[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1969-1970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-907]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-55-000]


CMS Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Application

January 9, 2002.
    Take notice that on December 26, 2001, CMS Trunkline Gas Company, 
LLC (Trunkline Gas), P.O. Box 4967, Houston, Texas 77210-4967, filed an 
application in the above-referenced docket number pursuant to section 
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations, for a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity authorizing it to increase the maximum capacity of its LNG 
metering facilities in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Also, Trunkline Gas 
requests permission and approval to operate its pipeline system 
downstream of the LNG metering facilities to accommodate the increased 
LNG receipt. This proceeding is in conjunction with a filing by CMS 
Trunkline LNG Company, LLC (Trunkline LNG) in Docket No. CP02-60-000. 
The application 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#'' and follow the instructions 
(please call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).

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    In order to meet the contractual obligations with BG LNG Services, 
Inc. (BG LNG), Trunkline LNG has requested Trunkline Gas to perform 
modifications to its metering facilities located at the tailgate of the 
Trunkline LNG Terminal. The requested facility modification will 
increase the maximum capacity of the LNG metering facilities from 1.0 
Bcf/d to 1.3 Bcf/d and allow Trunkline Gas to operate its 30-inch 
pipeline, along with other paralleling pipelines, to transport up to 
1.3 Bcf/d of LNG on its South Louisiana pipeline system. In order to 
accommodate Trunkline LNG's request, Trunkline Gas is proposing to 
increase the maximum capacity of its metering facilities at the 
tailgate of LNG's terminal to 1.3 Bcf/d by replacing two existing 16-
inch orifice meter runs with two 16-inch ultrasonic meter runs and 
associated facilities. This replacement will allow increased 
deliverability from the LNG Terminal to Trunkline Gas. The remaining 
three 16-inch orifice meter runs will remain in place.
    By modifying the existing metering facilities, the maximum LNG 
receipt capability of the Trunkline Gas system in Louisiana will 
increase from 0.7 Bcf/d to 1.2 Bcf/d on a sustained basis and from 1.0 
Bcf/d to 1.3 Bcf/d on a peak day basis. All construction will be 
performed aboveground solely within Trunkline Gas' existing right-of-
way easement at the LNG plant. No ground will be disturbed as a result 
of this replacement, nor will there be an increase in noise or air 
emissions from the proposed metering facilities. The cost of the 
proposed project is estimated at $275,000.
    Any questions regarding the application be directed to William W. 
Grygar, Vice President, Rates and Regulatory Affairs, CMS Trunkline LNG 
Company, LLC, P. O. Box 4967, Houston, Texas 77210-4967 at (713) 989-
7000.
    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 30, 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 part 385.214 or 385.211) and the 
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR part 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 part 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. 02-907 Filed 1-14-02; 8:45 am]
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