[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7463-7464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-301]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-38-001]


Cheniere Sabine Pass Pipeline Company; Notice of Amendment to 
Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

February 10, 2004.
    Take notice that on February 6, 2004, Cheniere Sabine Pass Pipeline 
Company (Cheniere Sabine ), 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100, Houston, 
Texas 77002, filed an amendment to its Application for a Certificate of 
Public Convenience and Necessity, filed on December 22, 2003 pursuant 
to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). The amended Application 
reflects a shortening and redesign of the originally proposed pipeline 
route.
    This amendment 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 Commission's Web site 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; add the sub-docket-001 to look only at the 
amendment. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. Any initial questions regarding this amendment 
should be directed to Keith M. Meyer, 333 Clay Street, Suite 3400, 
Houston, Texas. Phone: (713) 659-1361.
    Cheniere Sabine says that its pipeline proposal has now changed 
from about 120 miles to about 16 miles in length. Cheniere Sabine notes 
that it had also modified the diameter of the proposed pipeline from 
48-inches to 42-inches and changed in the maximum capacity of the 
proposed pipeline from 2.7 Bcf per day to 2.6 Bcf per day. The amended 
Cheniere Sabine pipeline route will follow the first 16 miles of the 
route proposed in the December 22 filing, at which point it will 
terminate at Johnson Bayou, Louisiana--the site of multiple gas 
processing facilities and pipeline interconnects. Accordingly, Cheniere 
Sabine states that the route will terminate at milepost (MP) 16.0, 
rather than MP 119.7, as originally proposed. Included in the amendment 
are various revised exhibits which supercede the relevant part of the 
exhibits in the December 22 filing to reflect the changes in the 
location, size, design, cost, and rate derivation of the amended 
proposal. Cheniere Sabine says that this shorter pipeline route is 
being proposed, in large part, for environmental reasons in order to 
minimize impacts to sensitive wetlands. Finally, Cheniere Sabine says 
it will conduct a 60-day open season beginning in the next few weeks 
for the purpose of obtaining binding commitments for firm 
transportation capacity.
    Persons who filed motions to intervene in the applications filed on 
December 22, 2003 do not need to refile a motion to intervene in 
response to this amendment, but may file additional comments by the 
comment date, below.
    Otherwise, there are two ways to become involved in the 
Commission's review of this amendment. First, any person wishing to 
obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceeding for this 
amendment 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

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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 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 amendment. 
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 
amendment 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 285.2001(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: February 25, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-301 Filed 2-13-04; 8:45 am]
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