[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50425-50426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19508]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-409-000]


ANR Storage Company; Notice of Application

July 29, 2002.
    Take notice that on July17, 2002, ANR Storage Company (ANR 
Storage), 9 E Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046, filed in the 
captioned docket an application for a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity and related authorizations pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations thereunder, requesting that the Commission issue an order 
authorizing ANR Storage to make the well modifications as described in 
its application.
    ANR Storage states that it does not seek to increase the existing 
certificated storage capacity or injection/withdrawal deliverability of 
its facility. ANR Storage's proposed activities will improve 
operational efficiency of its storage reservoir within existing 
certificated limits. While ANR Storage has met all of its customer 
requests for service since the Excelsior 6 field has been in operation, 
attempts have been made to improve deliverability from the west reef, 
including various replacements. However, working gas remains stranded 
at free flow conditions due to a lack of processing facilities to 
remove hydrocarbon liquids from the gas stream. This effectively 
excludes utilization of compressors for withdrawal, resulting in an 
inability to cycle an additional 4.0 Bcf of combined working gas. 
Consequently, ANR Storage proposes to drill several lateral extensions 
from the boreholes of two wells in order to enhance deliverability 
during the withdrawal season, and to install gas cooling and separation 
equipment at the Excelsior station, which will enable the use of 
compression withdrawal. These modifications will increase Excelsior 6 
and Cold Springs 31 late-season deliverability and ability to cycle 
working gas, while remaining within the certificated limits of 200 
Mmcfd.
    More specifically, ANR Storage requests authorization to--

    (i) drill several lateral extensions from the well bores of two 
existing wells in the Excelsior 6/East Kalkaska 1 storage fields 
towards zones of high porosity and permeability in the west reef; 
and
    (ii) install gas cooling and separation equipment at the 
Excelsior station in Kalkaska County, Michigan for the purposes of 
removing hydrocarbon liquids from the gas stream;

at a total capital cost of $4,397,400, all as more thoroughly described 
in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. ANR Storage also requests that this application be disposed 
of in accordance with the shortened procedures set forth in Rules 801 
and 802 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. ANR 
Storage requests that the intermediate decision procedure be omitted 
and waives oral hearing, and requests that the Commission grant such 
other and further authorizations, relief and/or waivers as the 
Commission deems necessary to enable ANR Storage to complete the 
project as proposed.
    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 
this application should be directed to Dawn A. McGuire, Attorney, 9 E 
Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046, (832) 676-5503.
    ANR Storage states that no new rates or rate schedules are being 
proposed, and that it will charge rates as currently set forth in its 
tariff for any service that utilizes the proposed facilities. Further,

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ANR Storage is not requesting any change to the Maximum Daily 
Withdrawal Quantity and Maximum Daily Injection Quantity from the 
currently authorized levels.
    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 August 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 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. 02-19508 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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