[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3240-3241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1497]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-37-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

January 16, 2003.
    Take notice that on January 6, 2003, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58506-5601, filed in Docket No. CP03-37-000, an application 
pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and 
part 157 of the regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission), for permission and approval to abandon compression and 
appurtenant facilities in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection.
    Williston Basin proposes to abandon approximately a 369 horsepower 
compressor unit and appurtenant facilities at the Thermopolis 
Compressor Station. It is stated that Williston Basin no longer needs 
the facilities at this location to fulfill its service obligations, 
because gas needed to serve the town of Thermopolis, Wyoming, does not 
move through the compressor unit. It is stated that the facilities 
would be abandoned in place, with the possibility that they could be 
removed at a later date if needed at another location. Williston Basin 
estimates that the cost of abandoning the facilities would be $1,503.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Keith 
A. Tigelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, at (701) 530-1560.
    This filing is available for review at the Commission 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 filed to access the document. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERC 
[email protected] or call toll-free at (866)206-3676, or, for TTY, 
contact (202)502-8659. Comments, protests and interventions may be 
filed electronically 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically.
    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 file on or 
before the comment date 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

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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.
    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.

    Comment Date: February 5, 2003.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1497 Filed 1-22-03; 8:45 am]
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