[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 318-319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-61]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-46-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Notice of Application

December 27, 2001.
    Take notice that on December 10, 2001, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company (Tennessee), 9 E. Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77048, filed 
an application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity to construct and operate a new 
compressor station and to authorize incremental recourse rates for 
service through Tennessee's Leidy Extension 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).
    Specifically, Tennessee seeks to construct and operate a 4,730 
horsepower compressor station and other appurtenant facilities in 
Potter County, Pennsylvania. The proposed facilities will allow 
Tennessee to make firm deliveries of up to 150,000 Dth per day directly 
to Dominion Transmission, Inc. (Dominion). The proposed compressor 
station is part of Tennessee's larger Can-East Project which will 
establish its Leidy Extension. Tennessee states that the Can-East 
Project will extend its existing mainline system to the Leidy Hub by 
utilizing 280,000 Dth per day of capacity that Tennessee intends to 
lease from Dominion and National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National 
Fuel).\1\ The estimated cost of the proposed facilities is $9.7 
million.
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    \1\ The lease between Tennessee and Dominion is the subject of 
Docket No. CP02-47-000. The lease between Tennessee and National 
Fuel is the subject of Docket No. CP02-48-000.
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    Tennessee also proposes to offer service over its Leidy Extension 
under its existing FERC Gas Tariff at incremental recourse rates under 
its Rate Schedules FT-A and IT. Tennessee states that its customers 
will also have the option of selecting negotiated rates. Tennessee has 
included pro forma tariff sheets reflecting the proposed changes to its 
tariff necessary to effect service on the Leidy Extension.

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    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Marguerite N. Woung-Chapman, General Counsel, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company, 9 E. Greenway Plaza, Suite 340, Houston, Texas 77048 at 832-
676-7329 or by E-mail at [email protected].
    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 January 17, 2002, 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. 02-61 Filed 1-2-02; 8:45 am]
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