[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65591-65592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26189]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-11-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

October 28, 2008.
    Take notice that on October 17, 2008, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP09-11-000, an application pursuant to section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations 
thereunder, requesting approval to abandon, by removal and in-place, 
certain pipeline facilities, and the issuance of a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity to construct, replace and operate 
certain compression, pipeline and TBS facilities located in various 
counties in Minnesota, all as more fully set forth in the application 
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 
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) 420-5589.
    Specifically, Northern asserts that the installation of the 
proposed facilities will allow Northern to serve approximately 135,042 
Dth/day of incremental peak day entitlement by winter 2010, increasing 
to 136,042 Dth/day in 2011. Northern also states that the proposal 
herein is a result of an analysis conducted following an Open Season 
soliciting interest for firm transportation service for deliveries to 
Zone EF of Northern's Market Area system for service on or after 
November 1, 2009. The estimated capital cost for the facilities 
proposed herein is $120,496,894.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External Affairs 
for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 
398-7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-
7138.
    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.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to

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the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties 
to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the 
proceeding.
    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.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically. 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.
    Comment Date: November 18, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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