[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7687-7688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3456]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP04-36-005]


Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC; Notice of Filing

February 11, 2009.
    Take notice that on January 30, 2009, Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC 
(Weaver's Cove) filed an application, pursuant to Section 3 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 153 and 380 of the Commission's Rules 
and Regulations, to amend its certificate issued on July 15, 2005 in 
Docket No. CP04-36-000. Weaver's Cove requests authority to site, 
construct, and operate an offshore berth for receiving and unloading 
LNG for the approved LNG terminal, in Mount Hope Bay in Massachusetts 
waters. The application is on file with the Commission and open for 
public inspection. 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.
    Weaver's Cove proposes to construct, and operate: (1) An offshore 
berth for receiving and unloading LNG tankers in Mount Hope Bay in 
Massachusetts waters, (2) an LNG transfer system with buried submarine 
LNG transfer lines incorporating insulated ``pipe-in-pipe'' technology 
(PiP) to transfer LNG from the offshore berth to the LNG storage tank 
at the certificated terminal in Fall River, Massachusetts, and (3) 
associated minor piping and equipment changes at the terminal to 
accommodate the PiP transfer system. The proposed offshore berth is 
located approximately four miles from the certificated LNG terminal. 
The proposed location is approximately one mile from the nearest 
shoreline and two miles south of the Braga Bridge. Weaver's Cove 
proposes to begin construction in June 2011 and meet an in-service date 
in December 2014.
    Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to 
Marcia MacClary, Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC, One New Street, Fall River, 
MA 02720, (508) 675-9470, or Bruce Kiely, Baker Botts L.L.P., 1299 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, (202) 639-7711.
    On April 29, 2008, the Commission staff granted Weaver's Cove's 
request to use the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF08-18-000 to staff activities 
involving the offshore berth project. Now, as of the filing of this 
application on January 30, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this 
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP04-36-005, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    Any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to 
the proceedings for this project should, on or before the below listed 
comment date, 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 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.
    Persons may also wish to comment further only on the environmental 
review of this project. Environmental commenters will be placed on the 
Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
environmental documents issued by the Commission, and will be notified 
of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review 
process. Those persons, organizations, and agencies who submitted 
comments during the NEPA Pre-Filing Process in Docket No. PF08-18-000 
are already on the Commission staff's environmental mailing list for 
the proceeding in the above dockets and may file additional comments on 
or before the below listed comment date. Environmental commenters will 
not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other 
parties. However, environmental commenters are also not parties to the 
proceeding and will not receive copies of all documents filed by other 
parties or non-environmental documents issued by the Commission. 
Further, they will not have the right to seek court review of any final 
order by Commission in this proceeding.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments may be filed 
electronically

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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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
    Comment Date: March 4, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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