[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11654]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP03-131-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application

May 5, 2003.
    Take notice that on April 28, 2003, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed 
in Docket No. CP03-131-000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 157 of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations for permission and approval to abandon an inactive 
injection/withdrawal well and the associated 2,380 foot 8-inch lateral 
and 6-inch meter facilities located at Natural's North Lansing storage 
field in Harrison County, Texas, all as more fully set forth in the 
application. This filing 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] and follow the instructions or toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions or correspondence concerning this application should 
be addressed to: Bruce H. Newsome, Vice President, Natural Gas Pipeline 
Company of America, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard , Illinois 60148, 
phone (630) 691-3526.
    Natural states that the injection/withdrawal well has been plugged 
and inactive since 1997 when a leak was detected in the production 
tubing. Natural states further that the Texas Railroad Commission 
regulations required the well to be plugged. Natural asserts that the 
lateral that is connected to the well has been inactive since the well 
was plugged, as has the associated meter, and also asserts that the 
location of the subject lateral at the storage field is not conducive 
for future connections to other possible wells.
    Natural avers that if the authorization sought herein is approved, 
the injection/withdrawal well and the lateral would be retired in 
place, and the meter would be removed from the ground and returned to 
stock.
    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, 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 protest 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 commentors 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 commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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.
    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 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 
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying a 
certificate will be issued.
    Comment Date: May 27, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-11654 Filed 5-9-03; 8:45 am]
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