[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10001-10002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4844]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-51-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application

February 24, 2003.
    Take notice that on February 13, 2003, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, 
filed in Docket

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No. CP03-51-000 an application, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) and subpart A of part 157 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Regulations. Natural requests a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the 
construction and operation of six (6) new injection/withdrawal wells 
(I/W) and, appurtenant facilities, and the conversion of three (3) 
observation wells to I/W wells at Natural's Sayre Storage Field (Sayre) 
located in Beckham County, Oklahoma , all as more fully set forth in 
its petition 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 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.
    Any questions concerning Natural's application should be directed 
to Floyd Hofstetter, Vice President, Storage Operations, Natural Gas 
Pipeline Company of America, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 
60148 at (630) 691-3660.
    Natural states that these additional facilities are necessary to 
maintain Sayre's current level of service to the interstate market and 
will offset reduced deliverability resulting from a reduction of 
cushion inventory by Oklahoma Natural Gas Storage Company. Natural 
notes that the current certificated maximum capacity is 90.4 Bcf and 
the certificated maximum daily withdrawal is 400 MMcf, however, Natural 
is not requesting an increase in the maximum inventory or in the peak 
day withdrawal. Natural states that the cost of the project is 
approximately $2.8 million and Natural requests rolled-in rate 
treatment for the new facilities.
    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 (19 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 in the proceeding with the Commission 
and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. 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 the 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 Commissions' 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. The 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 17, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-4844 Filed 2-28-03; 8:45 am]
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