[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3173-3174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1579]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-176-002]


Georgia Straits Crossing Pipeline LP; Notice of Amendment to 
Application

January 16, 2002.
    Take notice that on January 11, 2002, Georgia Strait Crossing 
Pipeline LP (GSX) filed an amendment to its application pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing GSX to construct a total of 47.5 miles of pipeline from 
Sumas, Washington, to a marine interconnect with a Canadian pipeline 
built by GSX-Canada Limited Partnership (GSX-Canada). The project 
includes the installation of compression in Whatcom County, Washington, 
and will accommodate approximately 95,700 dekatherms per day of natural 
gas, all as more fully set forth in the application that is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection. Copies of this 
filing are on

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file with the Commission and are available for 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 (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance).
    GSX proposes by this amendment to change the in-service date for 
the project from October 2003 to October 2004 and to revise the cost of 
the project from its original estimate of $90.7 million to $94.8 
million, which results in an increase in the proposed rates of 
approximately 4.6 percent. The amendment does not modify the scope of 
the project. GSX states that it has concluded that regulatory approvals 
probably cannot be obtained in time to enable completion of the 
pipeline construction to meet the former October 2003 in-service date. 
GSX also states that by amendment dated December 20, 2001, the GSX 
Project Agreement has been revised to reflect the new schedule.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Gary 
Kotter, Manager, Certificates, at (801) 584-7117, GSX Pipeline, L.L.C., 
P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158.
    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 February 6, 2002, 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. The 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. 02-1579 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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