[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06465]
[[Page 17389]]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP13-84-000; PF12-19-000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Application for
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Authorization for
Abandonment
Take notice that on February 27, 2013, Texas Eastern Transmission,
LP (Texas Eastern), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas 77056, filed
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application under
Sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for its proposed
TEAM 2014 Project. Specifically, Texas Eastern requests 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.
Texas Eastern states that the project is necessary to increase capacity
on the Texas Eastern system by 600,000 dekatherms per day from supply
points in the Marcellus Shale region to delivery points in New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Mississippi and Louisiana. Texas Eastern also seeks
authority to charge initial incremental recourse rates for firm service
on the TEAM 2014 Project facilities and existing system rates for
interruptible service on such facilities, as well as any waivers,
authority, and further relief as may be necessary to implement the
proposal described in its application. The complete application is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection.
On July 13, 2012, the Commission staff granted Texas Eastern's
request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF12-
19 to staff activities involved with Texas Eastern's TEAM 2014 Project.
Now, as of the filing of the application on February 27, 2013, the Pre-
Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this
proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13-84-000, as noted in the
caption of this Notice.
Texas Eastern states that the facilities that are proposed as part
of the TEAM 2014 Project involve pipeline looping and aboveground
modifications located on various segments of the Texas Eastern system
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and
Mississippi. This comprises approximately 33.6 miles of new 36-inch
diameter pipeline loop and related aboveground facilities, compressor
station upgrades and abandonments resulting in a net increase of 77,100
horsepower of compression, and certain other facility modifications to
accommodate bi-directional flow along Texas Eastern's system. The cost
of the TEAM 2014 Project is approximately $519.7 million.
Copies of this filing are 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 TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
Questions, correspondence and communications concerning this
application should be addressed to Berk Donaldson, Director, Rates and
Certificates, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642, Houston,
TX 77251-1642; Phone (713) 627-4488, FAX (713) 627-5947.
Texas Eastern has requested that the Commission issue a final order
in this proceeding by November 21, 2013, to enable timely commencement
of construction of the proposed facilities to meet a November 1, 2014
in-service date.
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, before the
comment date of this notice, 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.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. 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: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 5, 2013.
Dated: March 14, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06465 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P