[Federal Register: June 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 114)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-587-000]

 
Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

June 9, 1998.
    Take notice that on June 2, 1998, Questar Pipeline Company 
(Questar), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, filed in 
Docket No. CP98-587-000 an application pursuant to Sections 7(c) and 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to construct and abandon portions of its 
Main Line 40 facilities in Uintah County, all as more fully set forth 
in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Specifically, Questar proposes to: (1) abandon approximately 929 
feet of 20-inch pipeline, representing a portion of its Main Line 40, 
that is suspended immediately adjacent to the Glen Bench Road bridge; 
(2) relocate, replace, and bury approximately 846 feet of existing 20-
inch pipeline at the White River crossing; and (3) install parallel to 
the relocated pipeline within the same Main Line 40 right of way, an 
additional 988 feet of 20-inch pipeline for use as part of an 
anticipated future project to loop the entire length of the Main Line 
40. Questar indicates that the buried river crossing will be installed 
and tied into the existing Main Line 40 at an approximate cost of 
$150,000, and that the proposed parallel pipeline segment will be 
installed at an approximate cost of $150,000. It is indicated that the 
costs will be financed from funds on hand.
    Questar explains that the replacement is required in anticipation 
of improvements that may be made to the existing Glen Bench Road Bridge 
by the Uintah County Special Service District and the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs involving the Uintah and Ouray Reservations. Questar indicates 
that the primary purpose of its proposal is to alleviate safety 
concerns with respect to future improvements to the bridge. Questar 
also states that it will bury the new pipeline to the east of the 
bridge. It is also indicated that 112 feet of the total length of the 
proposed pipeline will be buried under the White River using open-cut 
pipeline trenching techniques.
    With respect to the proposed parallel line, Questar explains that 
concurrent installation of the loop line within the same right of way 
will significantly minimize environmental impacts and construction 
costs that will be incurred if the segment of pipeline loop were 
installed at a later date. Questar also explains that the segment of 
pipeline loop will be capped on both ends and reserved for future use 
until the entire looping of Main Line 40 is accomplished. Questar also 
states that the costs associated with the pipeline loop will be 
maintained in Account 105 (Gas Plant Held for future use) until such 
time as the entire looping project is authorized and constructed and 
inclusion of the costs in rate base is approved in a future rate 
proceeding.
    Questar requests that the requested authorization be issued prior 
to July 15, 1998, so that the construction may commence during a 
limited construction window stipulated by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service requiring all construction to be completed by August 
15, 1998. It is indicated that the construction window is required 
because of the migration patterns of two endangered species, the 
Colorado Squawfish and the Razorback Sucker.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before June 19, 1998, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 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 take but will not serve to make 
the protestants parties to the proceeding. 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.
    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 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 and permission for abandonment 
are 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 Questar to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-15792 Filed 6-12-98; 8:45 am]
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