[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75054-75055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3672]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-32-000]


Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Application for 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Approval for 
Abandonment

December 8, 2004.
    Take notice that on November 29, 2004, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest), 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application 
under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 
Commission's regulations for its ``Capacity Replacement Project'', 
located in western Washington, requesting the Commission to grant: (i) 
Permission and approval to abandon approximately 268 miles of 26-inch 
pipeline and related facilities between Sumas and Washougal, Washington 
(Sumas-Washougal corridor); and (ii) a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing Northwest to construct and 
operate approximately 79.5 miles of 36-inch pipeline to partially loop 
Northwest's 30-inch pipeline in the Sumas-Washougal corridor, 10,760 
(ISO) net horsepower of additional compression at the existing Chehalis 
and Washougal compressor stations, and related facilities, to replace 
most of the approximately 360 MDth/d of Sumas-Washougal corridor 
capacity attributable to the 26-inch pipeline. In addition, Northwest 
seeks authority to abandon a portion of the capacity along the corridor 
that Northwest states is not needed at this time.
    Northwest states that it developed its Capacity Replacement Project 
in response to an amended Corrective Action Order (CAO) issued by the 
Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), which requires Northwest to 
permanently abandon its 26-inch pipeline in the Sumas-Washougal 
corridor, and install replacement facilities as necessary to meet 
future capacity requirements. Northwest states that the estimated total 
cost of the proposed Capacity Replacement Project is approximately 
$333.1 million.
    The application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The 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. Any questions regarding these applications 
should be directed to Gary K. Kotter, Manager, Certificates and 
Tariffs--3F3, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84158-0900. Telephone: (801) 584-7117, Fax: (801) 584-7764.
    On May 12, 2004 the Commission staff granted Northwest's request to 
utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process 
and assigned Docket No. PF04-10-000 to staff activities involving 
Northwest. Now, as of the filing of Northwest's applications on 
November 29, 2004, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for those projects has 
ended. From this time forward, Northwest's proceeding will be conducted 
in Docket Nos. CP05-32-000, 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 filings 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

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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 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. PF04-10-000 
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: December 29, 2004.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-3672 Filed 12-14-04; 8:45 am]
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