[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 57495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16010]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-454-000]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application 
for Abandonment

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 an application pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) for authorization to abandon, by long-term operating lease, 
360 MDth per day of firm capacity in 25.73 miles of existing pipeline 
facilities owned by Natural and, specifically, in Natural's 8.43 mile 
30-inch North Hayden Lateral, a 10.09 mile portion of Natural's 36-inch 
Herscher-Dyer Road Pipeline and a 7.21 mile portion of Natural's 36-
inch Calumet Pipeline No. 3, all in Kankakee, Will and Cook Counties, 
Illinois. This application is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Natural states that pursuant to a lease agreement between Natural 
and Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline LLC (KMIP) dated September 12, 
2006, Natural has agreed to lease capacity in existing pipeline 
facilities owned by Natural to KMIP. KMIP's lease of such capacity, in 
conjunction with its construction of certain pipeline facilities (KMIP 
Project), is the subject of a separate application being filed 
concurrently by KMIP.\1\
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    \1\ KMIP is filing concurrently in Docket Nos. CP06-455-000, et 
al. a related application seeking authority to develop and operate a 
new pipeline system designed to transport gas for The Peoples Gas 
Light and Coke Company (PGLC), including the lease of capacity in 
existing facilities owned by Natural.
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    Natural states that the lease of 360 MDth per day of firm capacity 
by Natural to KMIP is an integral part of the KMIP Project and will 
avoid the construction of 25.73 miles of new 30-inch pipeline. By 
leasing capacity from Natural, KMIP will reduce the overall cost and 
improve the efficiency of the KMIP Project and will also minimize new 
pipeline construction and the potential for associated environmental 
disruption. The design capacity of KMIP's system will be 360 MDth per 
day. Natural further states that its existing system capacity will not 
be deceased by the lease, because the proposed location of 2.6 miles of 
new KMIP pipeline, in relation to the existing pipeline facilities of 
Natural, both upstream and downstream, will have the operational effect 
of enhancing the throughput capabilities of such existing Natural 
facilities.
    Natural seeks abandonment authority in the present docket to 
coincide with the certificate authority requested by KMIP in its 
separate application.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Bruce H. Newsome, Vice President or Phillip R. Telleen, Attorney for 
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, 
Illinois 60148 at (630) 691-3526 and (630) 691-3749, respectively.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated 
below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or 
protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve 
motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. 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.
    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.
    Comment Date: October 16, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-16010 Filed 9-28-06; 8:45 am]
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