[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 86 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23857-23858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2186]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP05-130-000, CP05-132-000, and CP05-131-000]


Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice 
of Application

April 29, 2005.
    Take notice that on April 15, 2005, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP 
(Cove Point LNG) filed an application in Docket No. CP05-130-000, 
pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting 
authority to expand its facilities at its liquefied natural gas

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(LNG) import terminal at Cove Point, Maryland. Cove Point LNG also 
filed on April 15, 2005, an application in Docket No. CP05-132-000, 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the NGA, requesting a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing it to expand the capacity of its 
natural gas pipeline in Calvert, Prince George's and Charles County, 
Maryland. Dominion Transmission, Inc. also filed on April 15, 2005, an 
application in Docket No. CP05-131-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
NGA, requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing it to expand the capacity of its natural gas pipeline in 
Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. Additional 
supplements to Cove Point LNG's and Dominion's applications were filed 
on April 22, 2005, and April 28, 2005; this information was required to 
complete the Commission's minimum filing requirements.
    The details of these proposals are more fully set forth in the 
applications which are on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filings 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding these applications should be directed to 
Anne E. Bomar, Managing Director, Transmission, Rates and Regulation, 
Dominion Resources, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 
23219, or by phone at (804) 819-2134.
    Cove Point LNG proposes to expand its existing LNG terminal by 
adding two new 160,000 cubic meter LNG storage tanks and additional 
vaporization capacity at its site in Calvert County, Maryland. The 
proposed terminal expansion would increase the send-out capability by 
800,000 Dth/d and increase the storage capacity by 6.8 MMDth/d. Cove 
Point LNG is proposing to offer this increase in LNG terminal service 
on a proprietary basis under section 3 of the NGA and says that this 
would be a permissible application of the Commission's policy on LNG 
terminals as expressed in a prior case concerning Hackberry LNG 
Terminal, LLC. Cove Point LNG has proposed a new section 30 in the 
General Terms and Conditions of its existing FERC tariff for its 
current LNG terminal and transportation services to identify this 
proprietary service and explain the proprietary service's operation in 
relation to Cove Point LNG's existing services.
    Cove Point LNG also proposes to construct and operate about 47 
miles of 36-inch-diameter loop pipeline in Calvert, Prince George's, 
and Charles County, Maryland to allow it to deliver an additional 
800,000 Dth/d from its LNG terminal to it connections with other 
interstate pipelines. Cove Point LNG is proposing to offer this 
additional service to Statoil Natural Gas, LLC at an incremental 
monthly reservation charge of $3.6824.
    Dominion proposes to construct and operate about 81 miles of 24-
inch-diameter pipeline lateral in central Pennsylvania and 33 miles of 
pipe in other parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. As part of the 
new central Pennsylvania system, Dominion proposes to construct two new 
compressor stations in Juniata and Centre Counties, Pennsylvania. 
Dominion says that these new facilities will allow it to transport an 
additional 700,000 Dth/d from its interconnection with Cove Point LNG 
to various delivery points on its system. Dominion also says that these 
new facilities will allow it to offer a new underground storage service 
of 6.0 MMDth, with an additional demand of 100,000 Dth/d. Dominion is 
proposing to offer these additional services to Statoil Natural Gas, 
LLC at incremental rates, and is also proposing a new incremental 
storage rate schedule--Rate Schedule GSS-E.
    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 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 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: May 27, 2005.

Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2186 Filed 5-4-05; 8:45 am]
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