[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 247 (Thursday, December 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73342-73343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25003]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-31-000 and Docket No. PF06-32-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe line Corporation; Notice of Application

December 17, 2007.
    Take notice that on December 3, 2007, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
line Corporation (Transco), 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 
77056-6106 filed an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations, 
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct, 
operate and abandon facilities in eastern Pennsylvania and northern New 
Jersey that would expand its existing system by providing an additional 
142,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity to the 
northeastern U.S. market. This filing is 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.
    Transco proposes to construct the expansion facilities, referred to 
as the Sentinel Expansion Project, in two phases. Phase 1 would consist 
of approximately four miles of 42-inch pipeline looping in Pennsylvania 
as well as modifications to Compressor Station No. 195 and 
modifications to various other existing valve settings and meter 
stations in Pennsylvania. The phase 1 facilities would provide 40,000 
dekatherms per day for a proposed in-service date of November 1, 2008. 
The Phase 2 facilities would consist of about seven miles of 42-inch 
pipeline replacement in Pennsylvania and a total of about 7 miles of 
42-inch pipeline looping in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as 
modifications to Compressor Station No. 200 and various existing meter 
stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Phase 2 would provide 102,000 
dekatherms per day for a proposed in-service date of November 1, 2009.
    Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to Scott 
Turkington, Director, Rates & Regulatory, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation, Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251-1396, 
telephone: (713) 215-3391 or e-mail: [email protected].
    On August 4, 2006, the Commission staff granted Transco's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF06-32-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
December 3, 2007, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has 
ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in 
Docket No. CP08-31-000, as noted in the caption of this notice.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: 
complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the 
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or issue a 
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule 
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other 
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of 
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this 
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for 
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for 
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of 
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the 
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days 
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    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 file on or before the comment date. Anyone 
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that 
document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not 
necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other 
than the Applicant.
    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.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.

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Persons unable to file electronically should submit the original and 14 
copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: January 7, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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