[Federal Register: February 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 32)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP04-36-005]
Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC; Notice of Filing
February 11, 2009.
Take notice that on January 30, 2009, Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC
(Weaver's Cove) filed an application, pursuant to Section 3 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 153 and 380 of the Commission's Rules
and Regulations, to amend its certificate issued on July 15, 2005 in
Docket No. CP04-36-000. Weaver's Cove requests authority to site,
construct, and operate an offshore berth for receiving and unloading
LNG for the approved LNG terminal, in Mount Hope Bay in Massachusetts
waters. The application is on file with the Commission and open for
public inspection. 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.
Weaver's Cove proposes to construct, and operate: (1) An offshore
berth for receiving and unloading LNG tankers in Mount Hope Bay in
Massachusetts waters, (2) an LNG transfer system with buried submarine
LNG transfer lines incorporating insulated ``pipe-in-pipe'' technology
(PiP) to transfer LNG from the offshore berth to the LNG storage tank
at the certificated terminal in Fall River, Massachusetts, and (3)
associated minor piping and equipment changes at the terminal to
accommodate the PiP transfer system. The proposed offshore berth is
located approximately four miles from the certificated LNG terminal.
The proposed location is approximately one mile from the nearest
shoreline and two miles south of the Braga Bridge. Weaver's Cove
proposes to begin construction in June 2011 and meet an in-service date
in December 2014.
Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to
Marcia MacClary, Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC, One New Street, Fall River,
MA 02720, (508) 675-9470, or Bruce Kiely, Baker Botts L.L.P., 1299
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, (202) 639-7711.
On April 29, 2008, the Commission staff granted Weaver's Cove's
request to use the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing
Process and assigned Docket No. PF08-18-000 to staff activities
involving the offshore berth project. Now, as of the filing of this
application on January 30, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket No. CP04-36-005, as noted in the caption of this
Notice.
Any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to
the proceedings for this project should, on or before the below listed
comment date, 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.
Persons may also wish to comment further only on the environmental
review of this project. Environmental commenters will be placed on the
Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of
environmental documents issued by the Commission, and will be notified
of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review
process. Those persons, organizations, and agencies who submitted
comments during the NEPA Pre-Filing Process in Docket No. PF08-18-000
are already on the Commission staff's environmental mailing list for
the proceeding in the above dockets and may file additional comments on
or before the below listed comment date. Environmental commenters will
not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other
parties. However, environmental commenters are also not parties to the
proceeding and will not receive copies of all documents filed by other
parties or non-environmental documents issued by the Commission.
Further, they will not have the right to seek court review of any final
order by Commission in this proceeding.
Motions to intervene, protests and comments may be filed
electronically
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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.
Comment Date: March 4, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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