[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2126-2127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-531]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP10-31-000; CP10-32-000; PF08-24-000]


Calais Pipeline Company, LLC; Calais LNG Project Company, LLC; 
Notice of Application

January 6, 2010.
    Take notice that on December 18, 2009, Calais LNG Project Company, 
LLC (Calais LNG) and Calais Pipeline Company, LLC (Calais Pipeline) 142

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Main Street, P.O. Box 133, Calais, Maine 04619, filed applications in 
Docket Nos. CP10-31-000 and CP10-32-000, pursuant to Section 3 and 
Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), respectively, as amended and 
Parts 153, 157, 284 and 380 of the Commission's regulations requesting: 
(1) Authorization to site, construct and operate a new liquefied 
natural gas (LNG) import, storage, and vaporization terminal and 
associated facilities on the St. Croix River in Calais, Maine and 
authority to utilize the terminal as the point of importation of LNG; 
(2) a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing 
Calais Pipeline to construct and operate approximately 20.7 miles of 
36-inch-diameter pipeline and related facilities in order to transport 
natural gas from the proposed Calais LNG import terminal in Calais, 
Maine to a proposed interconnection with Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline 
in Princeton Maine; (3) a blanket certificate pursuant to Part 284, 
Subpart G of the Commission's regulations permitting Calais Pipeline to 
provide open-access natural gas transportation services; and (4) a 
blanket certificate pursuant to Part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations permitting Calais Pipeline to construct and operate 
facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with the Commission and open for public inspection.
    The LNG terminal proposed by Calais LNG will be able to store up to 
1,006,400 barrels of LNG in each of its three storage tanks and deliver 
1.0 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day of revaporized LNG to the Calais 
Pipeline. The Calais pipeline, in turn, will have a nominal capacity of 
1.0 Bcf per day.
    Any questions concerning this application should be directed to 
Carl H. Myers, Managing Member, Fuel Gas Solutions, LLC, One Meridian 
Boulevard, Suite 2001, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610, (610) 568-1357 
(phone), (610) 374-4288 (fax) or via e-mail at [email protected].
    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.
    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 ``e-Library'' 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, (866) 208-3676, or for 
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    On June 18, 2008, the Commission staff granted Calais LNG's and 
Calais Pipeline's request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and 
assigned Docket No. PF08-24 to staff activities involved with the 
Calais projects. Now as of the filing the December 18, 2009 
application, the Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From 
this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket Nos. 
CP10-31-000 and CP10-32-000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    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 in the proceeding with the Commission 
and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. 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 commenters 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 commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters 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.
    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. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
    Comment Date: January 27, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-531 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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