate the portable units at two compressor sites in Washington 
state when necessary to augment southflow in order to offset 
displacement capacity shortfalls.
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    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Gary 
K. Kotter, Manager, Certificates, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, P.O. 
Box 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-0900 at 801-584-7117 or at 
[email protected].
    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 19, 2001, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 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 field 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 field 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.
[FR Doc. 01-1137 Filed 1-12-01; 8:45 am]
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