[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8588-8589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4206]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-438-001]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Amendment

February 14, 2003.
    Take notice that on January 8, 2003, Northwest Pipeline Corporation 
(Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84158, filed in 
Docket No. CP01-438-001, an application, pursuant to Section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act and part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's (Commission) regulations to amend the certificate of 
public convenience and necessity issued September 23, 2002, in Docket 
No. CP01-438-000, for Northwest's Rockies Expansion project, as more 
fully described in the application. 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, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 
(866)208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202)502-8659.
    Specifically, Northwest requests the Commission to approve revised 
design modifications for Northwest's Green River, Muddy Creek, Lava, 
and Burley Compressor Stations, located in Sweetwater and Lincoln 
Counties, Wyoming and Bannock and Cassia Counties, Idaho, respectively, 
resulting in a total addition of 1,133 horsepower to the originally 
certificated 24,924 horsepower. Northwest also proposes to forgo 
originally certificated modifications, to install unloader pockets, at 
its Pocatello Compressor Station in Power County, Idaho. Northwest 
states that the proposed compression modifications will still provide 
the originally certificated capacity additions. The revised cost is 
estimated to be $139.9 million instead of the original $154.3 million.
    Northwest requests that the Commission issue the amended 
certificate order by May 1, 2003, in order allow Northwest to meet the 
required November 1, 2003 in-service date.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Mr. 
Gary Kotter, Manager, Certificates and Tariffs, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation, PO Box 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-0900 or call 
(801) 584-7117 or Fax (801) 584-7764.
    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 the comment date stated below, 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

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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.
    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 electronic 
filings.
    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: March 7, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-4206 Filed 2-21-03; 8:45 am]
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