[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 250 (Thursday, December 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81924-81925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33314]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP12-34-000]


Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on December 15, 2011, Pine Prairie Energy Center, 
LLC (Pine Prairie), 333 Clay Street, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77002, 
filed an application in Docket No. CP12-34-000 pursuant to Section 7(c) 
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations, for a

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certificate of public convenience and necessity to amend its 
certificate authority previously granted in CP04-379-000, et al. Pine 
Prairie proposes to reallocate the previously certificated natural gas 
storage capacity of its storage facility among authorized Cavern Nos. 1 
through 5. Pine Prairie states that it does not request any increase in 
total storage capacity beyond the 48 Bcf/day of working gas capacity 
(60.8 total storage capacity) authorized in CP04-379-002 \1\ as 
described in more detail in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open for public inspection. 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.
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    \1\ 128 FERC 61,136 (2009).
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    Any questions concerning this Application may be directed to James 
F. Bowe, Jr., Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, 1101 New York Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 346-8000 (phone) (202) 346-8102 (fax), 
[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 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 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 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 11, 2012.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33314 Filed 12-28-11; 8:45 am]
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