[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7833-7834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3160]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP11-67-000; PF10-21-000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application
Take notice that on January 25, 2011, Texas Eastern Transmission,
LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed
in the above referenced docket an application under sections 7(b) and
7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for its proposed TEAM 2012 Project.
Specifically, Texas Eastern requests: (i) Authorization under NGA
sections 7(b) and 7(c) to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain
pipeline and compression facilities and related appurtenances and to
abandon in place certain compression facilities necessary to increase
capacity on the Texas Eastern system by approximately 190,000
dekatherms per day (Dth/d) from supply points in Clarington, Ohio and
the Appalachian area to proposed interconnections in central and
eastern Pennsylvania; (ii) authority to charge initial incremental
recourse rates for firm service on the TEAM 2012 Project facilities and
existing system rates for interruptible service on such facilities; and
(iii) any waivers, authority, and further relief as may be necessary to
implement the proposal contained in its application. Texas Eastern
estimates its TEAM 2012 project to cost $204,471,000, all as more fully
set forth in the application. 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 [email protected] or toll free
at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
Texas Eastern requests that the Commission grant the requested
authorizations and related approvals on or before October 31, 2011 to
ensure that the TEAM 2012 Project is on-line by November 1, 2012, in
time to meet the service needs of the TEAM 2012 shippers and to ensure
that additional capacity is available at the earliest possible time to
facilitate the transportation of new supplies, including Rocky Mountain
supplies and supplies from the emerging Marcellus shale play.
Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to Berk
Donaldson, Director, Rates and Certificates, Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, by phone:
(713) 627-4488 or by fax: (713) 627-5947.
On June 28, 2010, the Commission staff granted Texas Eastern's
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filling Process and assigned Docket Number PF10-21-000 to staff
activities involving the TEAM 2012 Project. Now, as of the filing Texas
Eastern's application on January 25, 2011, the NEPA Pre-Filling Process
for this project has ended. From this time forward, Texas Eastern's
proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP11-67-000, as noted in the
caption of this Notice.
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.
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 the comment date stated below, 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
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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 7 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.
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 commentors 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 commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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 strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an 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 28, 2011.
Dated: February 07, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-3160 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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