[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35234-35235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16638]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP01-69-001]
Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C., Notice of Amendment
June 27, 2001.
Take notice that on June 19, 2001, Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C.
(Petal), 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket
No. CP01-69-001 an amendment to its initial application filed in Docket
No. CP01-69-000, requesting authority to revise the rate Petal will
charge the Southern Company Services, Inc. (Southern Company) for firm
transportation service on the pipeline and the recourse rate proposed
in the original application all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may be viewed at http://
www.rimsweb1.ferc.fed.us/rims.q?rp2~intro. (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance).
On January 23, 2001, Docket No. CP00-69-000, Petal filed to
construct and operate approximately 59.0 miles of bi-directional 36-
inch diameter pipeline, compression and appurtenant facilities that
would commence at the terminus of Petal's storage header facility
approximately 5.5 miles east of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and terminate
adjacent to an existing Southern Natural Gas Company Compressor Station
approximately two miles southwest of Enterprise, Mississippi. As noted
in the application, the purpose of the project is to enable Petal to
connect its existing storage complex with several interstate pipelines.
In the amended application, Petal states that it has revised the
earlier December 22, 2000 Discount Agreement with Southern Company such
that Southern Company shall pay the lesser of: (i) A monthly
reservation rate of $1.20 per MMBtu or (ii) Petal's maximum FTS
reservation rate.
Petal also states that it has revised its recourse rate to account
for a longer depreciation period. Petal initially requested a 20-year
depreciation period which corresponded with the term of the agreement
with Southern Company. Petal now proposes a 40-year depreciation period
(2.5% per year) reflecting the life of the proposed facilities. The
longer depreciation period yields a monthly reservation recourse rate
of $2.2862 per MMBtu.
Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Mr.
David E. Maranville, Senior Counsel, Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C., 1001
Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-2511 or call (713) 420-3525.
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 July 18, 2001, 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.
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 commenters 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 commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters 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 may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the
environmental aspects of the project. This preliminary determination
typically considers such issues as the need for the project and its
economic effect on existing customers of the applicant, on other
pipelines in the area, and on landowners and communities. For example,
the Commission considers the extent to which the applicant may need to
exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-way for the proposed
project and balances that against the non-environmental benefits to be
provided by the project. Therefore, if a person has comments on
community and landowner impacts from this proposal, it is important
either to file comments or to intervene as early in the process as
possible.
Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically
via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and
the instructions on the Commission's web site at http://
www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
If the Commission decides to set the application for a formal
hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, the Commission will issue
another notice describing that process. At the end of the Commission's
review process, a
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final Commission order approving or denying a certificate will be
issued.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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