[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7210]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP02-37-003]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment

March 19, 2003.
    Take notice that on March 17, 2003, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58506-5601, filed an amendment to its pending applications filed 
on November 30, 2001 as amended on September 27, 2002, in Docket Nos. 
CP02-37-000 and CP02-37-002, respectively, pursuant to Section 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA), to reflect certain modifications to the 
Grasslands Project, all as more fully set forth in the amendment which 
is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 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 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, Williston Basin states that a change in market 
conditions has resulted in shippers contracting for all 80,000 
dekatherms per day of capacity on the Grasslands Project starting in 
Year 1. As a result, Williston Basin proposes to construct Phases I, II 
and III of the project, concurrently and have the total project in 
service on November 1, 2003. Williston Basin states that since shippers 
will be able to use the full capacity of 80,000 dekatherms per day upon 
the in-service date of November 1, 2003, it is no longer necessary to 
defer depreciation expense and withdraws its request to create a 
regulatory asset.
    Any questions regarding the amendment should be directed to Keith 
A. Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Williston Basin 
Interstate Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 
58506-5601, at (701) 530-1560, or E-mail: [email protected].
    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 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 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.
    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 amendment 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.
    All persons who have heretofore filed need not file again.
    Comment Date: March 31, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-7210 Filed 3-25-03; 8:45 am]
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