[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5987-5988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-448]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-51-000]


Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C.; Notice of Application

January 28, 2005.
    Take notice that on January 19, 2005, Ozark Gas Transmission, 
L.L.C. (Ozark), 515 Central Park Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 
filed an application in Docket No. CP05-51-000 pursuant to section 7(b) 
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting that the Commission issue an 
Order authorizing Ozark to abandon certain of its certificated 
facilities located in Haskell, Muskogee and LeFlore Counties in the 
state of Oklahoma and in Cleburne, Faulkner, Franklin, Logan, Johnson, 
Sebastian and Pope Counties in the state of Arkansas (the Facilities) 
by transfer to Ozark Arkansas Gas Gathering, L.L.C. (OAGG). Ozark 
states that the Facilities consist of approximately 137 miles of 3-inch 
to 12-inch diameter lateral gathering lines, 12 compressor stations, 
and 134 well connects. Ozark further requests a Commission 
determination that the Facilities to be abandoned will be gathering 
facilities exempt from NGA jurisdiction upon their abandonment by 
transfer to OAGG, 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 concerning this application should be directed to 
counsel for Ozark, James F. Bowe, Jr., Dewey Ballantine LLP, at (202) 
429-1444 (phone), (202) 429-1579 (fax), 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 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

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filed by the applicant and by all other parties. Unless filing 
electronically, 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 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. 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 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.
    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: February 18, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-448 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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