[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23118-23119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10618]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-100-000]


Norteno Pipeline Company and OkTex Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

April 24, 2003.
    Take notice that on April 15, 2003, Norteno Pipeline Company 
(Norteno) and OkTex Pipeline Company (OkTex), both located at 100 West 
Fifth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103, filed with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) in Docket No. CP03-100-000, an 
application pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 
153 of the Commission's regulations for authorization permitting OkTex 
to succeed to all of Norteno's existing authorizations to operate 
border crossing facilities for the import and export of natural gas, 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.
    On March 31, 2003, Applicants filed a related application, in 
Docket No. CP03-76-000 requesting authorization for Norteno to abandon 
and OkTex to acquire Norteno's interstate facilities including three 
pipelines that cross the United States/Mexico International Boundary 
line at El Paso Texas (Del Norte facilities). Norteno and OkTex state 
that they are both wholly owned subsidiaries of ONEOK, Inc. and the 
transfer of facilities is said to be in the nature of a corporate 
restructuring. Accordingly, Applicants herein seek succession by OkTex 
to Norteno's Section 3 authority. Applicants state that they do not 
seek any change in the terms and conditions of Norteno's existing 
import and export authority apart from the succession of OkTex as the 
holder of that authority.
    On April 15, 2003, Applicants filed another related application in 
Docket No. CP03-99-000 to allow OkTex to also succeed to Norteno's 
Presidential Permit related to the transferred border crossing 
facilities.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Vivian

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C. Hale, Gabel & Gotwals, 1100 ONEOK Plaza, 100 West Fifth Street, 
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4217, or call (918)595-4822 or FAX (918)595-4990.
    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 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: May 15, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-10618 Filed 4-29-03; 8:45 am]
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