Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29011-29012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13614]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP99-522-000]


Transwestern Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

May 24, 1999.
    Take notice that on May 13, 1999, Transwestern Pipeline Company 
(Transwestern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1000, 
filed in Docket No. CP99-522-000 an application pursuant to Section 7 
of the Natural Gas Act for authorization to construct and operate a new 
compressor station (Gallup) to be located off the San Juan lateral near 
Thoreau, New Mexico,

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and to install additional cooling equipment at the Bloomfield 
compressor station located in La Plata County, Colorado and at the 
LaPlata ``A'' compressor station located in San Juan County, New 
Mexico, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file 
with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may be 
viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 
208-2222 for assistance).
    Transwestern states that the construction and operation of the 
proposed facilities will provide incremental firm service to shippers 
who requested service pursuant to its November 18, 1998, open season. 
Transwestern maintains that the proposed facilities will create 50,000 
Mcf per day of incremental firm capacity on the San Juan lateral 
downstream of the Bloomfield compressor station and also provide the 
ability for Transwestern to operate its mainline from Thoreau to 
California at the certificated capacity of 1,090,000 Mcf per day, on a 
firm basis.
    Transwestern estimates the cost of constructing the proposed 
facilities to be $11.6 million, which will be financed from internally 
generated funds.
    Any person desiring to participant in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
June 14, 1999, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to intervene or a 
protest 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 Natural Gas Act (28 CFR 157.10). All protests 
filed with the Commission will be considered by it in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to make the 
protestants parties to the proceeding. The Commission's rules require 
that protestors provide copies of their protests to the party or 
parties directly involved. Any person wishing to become a party to a 
proceeding or to participate as a party in any hearing therein must 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    A person obtaining intervenor 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 every one of the 
intervenors. An intervenor can file for rehearing of any Commission 
order and can petition for court review of any such order. However, an 
intervenor must submit copies of comments or any other filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as 14 copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed 
on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
environmental documents and will be able to participate in meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission and will 
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final 
order to a federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Transwestern to appear or be represented at 
the hearing.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-13614 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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