Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Application, 16661-16662 [E8-6312]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 61 / Friday, March 28, 2008 / Notices 4. Necessity of the Collection of Information: The filing requirement provides the basis for analysis of all rates, fares, or charges whatsoever demanded, charged or collected by any common carrier or carriers in connection with the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products and is used by the Commission for determining the just and reasonable rates that should be charged by the regulated pipeline company. Based on this analysis, a recommendation is made to the Commission to take action whether to suspend, accept or reject the proposed rate. The data required to be filed for pipeline rates and tariff filings is specified by 18 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Chapter I, Parts 341– 348. Jurisdiction over oil pipelines as it relates to the establishment of rates or charges for the transportation of oil by pipeline or the establishment or valuations for pipelines, was transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to FERC, pursuant to sections 306 and 402 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (DOE Act). 5. Respondent Description: The respondent universe currently comprises on average 200 respondents subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction. The Commission estimates that it will receive annually on average 3 filings per year per respondent (includes tariff changes and rate change filings). 6. Estimated Burden: 6,600 total hours, 200 respondents (average per year), 3 responses per respondent, and 11 hours per response (average). 7. Estimated Cost Burden to respondents: The estimated total cost to respondents is $401,026. (6,600 hours ÷ 2080 hours per year × $126,384.) Statutory Authority: Part I, Sections 1, 6, and 15 of the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), (Pub. L. 337, 34 Stat. 384.) Sections 306 and 402 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7155 and 7172, and Executive Order No. 12009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–6414 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:57 Mar 27, 2008 Jkt 214001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP08–89–000; PF08–4–000] Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Application March 21, 2008. Take notice that on March 12, 2008, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506– 5601, filed an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate new natural gas facilities, the Sheyenne Expansion Project, consisting of compression, piping, and measurement facilities, located in various counties in North Dakota, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// 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, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Specifically, Williston Basin’s proposed Sheyenne Expansion Project consists of: (i) The installation of a new 1,590 horsepower turbine-driven compressor unit, Unit #4, at the Bismarck Compressor Station, along with station piping modifications and a new gas cooler, located in Burleigh County, North Dakota; (ii) construction of the new Steele Compressor Station, located in Kidder County, North Dakota, consisting of one 1,750 horsepower electric-driven reciprocating compressor unit; (iii) install a control valve at the Cleveland Junction and a suction control valve for the Cleveland Compressor Station, located in Stutsman County, North Dakota; and (iv) construction of an approximately 6,400 foot, 8-inch diameter steel transmission lateral, the Casselton Ethanol Plant Lateral, and a measurement station, located in Cass County, North Dakota. Williston Basin estimates the cost of construction to be $7,487,160. Williston Basin states that the project would increase firm capacity into Williston Basin’s subsystem by 9.65 MMcf/d, with approximately 96 per cent of the additional capacity for the Tharaldson ethanol plant. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16661 Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to Keith Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506–5601or by telephone at (701) 530-1560 or e-mail at keith.tiggelaar@wbip.com. On November 15, 2007, the Commission staff granted Williston Basin’s request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) PreFiling Process and assigned Docket No. PF08–4–000 to staff activities involving the Williston Basin’s expansion project. Now, as of the filing of Williston Basin’s application on March 12, 2008, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, Williston Basin’s proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP08–89–000, as noted in the caption of this Notice. 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 below listed comment date, 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 E:\FR\FM\28MRN1.SGM 28MRN1 16662 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 61 / Friday, March 28, 2008 / Notices 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. Motions to intervene, protests and comments 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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Comment Date: April 11, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–6312 Filed 3–27–08; 8:45 am] sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:57 Mar 27, 2008 Jkt 214001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP08–13–000] Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project March 21, 2008. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared this Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the natural gas facilities proposed by the Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, LLC (FGS) under the abovereferenced docket. FGS’s proposed Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project (Project) would be located approximately two miles north of the unincorporated municipality of Indiantown in Martin County, Florida. The Draft EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that the proposed Project, with the appropriate mitigation measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are cooperating agencies for the development of this EIS. A cooperating agency has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved with the proposal and is involved in the NEPA analysis. The general purpose of the proposed Project is to respond to the growing demand for natural gas and natural gas infrastructure in the United States, and, more specifically, in Florida. The Project would enhance access to additional, competitively-priced supplies of natural gas by providing liquefaction, storage, and vaporization services to customers in Florida and the southeastern United States. The Draft EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of construction and operation of the facilities listed below. FGS proposes to construct and operate: • An approximately 53.1 acre liquefied natural gas storage facility; • An approximately 4-mile-long, 12inch-diameter receiving pipeline to interconnect with and receive natural gas from the Gulfstream and/or Florida Power & Light (FPL) lateral pipelines; • An approximately 4-mile-long, 24inch-diameter sendout pipeline that would parallel the 12-inch pipeline and PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 interconnect with and deliver natural gas from the storage facility to the Gulfstream and the FPL lateral pipelines; • Interconnection points with the Gulfstream pipeline at milepost (MP) 4.05 and with the FPL lateral at MP 4.18; and • A metering and regulating station. Dependent upon Commission approval, FGS proposes to have the facilities installed and operational within 36 months of commencing construction; however, based on market conditions at the time of construction, the storage facility construction may be separated into two phases. The Draft EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and is available for public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. A limited number of copies of the Draft EIS are available from the Public Reference Room identified above. In addition, CD–ROM copies of the Draft EIS have been mailed to affected landowners; various federal, state, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; local libraries and newspapers; intervenors; and other individuals that expressed an interest in the proposed Project. Hard-copies of the Draft EIS have also been mailed to those who requested that format during the scoping and comment periods for the proposed Project. Comment Procedures and Public Meetings Any person wishing to comment on the Draft EIS may do so. To ensure consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is important that the Commission receives your comments before the date specified below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received and properly recorded. • Send an Original and two copies of your comments to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20002. • Reference Docket No. CP08–13– 000. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 3. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before May 5, 2008. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments, interventions or protests to this E:\FR\FM\28MRN1.SGM 28MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 61 (Friday, March 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16661-16662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6312]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-89-000; PF08-4-000]


Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of 
Application

March 21, 2008.
    Take notice that on March 12, 2008, Williston Basin Interstate 
Pipeline Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58506-5601, filed an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
to construct and operate new natural gas facilities, the Sheyenne 
Expansion Project, consisting of compression, piping, and measurement 
facilities, located in various counties in North Dakota, all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open for public inspection. This filing is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at https://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, please 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 
at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Williston Basin's proposed Sheyenne Expansion Project 
consists of: (i) The installation of a new 1,590 horsepower turbine-
driven compressor unit, Unit 4, at the Bismarck Compressor 
Station, along with station piping modifications and a new gas cooler, 
located in Burleigh County, North Dakota; (ii) construction of the new 
Steele Compressor Station, located in Kidder County, North Dakota, 
consisting of one 1,750 horsepower electric-driven reciprocating 
compressor unit; (iii) install a control valve at the Cleveland 
Junction and a suction control valve for the Cleveland Compressor 
Station, located in Stutsman County, North Dakota; and (iv) 
construction of an approximately 6,400 foot, 8-inch diameter steel 
transmission lateral, the Casselton Ethanol Plant Lateral, and a 
measurement station, located in Cass County, North Dakota. Williston 
Basin estimates the cost of construction to be $7,487,160. Williston 
Basin states that the project would increase firm capacity into 
Williston Basin's subsystem by 9.65 MMcf/d, with approximately 96 per 
cent of the additional capacity for the Tharaldson ethanol plant.
    Any questions regarding this Application should be directed to 
Keith Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Williston Basin 
Interstate Pipeline Company, P.O. Box 5601, Bismarck, North Dakota 
58506-5601or by telephone at (701) 530-1560 or e-mail at 
keith.tiggelaar@wbip.com.
    On November 15, 2007, the Commission staff granted Williston 
Basin's request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF08-4-000 to staff 
activities involving the Williston Basin's expansion project. Now, as 
of the filing of Williston Basin's application on March 12, 2008, the 
NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time 
forward, Williston Basin's proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. 
CP08-89-000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    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 below listed comment date, 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

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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 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.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments 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. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.
    Comment Date: April 11, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-6312 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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