[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23864]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-434-000]


ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

September 13, 2002.
    Take notice that on September 6, 2002, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 
9E Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046, filed in the above referenced 
docket, an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations for a certificate of public convenience to construct and 
operate certain facilities in the states of Illinois and Wisconsin and 
authority to abandon certain facilities in the state of Wisconsin, all 
as more fully described in the application. This application 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 athttp://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, ANR seeks authority to: (1) Construct and operate a 
total of approximately 26.3 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline on its 
Madison Lateral in McHenry County, Illinois and Walworth and Rock 
Counties, Wisconsin (Madison Lateral Loop); (2) remove the existing 4-
inch diameter and 6-inch diameter Beloit Lateral pipelines and replace 
them with approximately 6.5 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline all in 
Rock County, Wisconsin (Beloit Lateral Replacement); (3) install a new 
meter station, the Tiffany East Meter Station, on and adjacent to ANR's 
existing Tiffany Meter Station site in Rock County, Wisconsin; and (4) 
upgrade its existing South Madison Meter Station in Rock County, 
Wisconsin. ANR estimates that the proposed facilities (WestLeg Project) 
will cost $42,087,000.
    ANR states the purpose of the WestLeg Project is to serve new 
generation loads and meet the growth in demand of the local 
distribution company (LDC) sector in Rock and Dane Counties, Wisconsin. 
ANR states that it has entered into a precedent agreement with 
Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Wisconsin Power and Light) for 
60,000 dth per day on ANR's system to the proposed Tiffany East Meter 
Station to meet the fuel requirements of the 600 megawatt Riverside 
Energy Center power plant. In addition, ANR states that is in 
negotiations with another customer for 34,000 Dth per day of capacity. 
Finally, ANR states that the capacity created by the WestLeg Project 
will allow ANR to terminate two transportation agreements with Northern 
Natural Gas Company (Northern Natural) that obligate ANR to pay 
Northern Natural for 86,500 Dth per day of capacity.
    ANR requests a preliminary determination on the non-environmental 
issues by December 18, 2002 and a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity by July 1, 2002 in order to allow sufficient time for ANR to 
place the facilities into service by November 1, 2004.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Christopher Young, Senior Counsel, ANR Pipeline Company, 9 E Greenway 
Plaza, Suite 1882, Houston, Texas 77046, (832) 676-5593 or Thomas G. 
Joyce, Manager, (832) 676-3299.
    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. 02-23864 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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