[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 115 (Thursday, June 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32341-32342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15007]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-378-000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
June 8, 2001.
Take notice that on May 30, 2001, Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(DTI), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed an
application seeking authorization to continue operation of a storage
well and related facilities pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA) and Part 157 Commission's Rules and Regulations. DTI states
that the purpose of the application is to obtain authorization to
continue the operation of the JW-287 storage well and related
facilities located in the Murryville reservoir of DTI's Oakford Storage
Complex, all as more fully set forth in the amendment which is open to
the public for inspection.
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DTI states that the issuance of a certificate of public convenience
and necessity for the JW-287 well will allow more efficient and
reliable operations by DTI and will avoid additional costs to DTI's
customers. DTI also requests that intermediate decision procedures be
omitted, pursuant to Rules 801 and 802 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure. This application may be viewed on the web at:
www.rimsweb1.ferc.fed.us/rims.q?rp2~intro (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance).
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Sean
R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager, Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West
Main Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301, at (304) 627-3462.
There are two 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 June 29,
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). 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 preview of the
environmental aspects of the project. This preliminary determination
typically considers such issues such 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.
Interventions, 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: www.ferc.gov/documents/makeanelectronicfiling/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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