[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45434-45435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17881]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP05-130-000, 001, 002, 003, CP05-132-000, 001, 002; 
Docket No. CP05-131-000, 001, 002 (Not consolidated)]


Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P.; Dominion Transmission, Inc.; 
Notice of Technical Conference

July 28, 2008.
    On July 18, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia issued an order \1\ vacating the orders in the 
underlying proceeding \2\ to the extent that they approve the Cove 
Point Expansion Project, and remanded the case to the Commission to 
more fully address whether, consistent with the public interest, the 
Cove Point Expansion Project can go forward without causing unsafe 
leakage. While upholding the Commission's analysis that defects in 
Washington Gas Light Company's (WGL) system caused the gas leaks on 
WGL's system in Prince George's County, Maryland, the Court found that 
the Commission's determination that WGL will be able to fix its 
facilities before the November 2008 in-service was not supported by 
substantial evidence. The Commission staff has determined that 
discussing with the parties the issues raised by the Court would assist 
staff in evaluating these matters.
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    \1\ Washington Gas Light Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Case No. 07-1015 (D.C. Cir. 2008).
    \2\ Dominion Cove Point, LNG, LP, 115 FERC ] 61,337 (2006), 
order on reh'g, 118 FERC ] 61,007 (2007).
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    Accordingly, a Technical Conference will be held at the 
Commission's offices in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 
commencing at 10 a.m., in order that the parties and the Commission 
Staff can discuss whether and when the Cove Point Expansion Project can 
go forward without causing unsafe leakage consistent with the public 
interest. Participants at the conference should come prepared to 
discuss all safety-related concerns, and remedial measures taken or to 
be taken so that WGL's system can safely accommodate regasified LNG.
    As part of this discussion, participants should be prepared to 
provide information regarding WGL's inability to provide safe and 
reliable services to its customers as a result of the proposed 
increased amounts of natural gas from Cove Point's LNG import terminal 
into Cove Point's pipeline and interconnecting pipelines and delivered 
to WGL. Also, WGL and Dominion Cove Point, LNG, LP should be prepared 
to provide information which shows the progress and projected progress 
that they have made to resolve any such gas quality or safety and 
reliability issues.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call toll free (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 208-1659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-

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2106 with the required accommodations.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-17881 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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