[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13526-13527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6168]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP10-3-001; CP10-3-000; PF09-6-000]


Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

March 15, 2010.
    Take notice that on March 12, 2010, Questar Overthrust Pipeline 
Company (Overthrust), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, 
filed an amended application to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) seeking authority to incorporate two pipeline reroutes as part of 
its approximate 43.3-mile Loop Expansion Project originally filed in 
Docket No. CP10-3-000. Overthrust states that the reroutes are required 
to minimize impacts to certain mining leaseholds and minimizes the 
impacts of future mining activity upon the Project. The Main Line (ML) 
133 Loop Expansion Project begins at the existing Rock Springs 
Compressor Station in Sweetwater County, Wyoming and ends at a tie-in 
facility called Cabin 31, located within Uinta County, Wyoming (The 
Main Line 133 Loop Expansion 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 Main Line (ML) 133 Loop Expansion Project will 
enable Overthrust to transport up to an additional 800,000 Dth/d of 
natural gas from receipt points on the east end of its system, to 
delivery points on the west end of its system. It is further explained

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that Overthrust has negotiated three firm Transportation Service 
Agreements with Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. for up to 548,457 Dth/
d of incremental capacity created by the project. The estimated cost of 
the proposed Loop Expansion is $94,288,239.
    Any questions regarding the Main Line (ML) 133 Loop Expansion 
Project should be directed to L. Bradley Burton, Manager, Federal 
Regulatory Affairs, or Tad M. Taylor, Division Counsel, Questar 
Pipeline Company, 180 East 100 South, P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84145-0360 or at (801) 324-2459, or [email protected].
    Overthrust states that by letter dated January 29, 2009, in Docket 
No. PF09-6-000, the Commission's Office of Energy Projects granted 
Overthrust's January 19, 2009, request to utilize the Commission's Pre-
Filing Process for the planned Loop Expansion. Overthrust has also 
submitted an applicant-prepared Draft Environmental Assessment that was 
prepared during the Pre-Filing Process that was included with this 
application.
    On January 29, 2009, the Commission staff granted Overthrust's 
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF09-6-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
October 13, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has 
ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in 
Docket No. CP10-3-000, 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: April 5, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-6168 Filed 3-19-10; 8:45 am]
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