[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4955-4956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2474]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP02-70-000, CP02-71-000 and CP02-72-000]


Williams Field Services--Matagorda Offshore Company, LLC; Notice 
of Application

January 28, 2002.
    Take notice that on January 18, 2002, Williams Field Services--
Matagorda Offshore Company, LLC (WFS-MOC), One Williams Center, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma 74172, filed in Docket Nos. CP02-70-000, CP02-71-000 and CP02-
72-000, an application 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 the 
acquisition and operation of the jurisdictional portion of the 
facilities known as the Matagorda Offshore Pipeline System (MOPS) 
located in, and offshore of, Texas, which consist of approximately 56 
miles of pipeline and related facilities and owned by Northern Natural 
Gas Company. WFS-MOC also requests approval of its pro forma FERC Gas 
Tariff (Tariff) and its proposed initial transportation rates for firm 
and interruptible open-access transportation services. Additionally, 
WFS-MOC requests a blanket certificate of public convenience and 
necessity under subpart G of part 284 authorizing WFS-MOC to provide 
open-access transportation services under the Tariff; and a blanket 
certificate of public convenience and necessity under subpart F of part 
157 authorizing WFS-MOC to perform certain routine construction, 
operation and abandonment activities, 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 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).
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Richard N. Stapler, Jr., Williams Field Services--Matagorda Offshore 
Company, LLC, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 at (801) 584-
7068 or fax (801) 584-7862.
    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 19, 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

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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. 02-2474 Filed 1-31-02; 8:45 am]
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