[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9256]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-134-000]


Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

April 5, 2002.
    Take notice that on April 2, 2002, Transwestern Pipeline Company 
(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002-7361, filed in 
Docket No. CP02-134-000, a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity application, pursuant to section 7 (c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) for authorization to add capacity on its San Juan lateral in New 
Mexico and Colorado, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which 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 # `` from the RIMS menu and follow the 
instructions (call (202)208-2222 for assistance).
    Transwestern proposes to add an incremental 10,000 Dekatherms of 
capacity on a daily, year-round basis to the existing San Juan lateral, 
which extends from Transwestern's LaPlata ``A'' Compressor Station in 
LaPlata County, Colorado, to a point on Transwestern's mainline near 
Thoreau, New Mexico. Transwestern states that the capacity will be made 
available as the result of installation of air-cooling facilities at 
Transwestern's Bloomfield Compressor Station, located in San Juan 
County, New Mexico. It is stated that Transwestern is installing the 
air-cooling facilities under section 2.55 of the Commission's 
Regulations for the purpose of obtaining more efficient and economical 
operation of the gas turbine units at the Bloomfield Compressor 
Station. It is asserted that the existing capacity of the San Juan 
lateral is fully subscribed and that the additional capacity would be 
available for sale on a long-term basis and would enable Transwestern 
to respond to increasing market demand. It is explained that 
Transwestern proposes to hold an open season for commitments for the 
additional capacity.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Robert B. Kilmer, Vice President, Rates and Certificates, Transwestern 
Gas Transmission Company, at 713-853-6160.
    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 April 15, 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 385.211 and 385.214) 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. Comments and protests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    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 environmental documents, and will be able to participate in 
meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, Commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission, and will 
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final 
order to a Federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
    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 ion 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 to 
file comments or to intervene as early in the process as possible.
    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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-9256 Filed 4-16-02; 8:45 am]
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