[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43835-43836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1636]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-346-000]


CenterPoint Energy--Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; 
Notice of Application

July 15, 2004.
    On July 14, 2004, CenterPoint Energy--Mississippi River 
Transmission Corporation (MRT), whose main office is located at 1111 
Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77210, filed with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission to convert the blanket certificate authority 
proceeding into an application for authorization pursuant to section

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7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations thereunder. The certificate requested would 
authorize MRT to construct, own, and operate a new delivery lateral 
(Line A-334), a new measurement station, and a new compressor station. 
Line A-334 will consist of approximately 3.6 miles of 20 inch pipe to 
serve Venice Power Plant in Venice, Illinois as previously described in 
the Prior Notice blanket authority notice issued on June 10, 2004. The 
application is on file with the Commission and open for public 
inspection. 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'' 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, contact (202) 502-8659.
    MRT states that copies of this filing have been mailed to all 
parties on the Official Service List in this proceeding. Further, MRT 
states it will comply with section 157.6 of the Commission's 
regulations and notify all affected landowners.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Lawrence O. Thomas, Director-Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy--
Mississippi River Transmission Corporation, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, 
Louisiana 71101, at (318) 429-2804.
    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 below listed comment date, 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 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.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments 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 filings.
    Comment Date: July 28, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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