[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8389-8390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2593]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-66-000]


Egan Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of Application

January 25, 2001.
    Take notice that on January 16, 2001, Egan Hub Partners, L.P. (Egan 
Hub) 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed, in Docket 
No. CP01-66-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) regulations for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing: (1) The installation of additional compression 
and appurtenant facilities, and (2) the expansion of storage capacity 
at Egan Hub's existing salt dome storage facility located in Acadia 
Parish, Louisiana, 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 at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, Egan Hub proposes to increase the total maximum 
operating capacity of its existing two-cavern facility from the 
currently certificated 15.5 Bcf capacity to a proposed 21 Bcf capacity, 
and install an additional 18,365 hp of compression. Egan Hub states 
that the existing 1,500,000 Mcfd of deliverability from the storage 
field will be unchanged, but the aggregate maximum average injection 
rate will be increased from 600,000 Mcfd to approximately 800,000 Mcfd. 
Egan Hub requests continued authorization to charge market-based rates.
    Egan Hub requests certificate authorization on or before June 1, 
2001, in order to provide access to an increment of the new storage 
capacity during the 2001-2002 heating season. Egan Hub also requests 
that the certificate provide for a construction period ending October 
31, 2005, to accommodate the four year construction period that will be 
required if cavern expansion is created through the ``solution mining 
under gas'' technique which allows both caverns to remain in service 
while capacity is increased.
    Questions regarding the details of this proposed project should be 
directed to Mr. Steven E. Tillman, Director of Regulatory Affairs, P.O. 
Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 or call (713) 627-5113 or FAX (713) 
627-5947.
    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 February 15, 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

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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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