[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38654-38655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18483]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-36-002]


Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Amendment

July 19, 2001.
    Take notice that on July 13, 2001, Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. 
(Guardian), 330 Town Center Drive, Suite 900, Dearborn, Michigan 48126-
2712, filed in Docket No. CP00-36-002, an amendment pursuant to Section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to its certificate of public convenience 
and necessity issued by the Commission in this proceeding on March 14, 
2001, filed in Docket No. CP01-36-000. With this amendment, Guardian is 
requesting authority that the Commission vacate the portion of the 
certificate authorizing construction of the Guardian Eagle Lateral 
pipeline, an 8.5 mile, 16-inch diameter lateral, located in Walworth 
and Waukesha Counties, Wisconsin and permit Guardian to modify the 
location of certain metering and related facilities, 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 be 
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, 
select ``Docket #'' from the RIMS Menu and follow the instructions 
(call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
    Guardian states that it is requesting that the Commission vacate 
the portion of the certificate authorizing construction of the Guardian 
Eagle Lateral, because subsequent to the Commission's issuance of the 
certificate order, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) and 
Wisconsin Gas Company (Wisconsin Gas) have entered into an agreement by 
which Northern will sell to Wisconsin Gas an existing 9 mile, 24-inch 
diameter pipeline, the East Leg facilities (CP01-401-000) that 
generally runs parallel to Guardian's Eagle Lateral.
    Guardian states that if Northern's abandonment by sale to Wisconsin 
Gas of the East Leg facilities is approved, Guardian will be able to 
deliver gas directly into Wisconsin Gas' facilities from the Guardian 
mainline to access the same markets that would have been accessed 
through the Guardian Eagle Lateral. Guardian declares that then they 
will not need to construct the Eagle Lateral. Guardian also states that 
by not needing to build the Eagle Lateral, it will reduce landowner and 
environmental impacts. Guardian also requests that its certificate be 
amended to permit Guardian to modify the location of their metering and 
related facilities that originally were proposed to be located at 
Eagle, Wisconsin to the Bluff Creek Meter Station, so that both 
Guardian and Northern will be able to deliver gas into the Wisconsin 
Gas Hinshaw system through a single Wisconsin Gas-owned line.
    Guardian states that they would retain the capacity to deliver up 
to 300,000 Dth/day into the Wisconsin Gas system, the same capacity as 
Guardian's certificated Eagle meter station. Guardian states that the 
total project cost will not be affected by this change, as Guardian's 
estimated project cost remains $224.3 million, excluding allowance for 
funds used during construction.
    Any questions regarding this amendment should be directed to Molly 
Mulroy, Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C., P.O. Box 544, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
53201, or at (1-800) 782-7182.
    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 9, 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

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final Commission order approving or denying a certificate will be 
issued.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-18483 Filed 7-24-01; 8:45 am]
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