[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35641-35642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9765]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-354-000]


Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice of Application

June 12, 2006.
    Take notice that on May 31, 2006, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 
(Rockies Express), formerly Entrega Gas Pipeline LLC, 370 Van Gordon 
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, filed an application in Docket No. 
CP06-354-000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 
Part 157 of the Commission's regulations requesting a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity to construct certain pipeline 
facilities to provide up to 1,500,000 Dth per day of transportation 
capacity, referred to as the REX-West project, as well as authorization 
to lease capacity from Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company 
(Overthrust), all as more fully set forth in the application which is 
on file with the Commission and open for public inspection. These 
filings are available for review at the Commission in the Public 
Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 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 for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Rockies Express requests authorization to construct: 
(1) 713 miles of 42-inch pipeline in Weld, Logan and Sedgwick Counties, 
Colorado, Laramie County, Wyoming, Kimball, Perkins, Lincoln, Dawson, 
Frontier, Gosper Phelps, Kearney, Franklin, Webster, Nuckolls, Thayer, 
Jefferson and Gage Counties, Nebraska, Marshall, Nemaha, Brown and 
Doniphan Counties, Kansas, and Buchannan, Clinton, Caldwell Carroll, 
Chariton, Randolph and Audrain Counties, Missouri; (2) a 5-mile, 24-
inch gas supply lateral (Echo Springs Lateral) in Carbon and Sweetwater 
Counties, Wyoming; (3) five new compressor stations in Weld and 
Sedgwick Counties, Colorado, Gage County, Nebraska, Clinton County, 
Missouri, and Sweetwater County, Wyoming; and (4) additional compressor 
units at currently authorized compressor stations in Sweetwater County, 
Wyoming (Wamsmutter CS--one unit), and Rio Blanco County, Colorado 
(Meeker Hub--three units), and at the proposed new compressor station 
in Weld County, Colorado (Cheyenne CS Hub--one unit).
    On November 18, 2005, the Commission staff granted Rockies Express' 
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF06-3-000 to staff activities 
involving the Rockies Express project. Now, as of the filing of Rockies 
Express' application on May 31, 2006, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for 
this project has ended. From this time forward, Rockies Express' 
proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP06-354-000, as noted in 
the caption of this Notice.
    Rockies Express also seeks authorization to lease capacity of 
625,000 Dth per day on the facilities of Overthrust. In order to 
fulfill its lease commitment, Overthrust intends to construct 77 miles 
of 36-inch pipeline, for which Overthrust has commenced environmental 
consultation under the NEPA Pre-Filing Process in Docket No. PF06-19-
000, and will add compression at two locations on the facilities for 
which it is currently seeking authority in Docket No. CP06-167-000. 
Additionally, Rockies Express states that TransColorado Gas 
Transmission Company (TransColorado) will seek authority to construct 
facilities, with a capacity of 250,000 Dth per day, from the Blanco Hub 
in New Mexico to the Meeker Hub in Colorado where TransColorado will 
interconnect with Rockies Express. TransColorado has commenced 
environmental consultation under the NEPA Pre-Filing Process in Docket 
No. PF06-20-000.
    The estimated cost of the REX-West project is approximately $1.6 
Billion. Rockies Express proposes two rate zones. Rockies Express 
proposes to charge its approved, existing recourse rates for Zone 1 
(points west of and including the Cheyenne Hub), and proposes to 
establish new, initial recourse rates for Zone 2 (points east of the 
Cheyenne Hub to and including the proposed interconnect with Panhandle 
Eastern Pipe Line Company in Audrain County, Missouri). Rockies Express 
also proposes to charge incremental rates related to the costs of the 
proposed Overthrust lease, the Meeker Hub facilities, and the Cheyenne 
Hub facilities.

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    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Bentley W. Breland, Vice President of Certificates and Rates, Rockies 
Express Pipeline LLC, P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304, 
phone (303) 763-3581.
    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 below listed 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.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
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. 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.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments may be filed 
electronically via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.
    Comment Date: July 5, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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