[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39922-39923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1455]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-364-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

June 25, 2004.
    Take notice that on June 21, 2004, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP04-364-000 an application pursuant to Northern's blanket 
authority granted on September 1, 1982, at Docket No. CP82-401-000 and 
Sections 157.205, 157.208 and 157.216 of the Commission's Regulations 
for authorization to replace, operate, and relocate certain facilities 
of the Marquette branchline and up-rate the maximum allowable operating 
pressure (MAOP) on the pipeline, all located in Marquette County, 
Michigan, as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    Northern proposes to (1) replace and operate approximately 14.4 
miles of its existing 12-inch Marquette branchline (MIM10101); (2) 
relocate a regulator setting and replace a receiver barrel; and (3) up-
rate the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) on approximately 
17 miles of the Marquette branchline and operate such pipeline at the 
higher MAOP. Northern states that authorization to replace and operate 
the 12-inch Marquette branchline is necessary in order to remediate 
anomalies discovered during a caliper pig run.
    Northern proposes to replace the existing 12-inch branchline with 
12-inch pipeline starting at MP 227.35 in Section 32, T47N, R29W, and 
ending at MP 241.73 in Section 27, T47N, R27W. With the exception of 
approximately 11,200 feet of pipeline that will be installed in new 
right-of-way, the new replacement pipeline will primarily be installed 
parallel and adjacent to the existing pipeline. The offset will 
generally be 35 feet from the existing pipeline.
    Northern states that the facilities will be financed with 
internally generated funds. The total estimated cost of the proposed 
project is $12,000,000. Northern states that it will account for the 
retirement of the replaced segments of pipeline in accordance with Gas 
Plant Instruction No. 10 in 18 CFR part 201.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Reporting for Northern, 
1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398-7103 or 
Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7138.
    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 ``e-Library'' link. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676, or for 
TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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 
intervenors to file electronically.

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    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 855.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of 
the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to 
the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed, therefore, 
the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the 
day after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed 
and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a 
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
    Comment Date: August 9, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1455 Filed 6-30-04; 8:45 am]
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