[Federal Register: January 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 20)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-68-000]
Indiana Gas Company, Inc.; Notice of Application
January 24, 2001.
On January 19, 2001, Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas), 1630
North Meridian Street, P.O. Box 44945, Indianapolis, Indiana 46244-
0945, filed in Docket No. CP01-68-000 an application pursuant to
Section 7(f) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to expand its service area
determination in Jefferson and Oldham Counties, Kentucky to include an
area two miles north and one-half mile south of the existing area, all
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may be viewed at
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance).
Indiana Gas states that the expanded service area will give Indiana
Gas the flexibility needed to purchase the right-of-way associated with
a new 12.6-mile pipeline in the two counties to be used to provide
reliable natural gas service to existing and future retail residential,
commercial and industrial customers in the Greater Louisville
Metropolitan Area, in particular Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana.
Indiana Gas indicates that, although the needed construction could
occur within the existing right-of-way, such an approach would
adversely affect landowners because of the significant residential
development along the existing facilities subsequent to their
construction in 1952.
In addition to the request to expand the Section 7(f) service area
determination, Indiana Gas also requests (1) a finding that Indiana Gas
qualifies as a local distribution company for purposes of Section 311
of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), and (2)
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a waiver of the Commission's accounting and reporting requirements and
other regulatory requirements ordinarily applicable to natural gas
companies under the Natural Gas Act and the NGPA. Indiana Gas also
requests that the Commission clarify that its service area
determination also includes Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Questions regarding the details of this proposed project should be
directed to John E. Fansher, Manager, Land Department, at (317) 301-
0598, or in writing to his attention at the above address.
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 February 14, 2001, 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.
Non-party commenters will not receive copies of all documents filed
by other parties or issued by the Commission and will not have the
right to seek court review of the Commission's final order.
Comments and protests 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 at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/
doorbell.htm.
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-2548 Filed 1-29-01; 8:45 am]
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