[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1748-1749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-817]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-61-000]


Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application

January 8, 2002.
    Take notice that on December 28, 2001, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(DTI), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed an 
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act 
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon 
storage Well No. AW-3697 in the Fink-Kennedy/Lost Creek Storage Complex 
in Lewis County, West Virginia. 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).
    Storage Well AW-3697 is currently leaking a small amount of oil 
around the wellhead. DTI intends to plug the well to stop the leakage; 
thereby preventing the oil from being released and possibly increasing 
in the future. DTI claims the abandonment of the proposed facilities 
will have no significant impact on the environment. DTI will be using 
existing right-of-ways and access roads, and the appropriate erosion 
control and site restoration procedures.
    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 
[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 29, 2002,

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

C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-817 Filed 1-11-02; 8:45 am]
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