[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-5-000]


Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

October 20, 2004.
    Take notice that on October 12, 2004, Questar Pipeline Company 
(Questar), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed an 
application with the Commission in Docket No. CP05-5-000 under Section 
7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, seeking authority to 
construct, install, modify, and operate certain natural gas pipeline 
facilities which would expand Questar's interstate natural gas 
transmission system in Carbon and Duchesne Counties, Utah, and Rio 
Blanco County, Colorado, all as more fully stated in the application 
which is open to public inspection. The application 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) 502-8222 or 
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Questar proposes to: (1) Construct, install, and operate 
approximately 18.7 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline as an extension 
of its existing Mainline 104 (ML 104) in Carbon County, Utah; (2) 
install and operate a new 6,200 horsepower (HP) compressor station, to 
be known as the Thistle Creek Compressor Station in Utah County, Utah; 
(3) install and operate a new 9,400 HP compressor station, to be known 
as the Blind Canyon Compressor Station, in Duchesne County, Utah; and 
(4) modify the existing Oak Spring Compressor Station in Carbon County, 
Utah, and the Greasewood Compressor Station in Rio Blanco County, 
Colorado, to increase the maximum allowable operating pressure on a 
23.5-mile segment of Mainline 40 downstream of the proposed Blind 
Canyon Compressor Station.
    Questar states that its proposed Southern System Expansion Project 
(SSXP) would enable it to transport an additional 102,000 dekatherm 
equivalent of natural gas per day from various receipt points on its 
interstate transmission system to a single delivery point at the 
existing ML 104/Kern River Gas Transmission Company interconnection in 
Goshen, Utah. Questar further states that it estimates the total 
construction cost of the proposed facilities is $54,600,000 and that 
the three contracting shippers have agreed to pay the SSXP project-
specific reservation charge of $7.82712 per dekatherm per month for 100 
percent of the incremental transportation capacity resulting from the 
proposed expansion.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Lenard G. Wright, Director, Federal Regulation, Questar Pipeline 
Company, 180 East 100 South, P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84145-0360 or at (801) 324-2459, (801) 324-5485 (fax), or 
[email protected].
    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 comment date stated below, 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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Comment Date: November 10, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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