[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28589]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-18-000]


Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

November 8, 2001.
    Take notice that on November 1, 2001, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(DTI), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed in 
Docket No. CP02-18-000 a request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 
CFR 157.205 and 157.208) for authorization to uprate the maximum 
allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of Line 257-S from 940 psig to 1100 
psig, located in Potter County, Pennsylvania, under DTI's blanket 
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-537-000 pursuant to section 7 of 
the Natural Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request which 
is 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).
    DTI proposes to uprate the MAOP of Line 257-S from 940 psig to 1100 
psig, which is part of DTI's Sharon Storage Complex, and is located in 
Potter County, Pennsylvania. DTI indicates that the diameter of Line 
257-S is mostly 12-inch with a small portion of the line being 16-inch 
pipe. On April 30, 1987, Consolidated Natural Gas Transmission 
Corporation (Consolidated), predecessor of DTI, indicates that it filed 
an application in Docket No. CP 87-314-000, seeking a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity, authorizing it to develop additional 
underground capacity in the Sharon Storage Pools. In the filing, DTI 
states that Consolidated proposed to install compression, increase the 
base gas level, and replace certain of the gathering system lines 
within the pool. DTI avers that Line 257-S was not replaced. DTI 
declares that at that time, the station discharge pressure was 
anticipated to be 940 psig, the MAOP of Line 257-S.
    DTI states that in 1995, Line 257-S was hydro-tested, resulting in 
the ability to increase the MAOP from 940 psig to 1100 psig. DTI 
asserts that it would now like to utilize Line 257-S at an increased 
MAOP. DTI indicates that the requested MAOP of 1100 psig is below both 
the 2200 psig MAOP of the gathering system and the 1900 psig surface 
pressure at discovery of the Sharon Storage Complex.
    DTI avers that the uprating of this storage pipeline will have no 
effect on the design capacity of the Sharon Storage Complex nor on the 
design capacity of the DTI system. DTI states that no new facilities 
are required. Therefore, DTI declares that there is no cost to DTI, or 
its customers, associated with increasing the certificated MAOP of this 
storage pipeline to 1100 psig.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Sean 
R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 445 West 
Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, at (304) 627-3462 or Fax: 
(304) 627-3305.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 day after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205), a protest 
to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed 
therefor, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized 
effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a protest is 
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for 
filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as an 
application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas 
Act. Comments and protests 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28589 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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