[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-30]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP01-176-005 and CP01-179-003]


Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline LP; Notice Rejecting Request for 
Rehearing

January 2, 2004.
    In September 2002 the Commission granted Georgia Strait Crossing 
Pipeline LP (Georgia Strait) authorization to construct a 47-mile 
pipeline across the northwest tip of Washington to carry gas to 
Vancouver Island.\1\ One year later, Fuel Safe Washington (Fuel Safe) 
filed a request to reopen the record to supplement the EIA. Fuel Safe 
also sought judicial review of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ 100 FERC ] 61,280 (2002), order denying reh'g and granting 
clarification, 102 FERC ] 61,051 (2003).
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    The Commission issued an Order on November 13, 2003, which stated:

    Judicial review of our decision in this case is pending before 
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Fuel Safe 
Washington v. FERC, Case No. 03-9577. Because that Court now has 
exclusive jurisdiction over this proceeding, we no longer have 
authority to reopen the record, unless directed by the Court. 
Consequently, Fuel Safe's request is dismissed.\2\
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    \2\ 105 FERC ] 61,190, paragraph 5 (2003).

    On December 16, 2003, Fuel Safe sought rehearing of the 
Commission's November 13 Order dismissing its request to reopen the 
record.
    Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Natural Gas Act,\3\ requests for 
rehearing of the Commission's Order were due within thirty days after 
issuance of the Order i.e., no later than December 15, 2003. Because 
the 30-day rehearing deadline is statutorily based, it cannot be 
extended, and Fuel Safe's request for rehearing is rejected.
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    \3\ 3 15 U.S.C. 717r.
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    This notice constitutes final agency action. Request for rehearing 
by the Commission of this rejection notice must be filed within 30 days 
of the date of issuance of this notice, pursuant to 18 CFR 385.713 
(2003).

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-30 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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