[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78799-78800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32552]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-20-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

December 19, 2002.
    Take notice that on December 10, 2002, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP03-20-000 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's regulations 
thereunder (18 CFR 157.7 and 157.18), for permission and approval to 
abandon certain pipeline facilities in Nebraska, 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.
    Specifically, Northern proposes to abandon by removal approximately 
310 feet and to abandon in place approximately 4.5 miles of 16-inch 
pipeline, known as its A-line and located in Dodge County, Nebraska. 
Northern states that the reason for the proposed abandonment is to 
eliminate an encroached area of the pipeline and to make way for the 
City of Fremont, Nebraska, and private developers located in Dodge 
County. It is asserted that the proposed abandonment would not result 
in the abandonment of service to any of Northern's existing shippers 
and would not adversely affect the capacity of Northern's system or 
interfere with Northern's ability to meet

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its current contract obligations. The cost of abandoning the pipeline 
facilities is estimated at $123,000.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Community Relations for 
Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398-
7103 or Bret Fritch, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7140.
    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 January 9, 2003, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E. 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. However, the non-party commentators 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.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-filing'' 
link. The Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file 
electronically.
    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. 02-32552 Filed 12-24-02; 8:45 am]
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