[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61365-61366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2665]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-424-000]


Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

October 7, 2004.
    Take notice that on September 30, 2004, Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C. 
(Petal), Four Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP04-424-000 pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act, requesting that the Commission issue an Order 
authorizing Petal to increase the capacity of its mainline pipeline, 
Line 100, without increasing its maximum allowable operating pressure 
and to uprate its Heidelberg Compressor Station to 9442 hp in order to 
increase the withdrawal and delivery capacity of downstream 
interconnects, from 700 MMcf/day to 1.3 Bcf/day, all as more fully set 
forth in the application which 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 (202) 502-3676, or TTY, (202) 
502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to 
Richard W. Porter, Four Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046, (832) 
676-3081 (phone), (832) 676-8811 (fax).
    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 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. Unless filing electronically, 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.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project, or in support of or in opposition to 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. The Commission's rules require that persons filing 
comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests 
only to the applicant. 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.

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    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    Comment Date: October 29, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-2665 Filed 10-15-04; 8:45 am]
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