[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11606-11607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-534]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP04-68-000 and CP04-69-000]


Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC; Notice of Application

March 4, 2004.
    Take notice that on February 27, 2004, Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC 
(FME), 1615 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, filed in 
Docket Nos. CP04-68-000 and CP04-69-000 an application, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157, subpart A of the 
Commission's regulations, for: (1) A certificate of public convenience 
and necessity to construct, own, and operate a single-use natural gas 
pipeline facility, the Coden Onshore Pipeline, to transport natural gas 
from the offshore Main Pass Energy HubTM (MPEHTM) 
deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) port to interconnections with 
interstate natural gas pipelines near Coden, Mobile County, Alabama; 
and (2) a blanket certificate of public convenience and necessity in 
Docket No. CP04-69-000 under Subpart F of Part 157. The application is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing 
may also 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, call (866) 208-3767 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    FME proposes to construct, own, and operate the Coden Onshore 
Pipeline, a 5.1-mile, 36-inch, single-use pipeline with a capacity of 
1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/D). FME states that the sole 
purpose of these pipeline facilities would be to transport natural gas 
owned by FME from FME's proposed MPEHTM offshore deepwater 
port for the importation and vaporization of LNG, and processing, 
storage and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids, 
which would be located off the Louisiana coast. FME states that it will 
operate the MPEHTM as a proprietary deepwater LNG port 
pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974. FME also states that it 
filed an application to construct and operate the offshore portions of 
the MPEHTM project with the U.S. Coast Guard on February 27, 
2004.
    FME asserts that, inasmuch as it plans to use the proposed Coden 
Onshore Pipeline solely to deliver natural gas owned by FME on a 
proprietary basis,

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it requests waiver of the open access requirements of part 284 of the 
Commission's regulations, including, but not limited to, cost, 
accounting, and reporting requirements.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
David Landry, Vice President--General Manager, Main Pass Energy 
HubTM, Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC, 1615 Poydras Street, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70112, phone (504) 582-4880, or, in the alternative, 
David Hunter, Jones Walker LLP, 201 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, 
Louisiana 70170, phone (504) 582-8366.
    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 March 25, 2004, 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.
    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 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.
    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.
    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.
    Comment Date: March 25, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-534 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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