[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35780-35781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17058]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-391-000]


Clear Creek Storage Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

July 2, 2001.
    Take notice that on June 22, 2001, Clear Creek Storage, L.L.C. 
(Clear Creek), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 
Part 157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, for authorization 
to convert two existing observation wells to withdrawal wells and 
construct the piping necessary to connect the two wells to the existing 
injection/withdrawal lateral, in order to increase the withdrawal 
capability of its storage reservoir within existing certificated 
volumes, all as more fully set forth in the application on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select 
``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu and follow the instructions (please 
call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
    Specifically, Clear Creek seeks to obtain authorization to convert 
Well Nos. 35-4B and 22-9B, located in its Clear Creek Field in Uinta 
County, Wyoming, from observation wells to withdrawal wells and 
construct and operate 336 feet of 4-inch diameter pipeline to connect 
Well No. 35-4B to the existing injection/withdrawal lateral and 1,000 
feet of 4-inch diameter pipeline to connect Well No. 22-9B to the 
existing injection/withdrawal lateral.
    Clear Creek states that the purpose of the proposed construction is 
to benefit existing customers by providing necessary redundancy in 
reservoir withdrawal facilities, thereby enhancing the reliability of 
Clear Creek's storage-transportation system during normal withdrawal 
activities and in the event of pipeline failure or route system 
maintenance.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Michael B. McGinley, Vice President, Clear Creek Storage Company, 
L.L.C., 180 East 100 South Street, P.O. Box 45601, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84111, at (801) 324-2527.
    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 July 23, 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

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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 proposal, it is important 
either to file comments or to intervene as early in the process as 
possible.
    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.gov 
under the link to the User's Guide. If you have not yet established an 
account, you will need to create a new account by clicking on ``Login 
to file'' and then ``New User Account.''
    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. 01-17058 Filed 7-6-01; 8:45 am]
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