[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-397-000]


National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Application

July 12, 2001.
    Take notice that on July 3, 2001, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 10 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York 
14203, filed an abbreviated application in Docket No. CP01-397-000 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Part 
157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, requesting a certificate 
of public convenience and necessity to drill a new horizontal 
injection/withdrawal well at its Lawtons Storage Field. The well will 
be located in the Town of Collins, Erie County, New York. The 
application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and 
are available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select 
``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).
    National Fuel proposes to drill one new horizontal injection/
withdrawal well, to be designated Well 7404, at its Lawtons Storage 
Field. The intent of this work is to replace the deliverability that 
has been lost due to an ongoing caving problem that bridges off the 
flow of gas. Well 7404 will be drilled vertically to approximately 
1,925 feet, and then will be deviated to enter the storage formation 
horizontally at a true vertical depth (TVD) of approximately 2,420 
feet. The well will be confined totally within the existing 
certificated storage boundary of the Lawtons Storage Field. National 
Fuel states that it would need to construct approximately 110 feet of 
6-inch diameter well line to connect Well 7404 to the existing 6-inch 
diameter storage backbone line.
    National Fuel states the horizontal well will enable more efficient 
use of the southern section of the Lawtons Storage Field, known as the 
Quaker Pool, and should adequately replace the flow rate lost at the 
wells with exposed shale. National Fuel estimates that the proposed 
project would cost $490,000.
    Any questions regarding the application be directed to David W. 
Reitz, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 10 Lafayette Square, 
Buffalo, New York 14203, at (716) 857-7949, or at [email protected].
    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 August 2, 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 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 under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    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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