[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23552-23553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09261]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP13-113-000; PF12-16-000]


Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on April 1, 2013, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP 
(Dominion Cove Point), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia, filed 
in Docket No. CP13-113-000 an application under section 3 of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) seeking authorization to construct, modify, own 
and operate certain facilities to enable the liquefaction of natural 
gas for the export at its existing Cove Point LNG terminal in Calvert 
County, Maryland. Additionally, pursuant to section 7 of the NGA, 
Dominion Cove Point seeks authority to construct, install, own, operate 
and maintain facilities on its Cove Point Pipeline at its existing 
compressor station and metering and regulating (M&R) site in Fairfax 
County, Virginia, and at its M&R site located in Loudon County, 
Virginia, for the transportation of natural gas for customers of 
Dominion Cove Point's LNG terminal, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. Copies of this filing are 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.
    Questions regarding this application should be directed to Amanda 
K. Prestage, Regulatory and Certificates Analyst III, Dominion 
Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or 
by telephone at 804-771-4416, or email at [email protected].
    On June 26, 2012, the Commission staff granted Dominion Cove 
Point's request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket 
No. PF12-16 to staff activities involved with Dominion Cove Point's 
Liquefaction Project. Now, as of the filing of the application on April 
1, 2013, the Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this 
time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13-113-
000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR 
157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission's 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's staff 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 reach a final decision on a request 
for federal authorization 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, before the 
comment date of this notice, 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

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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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or 
intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 3, 2013.

    Dated: April 12, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-09261 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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