[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6956-6957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2112]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-54-000]


Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Application

January 29, 2008.
    Take notice that on January 15, 2008, Columbia Gulf Transmission 
Company (Columbia Gulf), 5151 San Felipe Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 
77056, filed an abbreviated application pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act for permission and approval to abandon: (1) By sale to 
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee) certain natural gas 
facilities, most of which are jointly owned with Tennessee, located 
both offshore and onshore Louisiana; (2) the services currently 
provided through the facilities to be sold; (3) certain transportation/
exchange agreements with Tennessee; and (4) Columbia Gulf's lease to 
Tennessee of a portion of Columbia Gulf's South Pass 77 System capacity 
(South Pass Lease), all as more fully set forth in the application. 
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.
    Specifically, Columbia Gulf requests authorization to abandon by 
sale to Tennessee of Columbia Gulf's ownership interest in: (a) The 
Blue Water System and all offshore laterals and appurtenant facilities 
contiguous thereto, and the onshore portion of the Blue Water System to 
Egan, Louisiana, together with the associated rights-of-way and 
appurtenances; (b) the South Timbalier System and all offshore laterals 
and appurtenant facilities contiguous thereto, together with the 
associated rights-of-way and appurtenances; and (c) the South Pass 
System and all offshore laterals and appurtenant facilities contiguous 
thereto, together with the associated rights-of-way and appurtenances. 
In addition, Columbia Gulf states that as a result of the proposed 
sale, Columbia Gulf requests abandonment of the interruptible 
transportation services provided through the facilities to be sold; 
abandonment of Rate Schedules X-8 and X-57 in Columbia Gulf's Volume 
No. 2 of its FERC Gas Tariff; and abandonment of the lease of capacity 
to Tennessee (South Pass Lease).
    Any initial questions regarding Columbia Gulf's proposal in this 
application should be directed to counsel for Columbia Gulf, Fredric J. 
George, Lead Counsel, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company, P.O. Box 
1273, Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1273; telephone: (304) 357-2359; 
fax: (304) 357-3206.
    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 filed 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 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.
    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

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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: February 19, 2008.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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