[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18749-18750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7988]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP11-128-000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice Application
Take notice that on March 7, 2011, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel), filed an application in Docket No. CP11-
128-000 pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157 of
the Commission's Regulations, for a certificate of public convenience
and necessity to construct and operate its Northern Access Project.
National Fuel requests authorization to: (1) Construct a new compressor
station in East Aurora, Erie County, New York, (2) make piping changes
at the Concord Compressor Station in Erie County, New York to permit
bi-directional flow, and (3) install two additional compressor units at
its existing Ellisburg Compressor Station in Potter County,
Pennsylvania. National Fuel also proposes to upgrade facilities at Rose
Lake near Ellisburg, to serve as a new interconnection facility with
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee). In a related application
submitted by Tennessee in Docket No. CP11-133-000 on March 9, 2011,
National Fuel and Tennessee propose to modify and upgrade certain
facilities on the jointly-owned Niagara Spur Loop Line (NSLL)
facilities so that the NSLL can be operated bi-directionally (Station
230C Project). Both proposals will allow for bi-directional firm
transportation service of 320,000 Dekatherms per day of natural gas
from the Rose Lake interconnect to the facilities of TransCanada
PipeLines, Ltd. at Niagara, all as more fully set forth in the
applications which are on file with the Commission and open for public
inspection. The estimated total cost of the Northern Access Project and
the Station 230C Project is $59,991,948.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to
Antoinetta Mucilli, Senior Attorney for National Fuel, 6363 Main
Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, or call at (716) 857-7067.
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 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
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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 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: April 7, 2011.
Dated: March 17, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-7988 Filed 4-4-11; 8:45 am]
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