[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2971]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP93-541-010]


Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.; Notice of Application

February 1, 2002.
    Take notice that on January 28, 2002, Young Gas Storage Company, 
Ltd. (Young), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944, 
filed an application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act and 
Rules 207 and 2001, et seq., for the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure to amend the orders issues on June 22, 1994 at Docket Nos. 
CP93-541-000 and 001, October 5, 1995 at Docket Nos. CP93-541-004 and 
006, August 30, 1996 at Docket No. CP93-541-007, September 16, 1997 at 
Docket No. CP93-541-008, and May 8, 1998 at Docket No. CP93-541-009. 
Young seeks amended authorization to modify the current maximum volumes 
of working gas and base gas that it may store. 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).
    The Young gas storage field was initially developed for 5,271 MMcf 
of working gas and 4,674 MMcf of base gas. Young seeks to amend its 
certificate to remove 519 MMcf of base gas and add 519 MMcf to its 
working gas inventory, to maintain its certificated total capacity of 
9,945 MMcf. Young, also, seeks to amend its approved Tariff by 
modifying the following: (i) ADWQ; (ii) reservoir integrity limit 
curve; (iii) average daily injection quantity; and (iv) maximum daily 
injection and withdrawal quantities. Young states the change in working 
and base gas will allow it to maximize the effectiveness of the storage 
field, the proposed changes will not affect existing shipper rates, and 
there will be no landowner or environmental impacts because the 
proposed changes are operational in nature.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Robert T. Tomlinson, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company, as Operator for Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd., Post 
Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944; telephone 719-520-
3788.
    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 11, 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. 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.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2971 Filed 2-6-02; 8:45 am]
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