[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48691-48692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4517]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP05-402-000]


Columbia Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of Petition

August 12, 2005.
    Take notice that on August 9, 2005, Columbia Gas Storage, 20333 
State Highway 249, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77070, filed a petition for 
Exemption of Temporary Acts and Operations from Certificate 
Requirements, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(5) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.207(a)(5)), and section 7(c)(1)(B) 
of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717(c)(1)(B)), seeking approval of an 
exemption from certificate requirements to perform temporary activities 
related to drilling a test well and performing other activities to 
assess the feasibility of developing an underground natural gas storage 
facility in Benton County, Washington, 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 TYY, (202) 502-
8659.
    Any questions regarding the petition should be directed to Joseph 
H. Fagan, Heller Ehrman LLP, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20036-3001 and Phone: 202-912-2162; Fax 202-912-2020.
    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.

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    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: 5 p.m. eastern time on August 22, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-4517 Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]
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