[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 170 (Thursday, September 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45626-45627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21247]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-455-000; PF08-31-000; Docket No. CP09-456-000; PF08-
32-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Company, LLC; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of 
Application

August 27, 2009.
    Take notice that on August 14, 2009, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company, LLC (FGT), 5455 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056-5306, 
filed an application to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
seeking authority to construct, own, operate and maintain certain 
natural gas transmission facilities, including a metering and 
regulation station and associated and appurtenant facilities and the 
modification of a compressor facility all in Mobile County, Alabama; 
and to provide firm transportation services under Subpart G of Part 284 
of the Commission's Regulations (The Mobile Bay Lateral Extension 
Project), 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.fer.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, The Mobile Bay Lateral Extension Project will consist 
of 8.83 miles of 24-inch pipeline and related facilities. The project 
will provide an annual average of 342,610 MMbtu/day of additional firm 
transportation capacity. FGT estimates that the cost of the project 
will be $34 million. In addition, FGT is requesting to include in the 
overall cost of service, FGT's share of the Transco-FGT Pascagoula 
Expansion Project filed, concurrently, in Docket No. CP09-456-000.
    Also, take notice that on August 14, 2009, Transcontinental Gas 
Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 
77251, and FGT (collectively Applicants), filed an application to 
section 7(c) of the NGA seeking authority to jointly construct, and 
operate the Pascagoula Expansion Project, a greenfield natural gas 
pipeline connecting the Gulf LNG Pipeline with Applicants' existing 
Mobile Bay Lateral, and related facilities. The project will provide 
810,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) of firm transportation service, 
with a target in-service date of September 30, 2011. Applicants 
estimate that the proposed project will cost approximately $59 million.
    Specifically, the Pascagoula Expansion Project will consist of 15 
miles of 26-inch pipeline and related facilities extending from the 
interconnection with Gulf LNG Pipeline to Applicants' existing Mobile 
Bay Lateral in Mobile County, Alabama.
    Any questions regarding the Mobile Bay Lateral Extension Project 
should be directed to Stephen T. Veatch, Sr. Director, Certificates and 
Tariffs, Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC, 5444

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Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77056-5306 or at (713) 989-2024, or 
[email protected].
    Any questions regarding the Pascagoula Expansion Project should be 
directed to Ingrid Germany, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251 or at 
(713) 215-4015, or [email protected].
    FGT and Applicants state that by letter dated September 24, 2008, 
in Docket Nos. PF08-31-000 and PF08-32-000, the Commission's Office of 
Energy Projects granted both FGT's September 11, 2008, and the 
Applicants' September 15, 2008, request to utilize the Commission's 
Pre-Filing Process for the proposed Mobile Bay Lateral Extension 
Project and Pascagoula Expansion Project. FGT and the Applicants have 
also submitted an applicant-prepared Draft Environmental Assessment 
that was prepared during the Pre-Filing Process that was included with 
this application.
    On September 24 2008, the Commission staff granted FGT's request to 
utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process 
and assigned Docket No. PF08-31-000 to staff activities involving the 
project. Now, as of the filing of this application on August 14, 2009, 
the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time 
forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP09-455-000, 
as noted in the caption of this notice.
    On September 24 2008, the Commission staff granted the Applicants' 
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF08-32-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
August 14, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has 
ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in 
Docket No. CP09-456-000, as noted in the caption of this notice.
    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 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. 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.
    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) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: September 17, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21247 Filed 9-2-09; 8:45 am]
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