[Federal Register: February 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 25)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP08-55-000]
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Application
January 29, 2008.
Take notice that on January 15, 2008, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed
an abbreviated application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act for authorization to acquire certain onshore and offshore natural
gas facilities located in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana from
Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) and Columbia Deep
Water Services Company, an affiliate of Columbia Gulf. The facilities
include the Blue Water System, the South Timbalier System and the South
Pass 77 System, as well as several contiguous pipeline laterals that
are connected to these three systems and certain supply laterals, all
as more fully set forth in the application. In addition, to the
acquisition of facilities, Tennessee seeks authorization pursuant to
section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act to abandon Tennessee's lease of
115,000 Mcf per day of capacity to Columbia Gulf from the terminus of
the South Pass 77 System to Columbia Gulf's mainline system at Egan,
Louisiana; abandon Rate Schedules X-33 and X-56; and abandon two
compressor units at the Pecan Island Facility, each with 20,000
horsepower, and one 4,000 horsepower compressor unit on the Vermilion
Block 245 offshore platform. This filing is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
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.
Any initial questions regarding Tennessee's proposal in this
application should be directed to Jacquelyne M. Rocan, Senior Counsel,
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas
77002-2511; telephone: (713) 420-4544; fax: (713) 420-1601.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is
not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons
other than the Applicant.
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 encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically should submit the
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
Comment Date: February 19, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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