[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57494-57495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16005]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP06-458-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application

September 25, 2006.
    Take notice that on September 14, 2006, Natural Gas Pipeline 
Company of America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 
60148, filed in Docket No. CP06-458-000 an application pursuant to 
sections 7 (b) and (c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 
Commission's Regulations, for:
    (1) Permission and approval to abandon Natural's lease (and 
operation) of certain transmission facilities from The Peoples Gas 
Light and Coke Company (PGLC) in the City of Chicago (City), Illinois;
    (2) Permission and approval to abandon, by sale to PGLC, certain 
minor facilities in the City owned by Natural located along PGLC owned 
facilities that will no longer be subject to lease by Natural; and
    (3) Certificate authorization to acquire by lease (and to operate) 
certain transmission facilities from PGLC in the City pursuant to a new 
lease agreement between PGLC and Natural.
    This application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, 
using the ``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an 
``eSubscription'' link on the Web site that enables subscribers to 
receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed 
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Natural states that pursuant to lease agreements between Natural 
and PGLC dated July 10, 1947, February 20, 1950 and July 16, 1970, as 
amended April 20, 1976, Natural currently leases PGLC's Crawford Line 
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and Calumet Line Nos. 1, 2 and 3 within the City. 
Natural further states it has executed a new lease agreement with PGLC 
dated April 5, 2006 that will replace the old lease agreements and 
which provides for an extension of term and a reduction of the leased 
property in the Calumet Area (the lease of property in the Crawford 
Area is to remain unchanged).
    The new lease arrangement in the City will continue to provide 
Natural supervision, operation and control of facilities used by 
Natural to make deliveries to PGLC, Nicor Gas and Northern Indiana 
Public Service Company, three of Natural's largest transportation and 
storage customers. The new lease arrangement does not include PGLC's 
Calumet Line No. 3, which was removed to reflect PGLC's desire to 
control and operate that pipeline as part of its local distribution 
system in order to receive the supply of gas to be delivered to PGLC by 
Kinder Morgan Illinois (KMIP), a new interstate natural gas pipeline 
company (and Natural), at a new city gate station to be located near 
138th Street and Torrence Avenue, which Natural is to construct, own 
and operate under its blanket certificate. KMIP and Natural are filing 
concurrently two related applications which involve KMIP constructing a 
new pipeline system (KMIP Project), including the long term lease of 
capacity from Natural,\1\ and Natural abandoning by lease to KMIP 
certain capacity in existing pipelines owned by Natural.\2\
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    \1\ KMIP is filing concurrently in Docket Nos. CP06-455-000, et 
al. a related application seeking the above authority.
    \2\ Natural is filing concurrently in Docket No. CP06-454-000 a 
related application seeking the above authority.
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    Natural seeks this abandonment/certificate authority to coincide 
with the abandonment and certificate authority requested by Natural and 
KMIP in the two related applications.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Bruce H. Newsome, Vice President, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 at (603) 691-
3526.
    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 stated below, 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 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. 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.
    Comments, protests and interventions 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

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``e-Filing'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission strongly 
encourages intervenors to file electronically. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest 
or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: October 16, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-16005 Filed 9-28-06; 8:45 am]
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