[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 2140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-536]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP10-12-000]


Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Staff Protest to 
Proposed Blanket Certificate Activity

January 7, 2010.
    Commission staff (Protestor) hereby protests the prior notice 
request filed under the provisions of Part 157, subpart F, of the 
Commission's regulations, by Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC 
(FGT) on October 29, 2009 in the above referenced docket. Pursuant to 
its Part 157, subpart F, blanket certificate authority, FGT proposes to 
replace, upgrade, and relocate portions of the existing St. Petersburg 
and Clearwater South Laterals and Block Valve 24-10 in the City of 
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida. Protestor seeks to have this 
prior notice request processed as a case-specific application filed 
under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157, subpart 
A, of the Commission's regulations.\1\
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    \1\ Section 157.205(f) provides that a protested prior notice 
filing shall be treated as though it had filed a case-specific 
application under NGA section 7, unless, pursuant to section 
157.205(g) the protestor withdraws its protest within 30 days after 
protests were due.
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    Protestor notes that FGT did not provide documentation from the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to demonstrate the Project's 
compliance with the Endangered Species Act, as required under section 
157.208(c)(9) of the Commission's regulations. Without the clearance 
from USFWS, environmental concerns cannot be adequately addressed 
before the protest period expires on January 8, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-536 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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