[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33482-33483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13988]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP03-302-000, CP03-303-000, and CP03-304-000]


Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

May 28, 2003.
    Take notice that on May 20, 2003, Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline 
Company (Cheyenne Plains), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
80944, filed in Docket No. CP03-302-000, CP03-303-000 and CP03-304-000, 
an application pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as 
amended, and parts 157 and 284 of the regulations of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (Commission) for: (1) A certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing the construction, ownership, and 
operation of new interstate natural gas pipeline facilities; (2) a 
blanket certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing 
Cheyenne Plains to provide open-access transportation services, with 
pre-granted abandonment approval; and (3) a blanket certificate of 
public convenience and necessity to construct, operate and/

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or abandon certain eligible facilities, and services related thereto. 
Cheyenne Plains is also requesting approval for its proposed recourse 
rates for transportation service and its Pro Forma Tariff, which 
includes the authority to enter into negotiated rate agreements. In 
addition, Cheyenne Plains requests that the Commission make a 
Preliminary Determination on Non-Environmental Issues by November 20, 
2003, that includes the review and preliminary approval of various 
financing, rate and tariff provisions, all as more fully set forth in 
the application 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.
    Cheyenne Plains, a proposed natural gas pipeline company, states 
that it has been formed to construct, own, and operate approximately 
380 miles of 30'' O.D. pipeline that extends southeastward from 
interconnections with Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) and Wyoming 
Interstate Company, Ltd. at the Cheyenne Hub, located near the 
Colorado/Wyoming border, to new interconnections with six interstate 
and one intrastate transmission pipeline systems located toward the 
eastern portion of the pipeline in Kansas. Cheyenne Plains states that 
CIG is filing a companion section 7(c) application with the Commission 
seeking authorization to install a jumper compressor unit at its 
Cheyenne Compressor Station in order to provide a compression service. 
Installation of this jumper compressor unit will permit gas being 
delivered from CIG to meet the minimum suction pressure requirements of 
the Cheyenne Plains compressors. Accordingly, following an open season, 
Cheyenne Plains executed an agreement with CIG for this compression 
service.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Robert 
T. Tomlinson, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Cheyenne Plains Gas 
Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944, at 
(719) 520-3788 or fax (719) 667-7534; or to Judy A. Heineman, Vice 
President and General Counsel, Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, 
P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944, at (719) 520-4829 or 
fax (719) 520-4898.
    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 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) by the comment date, below. 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.
    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: June 18, 2003.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-13988 Filed 6-3-03; 8:45 am]
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