[Federal Register: March 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 49)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP03-57-000]
El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application
March 7, 2003.
Take notice that on February 27, 2003, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), P. O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944 filed in
Docket No. CP03-57-000, an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and part 157 of the
regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission),
for permission and approval to abandon, by removal, certain existing
mainline compression facilities, with appurtenances, and for a
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the
construction and operation of new mainline compression facilities, with
appurtenances, all located at El Paso's existing Bondad Compressor
Station in La Plata County, Colorado (Bondad Expansion Project), all as
more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection. This filing is available for
review at the Commission or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket
at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
El Paso states that it is proposing to undertake the following
activities at its existing Bondad Compressor Station located in La
Plata County, Colorado:
(1) Abandon two existing Solar Centaur T4000 simple cycle gas
turbine engines and one Solar Centaur T3550 simple cycle gas turbine
engine which have a combined horsepower rating of 10,740 (ISO), with
appurtenant equipment.
(2) Replace the three existing Solar Centaur simple cycle gas
turbine engines with two Solar Centaur 50-T6100L simple cycle gas
turbine engines and one Solar Centaur 50S-T6100 SoLoNox simple cycle
gas turbine engine, with appurtenances, which have a combined
horsepower rating of 18,390 (ISO).\1\ The Solar Centaur 50S-T6100
simple cycle gas turbine engine is equipped with air emission-lowering
SoLoNox technology.
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\1\ Note that El Paso is seeking abandonment authorization for
the three units that will be replaced. El Paso will exchange the
existing units for the three units with the manufacturer.
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(3) Restage the three existing compressor units at the Bondad
Compressor Station. The compressors will be disassembled and the single
stage aerodynamic assembly of each compressor will be removed and
exchanged with a two stage assembly.
In its application, El Paso states that it has designed the Bondad
Expansion Project to permit El Paso to offer additional firm
transportation capacity on a defined receipt/delivery point basis of up
to 140,000 Mcf per day, while continuing to meet the current transport
capacity needs of its existing shippers (approximately 585.5 MMcf per
day). According to El Paso, this additional firm capacity will be
offered from receipt points upstream of the Bondad Compressor Station
to a proposed new delivery point located near its existing Blanco
Compressor Station located in San Juan County, New Mexico. Since this
new increment of firm capacity is only available to the Blanco area, El
Paso states that the project will not create additional mainline
capacity out of the San Juan Basin.
In support of the Bondad Expansion Project, El Paso states that it
has entered into a binding firm Transportation Service Agreement with
BP Energy Company (BP) for the transportation of gas on El Paso's
existing Ignacio Lines from any point of receipt in the Bondad Pooling
Area to the Blanco Delivery Point. El Paso also states that the
contract demand under this TSA equals the proposed 140,000 Mcf per day
increase in design capacity for transportation on the Bondad System.
El Paso states that the cost for the Bondad Expansion Project is
approximately $7,307,700 and El Paso plans to place the proposed
facilities in service by April 1, 2004.
Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Robert
T. Tomlinson, Director, Regulatory Affairs, El Paso Natural Gas
Company, P. O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944, at (719)
520-3788 or fax (719) 520-4318; or to Judy A. Heineman, Vice President
and General Counsel, El Paso Corporation--Western Pipelines Division,
P. O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80944, at (719) 520-4829 or
fax (719) 520-4898.
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 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) by the comment date, below. 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.
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.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
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.
Comment Date: March 28, 2003.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-6001 Filed 3-12-03; 8:45 am]
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