Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application To Amend Certificate

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14800]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP96-27-004]


Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Application To 
Amend Certificate

June 7, 1999.
    Take notice that on May 27, 1999, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 
America (Natural), 747 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, filed 
in Docket No. CP96-27-004 an Application to Amend Certificate 
(Amendment) to delete the Commission's authorization for construction 
of certain new natural gas facilities. The existing certificate 
authority in this docket was issued during 1996-1998 as part of the 
Northern Border Project.\1\ Natural's proposal is more fully set forth 
in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. This application may be viewed at www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for help).
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    \1\ See the Preliminary Determination issued on August 1, 1996 
(76 FERC para. 16,142); Order Issuing Certificate issued on August 
1, 1997 (80 FERC para.61,147); and Order Amending Certificate issued 
on February 27, 1998 (82 FERC para. 61,207)
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    The purpose of the Amendment is to delete the existing authority to 
construct and operate 4.1 miles of 36-inch pipeline looping east of 
Station 110 and 0.5 miles of 36-inch pipeline across the Mississippi 
River, which Natural no longer believes are needed. Natural has 
constructed and put into service the additional compression authorized 
for Station 110. The only construction activities concerning the 
looping and river crossing are preliminary site studies and the 
purchase and storing of steel pipe in a western Illinois storage site. 
Natural says that under winter conditions, this additional compression 
is sufficient to move an additional 110 MMcf/day of gas from Harper, 
Iowa to the Chicago area. Natural says that the Amendment does not 
raise any environmental, rate or service issues.
    Any person desiring to be heard or making any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 28, 1999, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
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 (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission 
will be considered by it in determining the appropriate action to 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 person to whom the protests are directed.
    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 
issued by the Commission, filed by the applicant, or filed by all other 
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 serve copies of comments or any other filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as filing an original and 14 copies with the Commission. Any 
person who has previously intervened in Docket No. CP96-27-000/001/002 
does not need to intervene again.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of such 
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 the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held 
without further notice before the Commission or its designee on these 
applications 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 Texas Gas to appear to be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14800 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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