Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application, 54043 [E6-15169]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 13, 2006 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP06–433–000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application hsrobinson on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES September 6, 2006. Take notice that on August 29, 2006, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in Docket No. CP06–433–000, an application pursuant to sections 7 (b) and (c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s Regulations, for authorization to: (1) Construct, modify and operate certain compression, pipeline, and town border station (TBS) facilities, with appurtenances all located in various counties in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota; and (2) abandon certain compression facilities in Clay County, Kansas, in order to expand the capacity of Northern’s West Leg pipeline segment of its Market Area facilities, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing is accessible online at https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. In its application, Northern asserts that the installation of the proposed facilities will provide approximately 32,100 Dth/day of incremental peak day entitlement that has been subscribed to by its customers. Northern also states that the facilities proposed will result in capacity greater than currently subscribed by its customers and that any excess capacity created will be posted on Northern’s Web site as generally available and offered to shippers on a nondiscriminatory basis. Northern further states that the proposal herein is a result of an analysis conducted following Open Seasons soliciting interest for an expansion project in its Market Area that would be effective beginning November 1, 2007. In addition, Northern is requesting approval for rolled-in rate treatment of the expansion costs. The facilities proposed constitute the second discrete stand-alone project under the umbrella VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Sep 12, 2006 Jkt 208001 of the Northern Lights expansion project.1 The estimated capital cost for the facilities proposed herein is $8,083,331. Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Government Affairs for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398– 7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398–7138. 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 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. 1 Northern Lights is a multi-year commitment to expand Northern’s Market Area capacity in response to its customer’s future requirements through 2026. On June 23, 2006, Northern filed an application with the Commission under Docket No. CP06–403–000 requesting authorization to construct, modify and operate facilities for the first discrete stand-alone Northern Lights project. PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54043 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. 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 under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. The Commission strongly encourages intervenors to file electronically. 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: September 27, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–15169 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL06–72–002] PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing September 7, 2006. Take notice that on August 28, 2006, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. filed changed pages of its Installed Capacity Manual (ICAP), and a report concerning changes to the underlying allocation methodology in compliance with the Commission’s June 29, 2006 order. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP06-433-000]


Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application

September 6, 2006.
    Take notice that on August 29, 2006, Northern Natural Gas Company 
(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in 
Docket No. CP06-433-000, an application pursuant to sections 7 (b) and 
(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission's 
Regulations, for authorization to: (1) Construct, modify and operate 
certain compression, pipeline, and town border station (TBS) 
facilities, with appurtenances all located in various counties in Iowa, 
Nebraska and South Dakota; and (2) abandon certain compression 
facilities in Clay County, Kansas, in order to expand the capacity of 
Northern's West Leg pipeline segment of its Market Area facilities, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. This filing is accessible on-
line at https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-
3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    In its application, Northern asserts that the installation of the 
proposed facilities will provide approximately 32,100 Dth/day of 
incremental peak day entitlement that has been subscribed to by its 
customers. Northern also states that the facilities proposed will 
result in capacity greater than currently subscribed by its customers 
and that any excess capacity created will be posted on Northern's Web 
site as generally available and offered to shippers on a 
nondiscriminatory basis. Northern further states that the proposal 
herein is a result of an analysis conducted following Open Seasons 
soliciting interest for an expansion project in its Market Area that 
would be effective beginning November 1, 2007. In addition, Northern is 
requesting approval for rolled-in rate treatment of the expansion 
costs. The facilities proposed constitute the second discrete stand-
alone project under the umbrella of the Northern Lights expansion 
project.\1\ The estimated capital cost for the facilities proposed 
herein is $8,083,331.
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    \1\ Northern Lights is a multi-year commitment to expand 
Northern's Market Area capacity in response to its customer's future 
requirements through 2026. On June 23, 2006, Northern filed an 
application with the Commission under Docket No. CP06-403-000 
requesting authorization to construct, modify and operate facilities 
for the first discrete stand-alone Northern Lights project.
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    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Michael T. Loeffler, Director, Certificates and Government Affairs for 
Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402) 398-
7103 or Donna Martens, Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398-7138.
    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 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 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.
    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 under the ``e-Filing'' 
link at https://www.ferc.gov. The Commission strongly encourages 
intervenors to file electronically. 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: September 27, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-15169 Filed 9-12-06; 8:45 am]
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