[Federal Register: January 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 11)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP03-342-001 and CP03-343-001]
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC, Discovery Producer Services LLC;
Notice of Amendments
January 9, 2004.
Take notice that Discovery Gas Transmission LLC (Discovery), 2800
Post Oak Blvd., Houston, Texas, 77056, filed in Docket No. CP03-342-001
on December 30, 2003, pursuant to section 7(C) of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), as amended, and part 157 of the Commission's regulations an
amendment to its application for certificate authorization for
Discovery's Market Expansion Project. In conjunction with this filing,
Discovery Producer Services LLC (DPS) filed, in Docket No. CP03-343-
001, an amendment to its application for a limited jurisdiction
certificate to provide compression services to Discovery's Market
Expansion Project. Discovery amends its Market Expansion Project
application to adjust a portion of the route of its proposed pipeline
to the proposed interconnection with Columbia Gulf Transmission Company
(Columbia Gulf) in response to landowner concerns, to restate its
proposed initial rates, and to revise its pro forma tariff to clarify
that any commitments to deliver gas to the new delivery point at
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) is subject to
Discovery's lease of capacity from Texas Eastern Transmission, LP. In
addition, DPS is amending its Compression Services Agreement with
Discovery to cover the cost of some piping, valves and other
miscellaneous items that will need to be constructed by DPS at the
Larose gas processing plant, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. These filings may be also viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the docket number
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field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-8222 or
TTY, (202) 208-1659.
Any questions regarding the amendment applications should be
directed to Kevin R. Rehm, Vice President, Discovery Gas Transmission
LLC, 2800 Post Oak Boulevard--Level 36, Houston, Texas 77056, at (713)
215-2694, with fax at (713) 215-3050.
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, 2004, 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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-77 Filed 01-15-04; 8:45 am]
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