[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69905-69906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3391]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP05-25-000; CP05-26-000; CP05-27-000; CP05-28-000]


Seafarer U.S. Pipeline System, Inc.; Notice of Filing

November 23, 2004.
    Take notice that on November 16, 2004, Seafarer U.S. Pipeline 
System, Inc. (Seafarer), 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, 
filed an application, in Docket Nos. CP05-25-000, et al., pursuant to 
section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and Parts 157 and 
284 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, for: (i) A certificate 
of public convenience and necessity authorizing Seafarer to construct, 
own, and operate a new natural gas pipeline under Part 157, Subpart A; 
(ii) a blanket certificate authorizing Seafarer to self-implement 
routine activities, including construction, acquisition, operation, or 
abandonment of certain facilities under Part 157, Subpart F; and (iii) 
a blanket certificate authorizing Seafarer to transport natural gas, on 
an open access and self-implementing basis, under Part 284, Subpart G.
    Concurrently, in a separate filing, Docket No. CP05-28-000, 
Seafarer filed an application pursuant to section 3 of the NGA and Part 
153 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, and also request for a 
Presidential Permit for importing and transporting natural gas from a 
proposed interconnection at the US/Bahamian Exclusive Economic Zone 
(EEZ) boundary with a proposed Bahamian pipeline connected to the 
proposed High Rock LNG terminal located at South Riding Point on Grand 
Bahama Island.
    The applications are on file with the Commission and open for 
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 questions 
regarding the applications are to be directed to Howard L. Nelson, El 
Paso Corporation, 555 11th Street, NW., Suite 750, Washington, DC, 
20004.

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    The proposed pipeline will consist of approximately 41 miles of 26-
inch diameter pipeline extending from the receipt point at the EEZ 
boundary to an interconnection with existing facilities of Florida Gas 
Transmission Company (FGT) in Palm Beach County, Florida. From the EEZ 
boundary, the pipeline will extend underwater approximately 35 miles 
and make landfall at Florida Power & Light Company's power plant site 
in Riviera Beach. The pipeline will continue onshore approximately six 
miles along existing utility, roadway and railway corridors to the FGT 
interconnection point. The proposed pipeline will transport up to 
800,000 Dth per day from the proposed High Rock LNG terminal to gas-
consuming markets in Florida and other Southeastern states.
    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, D.C. 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: December 14, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-3391 Filed 11-30-04; 8:45 am]
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