[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51988-51989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20929]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-161-002]


Bison Pipeline LLC; Notice of Application

August 16, 2010.
    Take notice that on August 12, 2010, Bison Pipeline LLC (Bison), 
717 Texas Street, Suite 2400, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the above 
referenced docket an application under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act 
and Part 157 of the Commission's regulations to amend the certificate 
of public convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and 
operation of the Bison Pipeline Project (Bison Pipeline) issued to 
Bison, subject to conditions, on April 9, 2010 (Order).\1\ 
Specifically, Bison seeks authorization to amend the certificate of 
public convenience and necessity (Certificate) in order to construct 
the Project in two phases; first to meet the service requirements of 
the existing service agreements and second, to coincide with the 
marketing of all or a substantive part of the remaining pipeline 
capacity within the timing prescribed by the Order, and in so doing 
amend the initial rates for transportation service approved in the 
Order. During the first phase, Bison would construct the mainline 
facilities consisting of 302 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline and two 
meter stations and related appurtenances as authorized in the Order 
(Phase 1). During the second phase, Bison plans to construct the 
Hettinger Compressor Station located in Hettinger County, North Dakota 
as authorized in the Order (Phase 2). Therefore, the construction and 
in-service date of the Hettinger Compressor Station would be delayed 
until no later than the deadline for construction set forth in 
Paragraph (D) of the Order, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site Web 
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, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
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    \1\ Bison Pipeline, LLC, 131 FERC ]61,013 (2010).
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    Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to 
Robert

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Jackson, Director, Certificates and Regulatory Administration, Bison 
Pipeline LLC, 717 Texas Street, Houston, Texas 77002, phone (832) 320-
5487.
    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 seven 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 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 7 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: August 30, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-20929 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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