[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59279-59280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23861]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-40-009]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Amendment

September 13, 2002.
    Take notice that on September 6, 2002, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 
No. CP00-40-009 an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations 
to amend FGT's certificate issued on July 27, 2001 authorizing the 
construction and operation of FGT's Phase V Expansion, all as more 
thoroughly described in the application 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) 502-8659.
    Specifically, FGT is seeking to amend its certificate to modify
    Compressor Unit 2601 at FGT's Compressor Station No. 26. FGT 
requests permission and approval to abandon the existing Cooper-Rolls 
RCB-14 compressor portion of Unit 2601, while keeping the same motor/
driver, and install a Rolls Royce RFA-24 compressor. FGT states that 
the RFA-24 compressor will provide more efficient compression than the 
existing RCB-14 compressor, which will allow Station 26 to continue to 
operate even when there is an outage at the station's other Compressor 
Unit 2602. Because, under the proposal, the compressor portions of 
Units 2601 and 2602 will both consist of the RFA-24 compressor, FGT 
will have to keep only one set of spare parts. Thus, FGT concludes, the 
proposed replacement of the compressor portion of Unit 2601 will 
increase reliability and flexibility.
    FGT states that, since the motor/driver for Unit 2601 will be 
unchanged, the horsepower will be unchanged, and that, given the 
current pipeline capacities, the installation of the RFA-24 compressor 
will not result in an increase in throughput. FGT also states that the 
cost of the compressor change-out will not affect the overall $451.9 
million cost of the Phase V Expansion

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because FGT has been able to achieve other cost savings.
    FGT requests that this amendment be approved by February 14, 2003, 
so construction can commence around March 1, 2003. Any questions 
concerning this application may be directed to Mr. Stephen T. Veatch, 
Director of Certificates and Regulatory Reporting, Suite 3997, 1400 
Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002 or call (713) 853-6549.
    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 October 4, 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions 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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-23861 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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