[Federal Register: January 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 9)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP02-61-000]
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
January 8, 2002.
Take notice that on December 28, 2001, Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(DTI), 445 West Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301, filed an
abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon
storage Well No. AW-3697 in the Fink-Kennedy/Lost Creek Storage Complex
in Lewis County, West Virginia. Copies of this filing are on file with
the Commission and are available for public inspection. This filing may
also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS''
link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222
for assistance).
Storage Well AW-3697 is currently leaking a small amount of oil
around the wellhead. DTI intends to plug the well to stop the leakage;
thereby preventing the oil from being released and possibly increasing
in the future. DTI claims the abandonment of the proposed facilities
will have no significant impact on the environment. DTI will be using
existing right-of-ways and access roads, and the appropriate erosion
control and site restoration procedures.
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Sean
R. Sleigh, Certificates Manager, Dominion Transmission, Inc., 445 West
Main Street, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301 at 304-627-3462 or
sean_r_sleigh@dom.com.
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 January 29, 2002,
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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 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.
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.
The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the
environmental aspects of the project. This preliminary determination
typically considers such issues as the need for the project and its
economic effect on existing customers of the applicant, on other
pipelines in the area, and on landowners and communities. For example,
the Commission considers the extent to which the applicant may need to
exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-way for the proposed
project and balances that against the non-environmental benefits to be
provided by the project. Therefore, if a person has comments on
community and landowner impacts from this proposal, it is important
either to file comments or to intervene as early in the process as
possible.
Comments, 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.
If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's
review process, a final Commission order approving or denying a
certificate will be issued.
C.B. Spencer,
Acting Secretary.
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