[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60844-60845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2581]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-422-000]


Dominion Transmission, Inc., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Filing

October 5, 2004.
    Take notice that on September 28, 2004, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(Dominion), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; Tennessee 
Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), 9 Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 
77046; and National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 
Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221 (collectively, the 
Applicants) filed a joint abbreviated application for a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity pursuant to section 7 of the Natural 
Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations. 
The Applicants request authorization to modify operations of the 
jointly-owned Ellisburg Storage Pool in Potter County, Pennsylvania. 
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.
    The current certificated capacity at Ellisburg Storage Pool is 
98.43 Bcf, comprised of 52.53 Bcf of top gas

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capacity and 45.9 Bcf of base gas. The Applicants propose to modify 
operations at the Ellisburg Storage Pool by reducing the existing 
authorized base gas level by 3.0 billion cubic feet (Bcf) and 
increasing top gas capacity by 3.0 Bcf. Dominion's total authorized 
base and top gas levels will not be changed, in light of the 
corresponding proposed changes at the Woodhull facility. The additional 
capacity available for service by Tennessee and National Fuel will be 
offered on an open-access basis. There are no changes in the existing 
facilities and no capital investments required to implement the 
proposed change in operations.
    Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to Anne 
E. Bomar, Managing Director Transmission Rates and Regulation, 120 
Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; phone number (804) 819-2134.
    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: 5 p.m. eastern time on October 26, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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