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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
18 CFR Part 157
[Docket No. RM81–19–000]
Natural Gas Pipelines; Project Cost
and Annual Limits
February 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority
delegated by 18 CFR 375.308(x)(1), the
Director of the Office of Energy Projects
(OEP) computes and publishes the
project cost and annual limits for
natural gas pipelines blanket
construction certificates for each
calendar year.
DATES: This final rule is effective
February 10, 2009 and establishes cost
limits applicable from January 1, 2009
through December 31, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. McGehee, Chief, Certificates
Branch 1, Division of Pipeline
Certificates, (202) 502–8962.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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United States of America
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Docket No. RM81–19–000
Publication of Project Cost Limits Under
Blanket Certificates; Order of the
Director, OEP
February 3, 2009
Section 157.208(d) of the
Commission’s Regulations provides for
project cost limits applicable to
construction, acquisition, operation and
miscellaneous rearrangement of
facilities (Table I) authorized under the
blanket certificate procedure (Order No.
234, 19 FERC ¶ 61,216). Section
157.215(a) specifies the calendar year
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dollar limit which may be expended on
underground storage testing and
development (Table II) authorized under
the blanket certificate. Section
157.208(d) requires that the ‘‘limits
specified in Tables I and II shall be
adjusted each calendar year to reflect
the ‘GDP implicit price deflator’
published by the Department of
Commerce for the previous calendar
year.’’
Pursuant to § 375.308(x)(1) of the
Commission’s Regulations, the authority
for the publication of such cost limits,
as adjusted for inflation, is delegated to
the Director of the Office of Energy
Projects. The cost limits for calendar
year 2009, as published in Table I of
§ 157.208(d) and Table II of § 157.215(a),
are hereby issued.
Effective Date
This final rule is effective February
10, 2009.
The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 801
regarding Congressional review of Final
Rules does not apply to the Final Rule
because the rule concerns agency
procedure and practice and will not
substantially affect the rights or
obligations of non-agency parties. The
Final Rule merely updates amounts
published in the Code of Federal
Regulations to reflect the Department of
Commerce’s latest annual determination
of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
implicit price deflator, a mathematical
updating required by the Commission’s
existing regulations.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 157
Administrative practice and
procedure, Natural gas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
(d) * * *
TABLE I
Limit
Year
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
PART 157—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 157
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w, 3301–
3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352.
2. Table I in § 157.208(d) is revised to
read as follows:
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§ 157.208 Construction, acquisition,
operation, replacement, and miscellaneous
rearrangement of facilities.
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$12,000,000
12,800,000
13,300,000
13,800,000
14,300,000
14,700,000
15,100,000
15,600,000
16,000,000
16,700,000
17,300,000
17,700,000
18,100,000
18,400,000
18,800,000
19,200,000
19,600,000
19,800,000
20,200,000
20,600,000
21,000,000
21,200,000
21,600,000
22,000,000
27,400,000
28,200,000
29,000,000
29,600,000
*
*
*
*
3. Table II in § 157.215(a)(5) is revised
to read as follows:
§ 157.215 Underground storage testing
and development.
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
TABLE II
Accordingly, 18 CFR Part 157 is
amended as follows:
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$4,200,000
4,500,000
4,700,000
4,900,000
5,100,000
5,200,000
5,400,000
5,600,000
5,800,000
6,000,000
6,200,000
6,400,000
6,600,000
6,700,000
6,900,000
7,000,000
7,100,000
7,200,000
7,300,000
7,400,000
7,500,000
7,600,000
7,800,000
8,000,000
9,600,000
9,900,000
10,200,000
10,400,000
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proj. cost limit
(Col. 2)
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Director, Office of Energy Projects.
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Auto. proj.
cost limit
(Col. 1)
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
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$2,700,000
2,900,000
3,000,000
3,100,000
3,200,000
3,300,000
3,400,000
3,500,000
3,600,000
3,800,000
3,900,000
4,000,000
4,100,000
4,200,000
4,300,000
4,400,000
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TABLE II—Continued
Year
Limit
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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4,500,000
4,550,000
4,650,000
4,750,000
4,850,000
4,900,000
5,000,000
5,100,000
5,250,000
5,400,000
5,550,000
5,600,000
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II. Information Collection Statement
2. The Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) regulations require that
OMB approve certain information
collection requirements imposed by
agency rule.4 This Final Rule does not
contain information reporting
requirements and is not subject to OMB
approval.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
18 CFR Part 375
[Docket No. RM08–18–000; Order No. 721]
Chief Accountant Delegations
Issued February 4, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final Rule.
SUMMARY: The Commission is revising
its regulations governing delegations of
authority to reflect the transfer of its
Chief Accountant to the Office of
Enforcement.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is
effective February 10, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wilbur Miller,Office of the General
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8953,
wilbur.miller@ferc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
United States of America
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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Before Commissioners: Jon Wellinghoff,
Acting Chairman; Suedeen G. Kelly, Marc
Spitzer, and Philip D. Moeller.
I. Discussion
1. The Commission is revising its
delegations of authority to reflect the
transfer of the Chief Accountant
function to the Office of Enforcement.
Currently, the regulations delegate
certain matters directly to the Chief
Accountant.1 Because the Chief
Accountant is now located within the
Office of Enforcement, it would be more
1 18
CFR 375.303 (2008).
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appropriate if actions taken by that
official were done through the Director
of that office, to whom the Chief
Accountant now reports and who is
ultimately responsible for the activities
of the Chief Accountant.2 In addition,
responsibilities with regard to forms
administration, data collection, and
reports are no longer under the direction
of the Chief Accountant. Accordingly,
authority to act on these items should
no longer rest with the Chief
Accountant. The Director can, under the
regulations, subdelegate functions as
appropriate.3 The delegated authority
being transferred is not being altered in
any way.
III. Environmental Analysis
3. The Commission is required to
prepare an Environmental Assessment
or an Environmental Impact Statement
for any action that may have a
significant adverse effect on the quality
of the human environment.5 Issuance of
this Final Rule does not represent a
major federal action having a significant
adverse effect on the quality of the
human environment under the
Commission’s regulations implementing
the National Environmental Policy Act.
Part 380 of the Commission’s
regulations lists exemptions to the
requirement to draft an Environmental
Analysis or Environmental Impact
Statement. Included is an exemption for
procedural, ministerial, or internal
administrative actions.6 This
rulemaking is exempt under that
provision.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
4. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980 (RFA) 7 generally requires a
description and analysis of final rules
that will have significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. This Final Rule concerns
matters of internal agency procedure.
2 This revision requires the renumbering of the
delegations to the Director of the Office of Electric
Reliability from section 375.314 to section 375.303.
3 18 CFR 375.301(b) (2008).
4 5 CFR Part 1320.
5 Regulations Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act, Order No. 486, 52 FR
47897 (Dec. 17, 1987), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 30,783
(1987).
6 18 CFR 380.4(1) and (5).
7 5 U.S.C. 601–612.
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The Commission therefore certifies that
it will not have such an impact. An
analysis under the RFA is not required.
V. Document Availability
5. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the Internet through
FERC’s Home Page (https://www.ferc.gov)
and in FERC’s Public Reference Room
during normal business hours (8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First
Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington DC
20426.
6. From FERC’s Home Page on the
Internet, this information is available on
eLibrary. The full text of this document
is available on eLibrary in PDF and
Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access
this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number excluding the last three
digits of this document in the docket
number field.
7. User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the FERC’s Web site during
normal business hours from FERC
Online Support at 202–502–6652 (toll
free at 1–866–208–3676) or e-mail at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the
Public Reference Room at (202) 502–
8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. E-mail the
Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
VI. Effective Date and Congressional
Notification
8. These regulations are effective
immediately upon publication in the
Federal Register. In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Commission finds
that good cause exists to make this Final
Rule effective immediately. It makes
minor revisions to matters of internal
operations and is unlikely to affect the
rights of persons appearing before the
Commission. There is therefore no
reason to make this rule effective at a
later time.
9. The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 801
regarding Congressional review of final
rules do not apply to this Final Rule,
because this Final Rule concerns agency
procedure and practice and will not
substantially affect the rights of nonagency parties.
10. The Commission is issuing this as
a Final Rule without a period for public
comment. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), notice
and comment procedures are
unnecessary where a rulemaking
concerns only agency procedure and
practice, or where the agency finds that
notice and comment is unnecessary.
This rule concerns only matters of
internal agency procedure and will not
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under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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Rules and Regulations
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
18 CFR Part 157
[Docket No. RM81-19-000]
Natural Gas Pipelines; Project Cost and Annual Limits
February 3, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority delegated by 18 CFR 375.308(x)(1),
the Director of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) computes and
publishes the project cost and annual limits for natural gas pipelines
blanket construction certificates for each calendar year.
DATES: This final rule is effective February 10, 2009 and establishes
cost limits applicable from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. McGehee, Chief,
Certificates Branch 1, Division of Pipeline Certificates, (202) 502-
8962.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
United States of America
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Docket No. RM81-19-000
Publication of Project Cost Limits Under Blanket Certificates; Order of
the Director, OEP
February 3, 2009
Section 157.208(d) of the Commission's Regulations provides for
project cost limits applicable to construction, acquisition, operation
and miscellaneous rearrangement of facilities (Table I) authorized
under the blanket certificate procedure (Order No. 234, 19 FERC ]
61,216). Section 157.215(a) specifies the calendar year dollar limit
which may be expended on underground storage testing and development
(Table II) authorized under the blanket certificate. Section 157.208(d)
requires that the ``limits specified in Tables I and II shall be
adjusted each calendar year to reflect the `GDP implicit price
deflator' published by the Department of Commerce for the previous
calendar year.''
Pursuant to Sec. 375.308(x)(1) of the Commission's Regulations,
the authority for the publication of such cost limits, as adjusted for
inflation, is delegated to the Director of the Office of Energy
Projects. The cost limits for calendar year 2009, as published in Table
I of Sec. 157.208(d) and Table II of Sec. 157.215(a), are hereby
issued.
Effective Date
This final rule is effective February 10, 2009.
The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 801 regarding Congressional review of
Final Rules does not apply to the Final Rule because the rule concerns
agency procedure and practice and will not substantially affect the
rights or obligations of non-agency parties. The Final Rule merely
updates amounts published in the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect
the Department of Commerce's latest annual determination of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) implicit price deflator, a mathematical updating
required by the Commission's existing regulations.
List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 157
Administrative practice and procedure, Natural gas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
J. Mark Robinson,
Director, Office of Energy Projects.
0
Accordingly, 18 CFR Part 157 is amended as follows:
PART 157--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for Part 157 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.
0
2. Table I in Sec. 157.208(d) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 157.208 Construction, acquisition, operation, replacement, and
miscellaneous rearrangement of facilities.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
Table I
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Limit
-------------------------------
Year Auto. proj. Prior notice
cost limit proj. cost
(Col. 1) limit (Col. 2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1982.................................... $4,200,000 $12,000,000
1983.................................... 4,500,000 12,800,000
1984.................................... 4,700,000 13,300,000
1985.................................... 4,900,000 13,800,000
1986.................................... 5,100,000 14,300,000
1987.................................... 5,200,000 14,700,000
1988.................................... 5,400,000 15,100,000
1989.................................... 5,600,000 15,600,000
1990.................................... 5,800,000 16,000,000
1991.................................... 6,000,000 16,700,000
1992.................................... 6,200,000 17,300,000
1993.................................... 6,400,000 17,700,000
1994.................................... 6,600,000 18,100,000
1995.................................... 6,700,000 18,400,000
1996.................................... 6,900,000 18,800,000
1997.................................... 7,000,000 19,200,000
1998.................................... 7,100,000 19,600,000
1999.................................... 7,200,000 19,800,000
2000.................................... 7,300,000 20,200,000
2001.................................... 7,400,000 20,600,000
2002.................................... 7,500,000 21,000,000
2003.................................... 7,600,000 21,200,000
2004.................................... 7,800,000 21,600,000
2005.................................... 8,000,000 22,000,000
2006.................................... 9,600,000 27,400,000
2007.................................... 9,900,000 28,200,000
2008.................................... 10,200,000 29,000,000
2009.................................... 10,400,000 29,600,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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0
3. Table II in Sec. 157.215(a)(5) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 157.215 Underground storage testing and development.
(a) * * *
(5) * * *
Table II
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Year Limit
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1982.................................................... $2,700,000
1983.................................................... 2,900,000
1984.................................................... 3,000,000
1985.................................................... 3,100,000
1986.................................................... 3,200,000
1987.................................................... 3,300,000
1988.................................................... 3,400,000
1989.................................................... 3,500,000
1990.................................................... 3,600,000
1991.................................................... 3,800,000
1992.................................................... 3,900,000
1993.................................................... 4,000,000
1994.................................................... 4,100,000
1995.................................................... 4,200,000
1996.................................................... 4,300,000
1997.................................................... 4,400,000
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1998.................................................... 4,500,000
1999.................................................... 4,550,000
2000.................................................... 4,650,000
2001.................................................... 4,750,000
2002.................................................... 4,850,000
2003.................................................... 4,900,000
2004.................................................... 5,000,000
2005.................................................... 5,100,000
2006.................................................... 5,250,000
2007.................................................... 5,400,000
2008.................................................... 5,550,000
2009.................................................... 5,600,000
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