[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29415]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-12-000]


Egan Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of Application

November 14, 2002.
    Take notice that on November 5, 2002, Egan Hub Partners, L.P. (Egan 
Hub), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed in the above 
referenced docket an application, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder, for 
a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
expansion of its existing storage facility at the Jennings Salt Dome in 
Acadia Parish, Louisiana (Egan Storage Facility Expansion). 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 website 
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, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Currently, Egan Hub has three salt caverns at its storage facility. 
Egan Hub seeks authorization to expand its existing salt dome storage 
facility working gas capacity from 16.0 Bcf to 24.0 Bcf and its maximum 
aggregate operating capacity from 21.0 Bcf to 31.5 Bcf. No new surface 
facilities are proposed. In addition, Egan Hub states that the proposed 
increase in operating capacity will not affect Egan Hub's existing 
maximum deliverability capability of 1,500 MMcfd, nor will it change 
the existing maximum injection capability of 800 MMcfd.
    Egan Hub also proposes to continue charging market-based rates. As 
a result, Egan Hub requests waivers of certain of the Commission's 
regulations that are required when an applicant seeks cost-based rate 
authority.
    Egan Hub states that it requests approval of its application on or 
before January 22, 2003, in order to meet the anticipated future market 
needs of its customers.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Steven E. Tillman, General Manager--Regulatory Affairs, Egan Hub 
Partners, L.P., PO Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642 at (713) 627-
5113 or by fax at (713) 627-5947.
    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 December 5, 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-29415 Filed 11-19-02; 8:45 am]
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