[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 800-801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3934]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-39-000]


Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

December 29, 2004.
    Take notice that on December 22, 2004, Questar Southern Trails 
Pipeline Company (Questar Southern Trails), 180 East 100 South, Salt 
Lake City, Utah 84111, filed in Docket No. CP05-39-000 an application 
pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
abandon, by sale, a 36-mile, 16-inch diameter portion of the West Zone 
of the Southern Trails pipeline, including the associated Essex 
delivery point to Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), located in San 
Bernardino County, California. Questar Southern Trails explains that 
the abandonment is necessary in order to provide assurance to a 
potential buyer that it may proceed to enter into a purchase agreement 
for the transfer of all West Zone assets as facilities removed from the 
Commission's jurisdiction. Questar Southern Trails further explains 
that the abandonment proposal will not affect transportation service 
provided through the Southern Trails pipeline to existing firm shippers 
since the Essex delivery point to PG&E has only been available to 
shippers on a day-by-day basis as a temporary, secondary delivery 
point, 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 regarding this 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, phone: (801) 324-2459, fax: (801) 324-5485 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, 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.
    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 commentors 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

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process. Environmental commentors 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 
commentors 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.
    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: January 19, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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