[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2360-2361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-537]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application
January 5, 2011.
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP... Docket Nos. CP11-56-000
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.. PF10-17-000
Take notice that on December 20, 2010, Texas Eastern Transmission,
LP, (Texas Eastern) 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056 and
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, (Algonquin) 5400 Westheimer Court,
Houston, Texas 77056 (collectively, the Applicants), jointly filed in
the above referenced docket an application pursuant to sections 7(b)
and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for the proposed New Jersey-New
York Expansion Project (NJ-NY Project). Specifically, the Applicants
request: (i) Authorization for Texas Eastern to construct, install,
own, operate, and maintain 4.84 miles of 42-inch pipeline, 15.5 miles
of 30-inch pipelines, four new meter and regulating stations, and
appurtenances; (ii) authorization for Texas Eastern to lease from
Algonquin 730,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm capacity rights,
plus applicable shrinkage requirements on Texas Eastern's system, on
Algonquin's mainline; (iii) authorization for Algonquin to construct,
install, own, operate, and maintain certain proposed facilities and to
lease capacity to Texas Eastern; (iv) authorization for Texas
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Eastern to abandon in place eight miles of 20- and 24-inch pipeline;
(v) authority to charge an incremental initial recourse rate,
incremental access charges and incremental fuel, as applicable for the
NJ-NY Project; and (vi) any waivers, authority, and further relief as
may be necessary to implement the proposed facilities. The Applicants
state that the proposed project will provide a total of 800,000 Dth/d
of firm transportation service. The Applicants estimate the total cost
of the NJ-NY Project to be approximately $857 million, all as more
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission
and open to public inspection. The filing is available for review at
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site 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 [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Berk
Donaldson, Director, Rates and Certificates, Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP, PO Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, by telephone
at (713) 627-4488 or by facsimile at (713) 627-5947.
On April 23, 2010, the Commission staff granted the Applicants'
request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF10-
17-000 to staff activities involved in the NJ-NY Project. Now as of the
filing the December 20, 2010 application, the Pre-Filing Process for
this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be
conducted in Docket No. CP11-56-000, as noted in the caption of this
Notice.
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 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 in the proceeding with the Commission
and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. 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 7 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
Comment Date: January 26, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-537 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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