[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65159-65160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3090]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP05-13-000, CP05-11-000, CP05-12-000, CP05-14-000]


Ingleside Energy Center, LLC; San Patricio Pipeline LLC; Notice 
of Applications

November 2, 2004.
    Take notice that on October 25, 2004, Ingleside Energy Center LLC 
(Ingleside); 5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77046, filed 
in Docket No. CP05-13-000 an application pursuant to section 3(a) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) seeking authorization to site, construct and 
operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal located near Ingleside, 
Texas. The LNG terminal will provide LNG tanker terminal services to 
third party shippers who would be importing LNG.
    Also take notice that on October 25, 2004, San Patricio Pipeline 
LLC (San Patricio Pipeline) filed in Docket No. CP05-11-000 an 
application seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the NGA, to construct and operate a 26.4-
mile pipeline and related facilities to transport natural gas on an 
open access basis. Also, in Docket No. CP05-12-000, San Patricio 
Pipeline requests a blanket certificate under section 7(c) of the NGA 
and part 157, subpart F of the Commission's regulations to perform 
routine activities in connection with the future construction, 
operation and maintenance of the proposed pipeline. Finally, San 
Patricio Pipeline requests authorization in Docket No. CP05-14-000 to 
provide the natural gas transportation services on a firm and 
interruptible basis pursuant to section 7(c) of the NGA and part 284 of 
the Commission's regulations. Both Ingleside and San Patricio Pipeline 
are subsidiaries of Occidental Energy Ventures Corp.
    On September 24, 2004, San Patricio Pipeline announced the 
commencement of an open season for the purpose of obtaining binding 
commitments for firm transportation capacity. San Patricio Pipeline 
states that the construction and operation of the pipeline will enable 
new competitively priced supplies of natural gas imported through the 
Ingleside LNG terminal to reach markets throughout the United States.
    These applications are on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection. These filings are 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. Any initial 
questions regarding these applications should be directed to Lawrence 
G. Acker, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, 
NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20009-5728. Telephone: (202) 986-8000, 
Fax: (202) 986-8102.
    On April 19, 2004 the Commission staff granted Ingleside's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF04-9-000 to staff activities 
involving Ingleside. The San Patricio Pipeline was also assessed in the 
NEPA pre-file process in Docket No. PF04-9-000. Now, as of the filing 
of Ingleside's and San Patricio Pipeline's applications on October 25, 
2004, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for those projects has ended. From 
this time forward, Ingleside's and San Patricio Pipeline's proceeding 
will be conducted in Docket Nos. CP05-13-000, et. al, as noted in the 
caption of this Notice.
    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 listed 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 this filing and all subsequent filings made with 
the Commission and must mail a copy of all filing 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, other persons do 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

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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 this project provide copies of their protests only to 
the party or parties directly involved in the protest.
    Persons may also wish to comment further only on the environmental 
review of this project. Environmental commenters will be placed on the 
Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
environmental documents issued by the Commission, and will be notified 
of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review 
process. Those persons, organizations, and agencies who submitted 
comments during the NEPA Pre-Filing Process in Docket No. PF04-9-000 
are already on the Commission staff's environmental mailing list for 
the proceeding in the above dockets and may file additional comments on 
or before the below listed comment date. Environmental commenters will 
not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other 
parties. However, environmental commenters are also not parties to the 
proceeding and will not receive copies of all documents filed by other 
parties or non-environmental documents issued by the Commission. 
Further, they will not have the right to seek court review of any final 
order by Commission in this proceeding.
    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: November 23, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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