[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 70 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7607]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-97-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

April 3, 2008.
    Take notice that on March 25, 2008, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP08-97-000, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 
157.205, 157.208, 157.210, and 157.211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
install and operate the West Leg II Project, located within the states 
of Nebraska and Iowa, all as more fully set forth in the application, 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The 
filing may also be viewed on the Web 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, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Northern proposes to install and operate: (i) 
Approximately 0.89 mile of a 30-inch diameter mainline extension to its 
existing SSC-Paulina C-Line mainline, located in Woodbury County, Iowa; 
(ii) approximately 10.94 miles of 8-inch diameter branch line loop 
beginning at a take-off valve on the existing 8-inch diameter Columbus 
A-Line, located in Colfax County, Nebraska, and ending in the existing 
Columbus 4 Town Border Station (TBS) yard, located in Platte 
County, Nebraska; (iii) modify and upgrade an existing TBS, the 
Columbus 4 TBS, located in Platte County, Nebraska, by 
replacing the inlet piping and regulator setting and associated 
fittings, valves, and piping; and (iv) appurtenant section 2.55(a) 
facilities. Northern estimates the cost of construction to be 
$9,128,966. Northern states that the modifications proposed are 
necessary to provide an incremental 11 MMcf/d of natural gas effective 
October 1, 2008, to meet the firm winter obligations as contracted with 
Archer Daniels Midland Company.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External 
Affairs, Northern Natural Gas Company, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, 
Nebraska 68124, call (402) 398-7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory 
Analyst, at (402) 398-7138.
    Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 60 days after the 
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to 
intervene or notice of intervention and, pursuant to section 157.205 of 
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 
157.205) a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the 
time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be 
authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a 
protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time 
allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as 
an application for authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-7607 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]
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