[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64410-64411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30797]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Docket No. CP02-32-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application

December 7, 2001.
    Take notice that on November 28, 2001, Texas Eastern Transmission, 
LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, 
filed in the captioned docket an application for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity and related authorizations pursuant to 
section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations thereunder. Texas Eastern requests 
the following:

    (i) A certificate of public convenience and necessity to 
construct, install, own, operate and maintain certain facilities, 
known as the Texas Eastern Incremental Market Expansion Project 
(TIME Project), necessary to provide 100,000 dekatherms per day 
(Dth/d) of firm natural gas transportation service to New Jersey 
Natural Gas Company (New Jersey Natural);
    (ii) authorization to establish an initial NGA section 7(c) 
recourse rate using the incremental facilities proposed, as 
described in the application; and
    (iii) other waivers, authorities, and relief as may be proper as 
appropriate to implement the proposal;

all as more thoroughly described in the application 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#'' and follow the instructions (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Texas Eastern is requesting that the Commission issue a preliminary 
determination by March 13, 2002 and a final certificate by June 12, 
2002 to enable Texas Eastern to meet New Jersey Natural's in-service 
date of November 1, 2002.
    The name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom 
correspondence and communications concerning this Application should be 
addressed is: Steven E. Tillman, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Texas 
Eastern Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, 
Phone: (713) 627-5113, Fax: (713) 627-5947.
    Texas Eastern proposes to: (i) Construct, install, own, operate, 
and maintain a new 10,000 HP electric driven compressor unit at the 
existing Lambertville Compressor Station in Hunterdon County, New 
Jersey; (ii) construct, own, operate, and maintain four new segments of 
36-inch diameter pipeline loops in Perry, Lebanon, Berks, and Bucks 
counties, Pennsylvania, totaling approximately 15.8 miles; (iii) 
perform compression uprates of 8,600 horsepower, from 13,400 to 22,000 
horsepower, at each of two existing compressor stations, the Entriken 
in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and the Armagh Indiana County, 
Pennsylvania; and (iv) upgrade the existing meter and regulation 
station M&R No. 70058 in Richmond County, New York, to accommodate the 
increased flow at this location.
    Additionally, Texas Eastern seeks authorization to render the new 
firm transportation service pursuant to Texas Eastern's existing Firm 
Rate Schedule FT-1. Texas Eastern's proposed initial FT-1 recourse rate 
is an incremental reservation rate designed to recover all costs 
associated with the new facilities, estimated to be $75.2 Million. 
Texas Eastern states that Texas Eastern and New Jersey Natural have 
agreed to a negotiated rate for firm transportation service of up to 
100,000 Dth/d under the FT-1 Service Agreement in accordance with the 
negotiated rate authority contained in section 29 of the General Terms 
and Conditions of Texas Eastern's FERC Gas Tariff.
    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 December 28, 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 
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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.
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