[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16050-16051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7121]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP01-94-000 & CP01-96-000]


Nornew Energy Supply, Inc. and Norse Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of 
Applications

March 16, 2001.
    Take notice that on March 1, 2001, Nornew Energy Supply, Inc. 
(Nornew), 19 Ivy Street, Jamestown, New York 14701 and Norse Pipeline, 
L.L.C. (Norse), 2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 250, Houston, Texas 77063, 
filed applications pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). 
In Docket No. CP01-94-0000, Nornew seeks authorization: (1) To acquire 
from its affiliate, Norse, and to operate approximately 14.67 miles of 
twelve-inch pipeline and 4.33 miles of eight-inch pipeline; (2) to 
construct (nunc pro tunc) and operate approximately 7.63 of eight-inch 
piipeline;\1\ and, (3) to construct by rearrangement, and operate 
certain compression and measurement facilities in Mayville, NY, as well 
as check valves and regulators devices designed to prevent the flow of 
gas from Nornew into Norse's gathering facilities located in the Town 
of Ellery, NY and in Mayville, NY. Also in Docket No. CP01-94-000, 
Norse seeks authorization: (1) To abandon by sale to Nornew 
approximately 14.67 miles of twelve-inch pipeline and 4.33 miles of 
eight-inch pipeline and appurtenant facilities previously used by Norse 
to provide gathering service; and, (2) to abandon in place a 2000 foot 
line at the point where the Norse facilities connect to Nornew's 7.63 
miles of eight-inch pipeline. In Docket No. CP01-96-000, Nornew 
requests a blanket certificate pursuant to Subpart F of Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations to perform certain routine activities and 
operations, all as more fully set forth in the applications which are 
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).
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    \1\ National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, 93 FERC para. 
61,276 (2000), reh'g denied, 94 FERC para. 61,136 (2001). In its 
orders, the Commission, among other things, ruled that the 7.63 
miles of eight-inch pipeline constructed by Nornew to serve the 
Jamestown Board of Public Utilities (Jamestown BPU) was a 
jurisdictional facility requiring an NGa section 7(c) certificate.
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    Norse and Nornew's request for certificates of public convenience 
and necessity are a result of the Commission's previous orders that 
ruled that interstate natural gas transportation service to the 
Jamestown BPU would require such authorization. Further the Commission 
also required Norse to provide evidence that the primary function of 
its facilities would be gathering exempt from the Commission's 
jurisdiction pursuant to section 1(b) of the NGA. In compliance with 
the Commission's orders, Nornew and Norse are proposing to rearrange 
their business activities to enable Norse, subject to Commission 
confirmation, to reamin an exempt gatherer and for Nornew to provide 
interstate transportation to the Jamestown BPU.
    Specifically, Nornew has agreed to acquire from Norse and Norse has 
agreed to sell to Nornew approximately 19 miles of twelve-inch and 
eight-inch pipeline and appurtenant facilities previously used by Norse 
in its gathering operations. The purchase price for the facilities is 
$1,133,866. Nornew plans to lease two 360 hp compressors currently 
situated at the Norse compressor site at Mayville, NY. The 19 miles of 
pipeline will connect two delivery points from Norse's gathering 
facilities (in Mayville, NY and Ellery, NY) and a future delivery point 
from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee) in Mayville, NY to 
Nornew's 7.63 mile, eight-inch pipeline, which will serve the Jamestown 
BPU's Samuel A. Carlson Generating Station (Carlson Generating Station) 
in Jamestown, NY. Additionally, Nornew will construct approximately 300 
feet of six-inch pipeline leading from Tennessee's facilities to the 
two leased 360 hp compressors, as well as constructing approximately 
200 feet of six-inch pipeline from the compressors to Nornew's 
mainline. Norse seeks abandonment authorization to the extent necessary 
to sell the facilities to Nornew and to abandon certain minor 
facilities in place. According to Norse the sale of the facilities will 
create a geographically separate segment of Norse's system from that of 
Nornew's system. Therefore, Norse believes that its remaining 
facilities will continue to operate as non-jurisdictional gathering 
facilities.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before April 6, 2001, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest 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). 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 to a proceeding or to participate as a 
party in any hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the Commission's Rules. Any questions regarding the 
application should be directed to Oivind Risberg, President, Nornew 
Energy Supply, Inc., 2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 250, Houston, Texas 77063, 
telephone (713) 975-1900.
    Comments, protests, and interventions 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.
    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 filed by the applicant and by everyone of the 
intervenors. An intervenor can file for rehearing of any

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Commission order and can petition for court review of any such order. 
However, an intervenor must submit copies of comments or any filing it 
makes with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, 
as well as 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 
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 at 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 Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the 
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 
the proposal 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 Norse and Nornew to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7121 Filed 3-21-01; 8:45 am]
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