[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52965-52966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20533]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-416-000]


Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc.; Notice of Application

August 8, 2002.
    On July 31, 2002, Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc. (Williams), 
3800 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed an application 
pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules and 
Regulations thereunder. Williams requests authorization to: construct 
15.67 miles of pipeline; and, perform piping upgrades at a compressor 
station. The facilities are necessary to provide additional incremental 
firm transportation service of 66,800 Decatherms per Day(Dth/d) for 
electric power generation expansion and LDC load growth, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection. This filing is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-
8222 or for TTY, (202) 208-1659. Following its open season, Williams 
received binding requests from Empire District Electric Co.(63,800 Dth/
d) and Kansas Gas Service(3,000 Dth/d) for 15 years of firm 
transportation service.
    Williams requests authority to: (1) Construct approximately 15.67 
miles of 20-inch pipeline from the Southern Trunk 20-inch Loop Line 
``FR'' in Cherokee County, Kansas to Jasper County, Missouri; and, (2) 
install piping upgrades at the Saginaw compressor station in Newton 
County, Missouri to increase maximum allowable operating pressure from 
820 psig to 900 psig. The cost of these modifications is estimated to 
be approximately $10,500,000. Further, Williams requests that the 
Commission determine that costs of the proposed facilities should be 
rolled-in with existing facility costs in their next general rate case.
    Questions regarding the application may be directed to David N. 
Roberts, Manager of Certificates and Tariffs, P.O. Box 20008, 
Owensboro, Kentucky 42304, or call (270) 688-6712.
    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 28, 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

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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 nonparty 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.
    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.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-20533 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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