[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43245-43246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20710]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-425-000]


Algonquin Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

August 13, 2001.
    Take notice that on August 6, 2001, Algonquin Gas Transmission 
Company (Algonquin), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, 
filed in Docket No. CP01-425-000 an application pursuant to Section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity to uprate certain compression facilities at its Burrillville, 
Rhode Island, compressor station in order to render up to 10,000 
dekatherms per day of firm transportation service to Colonial Gas 
Company (Colonial), all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to 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).
    Algonquin states that each of the two existing compressor units at 
the Burrillville compressor station has a design capacity of 6,950 HP 
and each is certificated by the Commission to

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operate at 5,700 HP. Also, Algonquin states that system controls on the 
compressors currently limit the horsepower of each unit to 5,700 HP. 
Algonquin proposes to modify the software controls so that each 
compressor unit may be operated at 6,950 HP. It is stated that the 
uprates will not require any installation, construction or facility 
reconfiguration beyond the modifications of the software controls. 
Algonquin states that the horsepower uprates at Burrillville will 
increase pressures and capacity on the G-System, thereby accommodating 
additional deliveries to Colonial at the Bourne and Sagamore delivery 
points in Massachusetts while maintaining required pressures at 
existing delivery points along Algonquin's system.
    Algonquin states that Colonial has entered into a service agreement 
for a primary term of 15 years, under which Colonial will receive 
10,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service under Rate 
Schedule AFT-1. Algonquin further states that the costs of the 
compressor station uprates are estimated to be $84,000, and will be 
expensed.
    Questions regarding the details of this proposed project should be 
directed to Steven E. Tillman, Director of Regulatory Affairs for 
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 
77251-1642.
    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 September 4, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-20710 Filed 8-16-01; 8:45 am]
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