[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27089-27090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12286]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-195-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

May 10, 2001.
    Take notice that on April 30, 2001, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58506-5601, filed an Abbreviated Application pursuant to Section 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and Sections 157.7 and 
157.18 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (the Commission) 
Regulations for an order authorizing the abandonment of gathering 
facilities and related land rights and services located in Phillips and 
Valley Counties, Montana by sale to Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC (Bitter 
Creek). Facilities include: approximately 363.689 miles of 2 to 12 inch 
diameter gas gathering pipeline; three compressor stations; and 278 
field meter stations in Bowdoin Field. Land rights and services 
include: pipeline gathering easements; Bureau of Land Management, 
highway, railroad and other permits; and various gathering service 
agreements. Bitter Creek has informed Williston Basin that it will 
operate the gathering facilities to be acquired on an open access 
basis. Williston Basin also seeks a determination that following 
abandonment of the subject facilities, and upon their transfer to 
Bitter Creek, the subject facilities will be nonjurisdictional 
gathering facilities and not subject to regulation by the Commission as 
provided in NGA Section 1(b), 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).
    Questions regarding the details of this proposal should be directed 
to Keith A. Tiggelaar, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Williston Basin 
Interstate Pipeline Company, Post Office Box 5601, Bismarck, North 
Dakota, 58506-5601, call 701-530-1560.
    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 May 31, 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 385.211 or 385.214) 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

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proceedings 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 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.
    Comments, interventions 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. 01-12286 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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