[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3571-3572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-107]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-50-000]


Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Certificate Application

January 16, 2004.
    Take notice that Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern), 
5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056-5310, filed in Docket No. 
CP04-50-000 on January 6, 2004, pursuant to section 7(C) of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and part 157 of the Commission's regulations 
its application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
and related authorizations to lease 100,000 Dekatherms per day (Dth/d) 
of capacity to Discovery Gas Transmission LLC (Discovery). Texas 
Eastern states that the Lease Capacity will serve to support 
Discovery's proposed Market Expansion Project, for which Discovery has 
filed a related certificate application with the Commission in Docket 
No. CP03-342-000. As described in the application, Discovery's Market 
Expansion Project is being constructed for Discovery to serve new 
markets in southern Louisiana. Texas Eastern requests that the 
Commission issue a certificate no later than March 1, 2004, for its 
application, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing is 
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or 
may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
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, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding the amendment applications should be 
directed to Steven E. Tillman, General Manager, Regulatory Affairs, 
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas, 77251-
1642, at (713) 627-5113, with fax at (713) 627-5947.
    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

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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 filing.
    Comment Date: January 29, 2004.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
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