[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12308-12309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-566]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-76-000]


Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Application

March 8, 2004.
    Take notice that on March 1, 2004, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans), 100 
Allegany Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, filed in

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Docket No. CP04-76-000 an application pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) for all of the necessary authorizations required 
to refunctionalize certain of its facilities from transmission/storage 
to gathering, all as more fully set forth in the application which is 
on file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
    The facilities that Equitrans is seeking to refunctionalize 
include: (1) Approximately 275 miles of low-pressure, predominantly 
small diameter pipeline; (2) 14 compressor engines, located at 8 
compressor stations, having a total of 14,395 horsepower; and (3) 
various meters and appurtenant facilities, all of which are primarily 
used to gather gas from numerous gas wells in Pennsylvania and West 
Virginia and transport such gas to Equitrans' downstream transportation 
facilities. The facilities are located in Armstrong and Greene 
Counties, Pennsylvania; and Armstrong, Braxton, Doddridge, Lewis, 
Marion and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia. Equitrans states that 
concurrently with the submission of this application, it is also 
submitting an application under section 4 of the NGA seeking approvals 
for the rate treatment associated with the refunctionalized facilities.
    Equitrans further requests that the Commission grant any waivers of 
its regulations that the Commission may deem necessary to grant the 
authorizations requested in its application.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to David 
K. Dewey, General Counsel, Equitrans, L.P., 100 Allegheny Center, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15275, at (412) 395-2566 and Mark Cook, BakerBotts, 
L.P., Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, at 202 639-7779.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sec.  385.214 or Sec.  385.211 of the Commission's 
rules and regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed on or 
before the date as indicated below. Protests will be considered by the 
Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will 
not serve to make protestants parties to the proceedings. Any person 
wishing to become a party must file a motion to intervene. This 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. 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 TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filings. 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 22, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-566 Filed 3-15-04; 8:45 am]
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