[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1580-1581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-12]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP04-36-000, CP04-41-000, CP04-42-000, and CP04-43-000]


Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC and Mill River Pipeline, LLC; Notice of 
Filing

December 30, 2003.
    Take notice that on December 19, 2003, Weavery's Cove Energy, LLC 
(Weaver's Cove), Docket No. CP04-36-000, One New Street, Fall River, 
Massachusetts 02720, pursuant to section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a) and parts 153 and 380 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules and Regulations, filed an 
application for authorization to site, construct and operate a 
liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal (LNG Terminal) in Fall River, 
Massachusetts.
    Also on December 19, 2003, Mill River Pipeline, LLC (Mill River), 
One New Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02720, Docket No. CP04-41-
000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the NGA and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations file an application to construct, 
install, own, operate and maintain two new natural gas lateral 
pipelines and ancillary facilities (Laterals). Mill River also 
requests: (1) In Docket No. CP04-42-000, a blanket certificate pursuant 
to subpart F of part 157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to 
perform certain routine activities and operations; and (2) in Docket 
No. CP04-43-000, pursuant to subpart G of part 284 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations, authority to provide open-access transportation 
of natural gas for others.
    Both of these filings are 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 ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
appropriate 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.

Weaver's Cove

    Weaver's Cove proposes to site, construct, and operate an LNG 
terminal, including a marine berth, an LNG storage tank, regasification 
facilities, and an LNG truck distribution facility, on a site located 
on Tauton River on the north end of the city of Fall River, 
Massachusetts. The terminal will receive LNG and deliver pipeline 
quality natural gas to the laterals proposed by Mill River at a 
pressure of approximately 1,000 psi. The terminal also will incorporate 
four truck filings stations for loading trucks that will transport LNG 
to peak shaving storage facilities and industrial customers throughout 
New England. The proposed terminal will have a peak day sendout 
capacity of 800 MMcf/d (8000,000 Dth/d).

Mill River

    Mill River proposes to construct, install, own operate and maintain 
two laterals: Western Lateral and Northern Lateral, connecting the 
outlet of the proposed Weaver's Cove LNG Terminal to the interstate 
facilities of Algonquin Gas Transmission Company's (Algonquin). The 
Western Lateral will be a 2.52 mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline 
originated at the Weaver's Cove LNG Terminal site and terminated at the 
existing Algonquin 20-inch diameter G-22 lateral pipeline. The Northern 
Lateral will be a 3.59 mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline originated at 
the Weaver's Cove LNG Terminal site and terminated at the existing 
Algonquin G-1 12''/20'' lateral pipelines. The two laterals have a 
design pressure of 1,440 psi and a normal operating pressure of up to 
1,000 psi.
    Any questions regarding these applications are to be directed to 
Ted Gehrig, President, Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC and Mill River 
Pipeline, LLC, One New Street, Fall River, MA 02720.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
these projects. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for these projects should, on or 
before the below listed 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 the 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 the 
Commission orders in the proceedings.
    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 these 
projects. 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 projects provide copies of their protests only to the party or 
parties directly involved in the protest.
    Persons may wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
these projects. Environmental commenters will be placed on the 
Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
environmental documents issued by the Commission, 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, environmental 
commenters are also not parties to the proceeding and will not receive 
copies of all documents filed by other parties or non-environmental 
documents issued by the Commission. They will not have the right to 
seek court review of the Commission's final order. Coincidentally, with 
this Notice of Application, the Commission is issuing a notice 
regarding the environmental comment process. This notice describes the 
comment procedures and comment deadline.\1\
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    \1\ See Notice of Status Change of Environmental Review and 
Expiration of Scoping Period for the Proposed Cove LNG Project, 
issued December 31, 2003.
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    The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the 
environmental aspects of the projects. This preliminary determination 
typically considers such issues as the need for the projects and its 
economic effect on existing customers of the applicants, 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 projects. Therefore, if a person has comments on 
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landowner impacts from these proposals, it is important either to file 
comments or to intervene as early in the process as possible.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments 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.
    Comment Date: January 13, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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