[Federal Register: April 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 70)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP08-97-000]
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
April 3, 2008.
Take notice that on March 25, 2008, Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in
Docket No. CP08-97-000, a prior notice request pursuant to sections
157.205, 157.208, 157.210, and 157.211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to
install and operate the West Leg II Project, located within the states
of Nebraska and Iowa, all as more fully set forth in the application,
which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The
filing may also be 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 field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-
free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Specifically, Northern proposes to install and operate: (i)
Approximately 0.89 mile of a 30-inch diameter mainline extension to its
existing SSC-Paulina C-Line mainline, located in Woodbury County, Iowa;
(ii) approximately 10.94 miles of 8-inch diameter branch line loop
beginning at a take-off valve on the existing 8-inch diameter Columbus
A-Line, located in Colfax County, Nebraska, and ending in the existing
Columbus 4 Town Border Station (TBS) yard, located in Platte
County, Nebraska; (iii) modify and upgrade an existing TBS, the
Columbus 4 TBS, located in Platte County, Nebraska, by
replacing the inlet piping and regulator setting and associated
fittings, valves, and piping; and (iv) appurtenant section 2.55(a)
facilities. Northern estimates the cost of construction to be
$9,128,966. Northern states that the modifications proposed are
necessary to provide an incremental 11 MMcf/d of natural gas effective
October 1, 2008, to meet the firm winter obligations as contracted with
Archer Daniels Midland Company.
Any questions regarding the application should be directed to
Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External
Affairs, Northern Natural Gas Company, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha,
Nebraska 68124, call (402) 398-7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory
Analyst, at (402) 398-7138.
Any person or the Commission's Staff may, within 60 days after the
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention and, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR
157.205) a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time
allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be treated as
an application for authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the NGA.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-7607 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]
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