[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37663-37664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18026]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-153-001]


Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Amendment

July 13, 2001.
    Take notice that on July 6, 2001, Tuscarora Gas Transmission 
Company (Tuscarora), 1575 Delucchi Lane, Suite

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225, Reno, Nevada 89520-3057, filed in Docket No. CP01-153-001, an 
amendment to its initial application for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity filed in Docket No. CP01-153-000. With this 
amendment, Tuscarora is requesting authority to install, own, operate 
and maintain a booster unit rated at 637 horsepower and appurtenant 
facilities as part of Tuscarora's 2002 Expansion Project, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which 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).
    Tuscarora states that it is also filing modified Transportation 
Service Agreements between Tuscarora and Southwest Gas Corporation as 
described more fully in the amendment.
    Tuscarora states that it filed the initial application for the 2002 
Expansion Project on April 12, 2001 for authorization to construct, 
install, own, operate and maintain facilities necessary to render up to 
95,912 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm transportation service to 
four Expansion Shippers: Sierra Pacific Power Company, Southwest Gas 
Corporation, Duke Energy North America, L.L.C., and Morgan Stanley 
Capital Group Inc.
    Tuscarora states that this amendment will not affect the total 
capacity under contract for the 2002 Expansion Project, nor the showing 
of market need reflected in the initial application. According to 
Tuscarora, the booster unit proposed in this amendment will be located 
within the new Paiute Interconnect Meter Station proposed as part of 
the 2002 Expansion Project and will not require additional land 
acquisition or ground disturbance. Tuscarora states that since the cost 
of the booster unit is estimated to be approximately $770,000, the 
proposed facilities will not affect the overall cost/revenue analysis. 
According to Tuscarora, this amendment will not affect the total 
capacity created by the 2002 Expansion Project or the construction 
schedule proposed in the April 12, 2001 application. Tuscarora states 
that it proposes to install the booster unit simultaneously with other 
facilities proposed in the 2002 Expansion Project, commencing in or 
about April 2002 to meet the first of its Expansion Shippers' in-
service dates of November 1, 2002.
    Any questions regarding this amendment should be directed to Terry 
Wolverton, Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company, 1575 Delucchi Lane, 
Suite 225, P.O. Box 30057, Reno, Nevada 89520-3057, call (775) 834-
4292, or fax (775) 834-3886.
    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 3, 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 385.214 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.
[FR Doc. 01-18026 Filed 7-18-01; 8:45 am]
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