[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3935]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP99-163-003]


Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company; Notice of Motion To 
Vacate Certificate In Part

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. CP99-163-003 a motion to 
vacate the certificate authority granted in 2000, to acquire, convert 
and construct facilities necessary to operate 209 miles of the West 
Zone portion of the Southern Trails pipeline project from Essex, 
California to its termination at Long Beach, California. Questar 
Southern Trails explains that it no longer intends to activate the 209-
mile segment. Questar Southern Trails further explains that following 
receipt of abandonment authority requested in related Docket No. CP05-
39-000, it intends to sell the entire West Zone of the Southern Trails 
pipeline from North Needles to Long Beach, California. Questar Southern 
Trails maintains that its decision to sell the West Zone of its 
pipeline will not alter the operation of or service provided through 
the East Zone of its pipeline from Blanco, New Mexico to North Needles, 
California, all as more fully set forth in the motion 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 motion should be directed to Tad M. 
Taylor, Senior Corporate Counsel, Questar Pipeline Company, 180 East 
100 South, P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, Utah 84145-0360, Phone: 
(801) 324-5531 [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 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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