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1 91 FERC ¶61,125 (2000).

of section 2(16) of the NGPA. The

Greasy Creek Storage Facility has an

estimated total capacity of 26 Bcf, an

estimated working gas capacity of 18

Bcf, and a maximum daily deliverability

of 450,000 Mcf at a maximum operation

pressure of 790 psig. The Greasy Creek

Storage Facility consists of 33 injection/

withdrawal wells and 6 observation

wells, and is connected to Transok’s

Oklahoma Transmission System by 10.5

miles of pipeline.

Transok avers that it continues to

have no market power in any relevant

product or geographic market for storage

services, and has submitted with its

petition a study which, according to

Transok, supports this conclusion.

Transok also proposes to make certain

minor changes, clarifications and

corrections to the Transok Statement of

Conditions for Gas Storage (Statement)

and General Terms and Conditions to

Transok’s Storage Service Agreements

(GT&C) in order to update those

documents. Transok has submitted a

revised Statement and GT&C with its

petition for market-based storage rates.

Questions concerning Transok’s

petition should be directed to James F.

Bowe, Jr., Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1775

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20006–4605, telephone

(202) 429–1444, fax (202) 429–1579, email jbowe@deweyballantine.com.

Pursuant to section 284.123(b)(2)(ii) of

the Commission’s regulations, if the

Commission does not act within 150

days of the filing date, the rates Transok

proposes will be deemed to be fair and

equitable. The Commission may, prior

to the expiration of the 150 day period,

extend the time for action or institute a

proceeding to afford parties an

opportunity for written comments and

for the oral presentation of views, data

and arguments.

Any person desiring to participate in

this rate proceeding must file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All motions must be filed with

the Secretary of the Commission on or

before June 22, 2000. This petition for

rate approval is on file with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection. This filing may be viewed

on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP00–249–000 and RP00–249–

001]

Transwestern Pipeline Company;

Notice of Technical Conference

June 8, 2000.

In the Commission’s order issued on

May 12, 2000,1 the Commission directed

that a technical conference be held to

address issues raised by the filing. Take notice that the technical

conference will be held on tuesday, June

27, 2000, at 10:00 a.m. to be designated

at the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street

NE., Wasington, DC 20426. All interested parties and Staff are

permitted to attend.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP00–114–000]

Trunkline Gas Company; Notice of

Intent To Prepare an Environment

Assessment for the Proposed Line

100–1 Abandonment Project and

Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

June 8, 2000.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) will prepare an

environmental assessment (EA) that will

discuss the environmental impacts of

Trunkline Gas Company’s (Trunkline)

proposal to abandon 720 miles of 26-

inch-diameter pipeline (Line 100–1) by

transfer to its affiliate CMS Trunkline

Pipeline Holdings, Inc. (TPH). The EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the project is in the public

convenience and necessity. TPH has entered into an agreement

with Centennial Pipeline [a joint

venture between Texas Eastern Products

Pipeline Company, L.P. (TEPPCO) and

Marathon Ashland Petroleum, L.L.C.

(Marathon)] to convert and jointly

operate the pipeline to transport refined

petroleum products from TexasLouisiana Gulf Coast area to the

Midwest. Line 100–1 extends from

Douglas County, Illinois through

Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and

Mississippi, and terminates in

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

If you are a landowner on Trunkline’s

route and receive this notice, you may

be contacted by a pipeline company

representative about the work that may

be necessary on your property to

disconnect the 26-inch-diameter

pipeline from the remainder of

Trunkline’s system. Trunkline states

that the existing easements permit this

transfer of ownership and change in use.

This notice is being sent to

landowners of property crossed by

Trunkline’s Line 100–1; landowners

likely to be affected by Centennial

Pipeline’s planned facilities; Federal,

state, and local agencies; elected

officials; environmental and public

interest groups; Indian tribes that might

attach religious and cultural

significance to historic properties in the

area of potential effects; and local

libraries and newspapers. State and

local government representatives are

encouraged to notify their constituents

of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

Additionally, with this notice we are

asking those Federal, state, local and

tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or

special expertise with respect to

environmental issues to cooperate with

us in the preparation of the EA. These

agencies may choose to participate once

they have evaluated the proposal

relative to their agencies’

responsibilities. Agencies who would

like to request cooperating agency status

should follow the instructions for filing

comments described below.

Summary of the Proposed Project

Minor ground disturbing activities

would be necessary at 113 sites along

Trunkline’s Line 100–1 to disconnect it

from the other two pipelines on this

portion of its system. The majority of

the work would be conducted at

existing compressor station and meter

station sites or within Trunkline’s

existing right-of-away. A total of

approximately 99 acres would be

disturbed by these activities.

Once the pipeline has been

disconnected from Trunkline’s system,

Centennial Pipeline plans to build:

• A new crossing of the Ouachita

River in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana to

replace the existing Line 100–1.

• Three new pumping stations at

currently unidentified locations

adjacent to the converted line;

• A 17-tank, 2-million-barrel

petroleum storage facility near Creal

Springs, Illinois; an interconnection

between the Centennial Pipeline and

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1The appendices referenced in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available on the Commission’s website at the

‘‘RIMS’’ link or from the Commission’s Public

Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First

Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or call

(202) 208–1371. For instructions on connecting to

RIMS refer to the last page of this notice. Copies of

the appendices were sent to all those receiving this

notice in the mail.

2 ‘‘Us’’, ‘‘we’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the FERC’s Office of Energy

Projects.

Marathon’s facilities near Effingham,

Illinois; and

• About 75 miles of new 24-inchdiameter pipeline between TEPPCO’s

existing products terminal near

Beaumont, Texas and the terminus of

Line 100–1 in Longville, Louisiana.

The general location of Trunkline’s

existing facilities and the location of the

planned Centennial Pipeline facilities

are shown on the maps attached as

appendices 1 and 2, respectively.1

The EA Process

The National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to

take into account the environmental

impacts that could result from an action

whenever it considers the issuance of a

Certificate of Public Convenience and

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to

solicit and address concerns the public

may have about proposals. We call this

‘‘scoping’’. The main goal of the scoping

process is to focus the analysis in the

EA on the important environmental

issues. By this Notice of Intent, the

Commission requests public comments

on the scope of the issues it will address

in the EA. All comments received are

considered during the preparation of the

EA. State and local government

representatives are encouraged to notify

their constituents of this proposed

action and encourage them to comment

on their areas of concern.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during scoping

process, the EA may be published and

mailed to Federal, state, and local

agencies, public interest groups,

interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project. We have already

identified a number of issues that we

think deserve attention based on a

preliminary review of the proposed

activities and the environmental

information provided by Trunkline.

These issues are listed below. This is a

preliminary list of issues and may be

changed based on your comments and

our analysis.

• Impact on wetland hydrology.

• Potential impact on Federal- and

State-listed threatened or endangered

species and U.S. Forest Service-listed

sensitive species.

• Impact on public lands and special

use areas including the Kisatchie

National Forest in Louisiana and the

Shawnee National Forest in Illinois.

We have made a preliminary decision

to not provide a detailed analysis of the

environmental impacts of the facilities

to be built by Centennial Pipeline.

However, the EA will describe their

location, status, any known

environmental impacts, and a list of the

responsible agencies. We are

specifically seeking comment on this

decision.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal, alternatives

to the proposal (including alternative

routes), and measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your letter to:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Room 1A, Washington,

DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments

for the attention of the Gas 1, PJ–11.1;

• Reference Docket No. CP00–114–

000;

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before July 12, 2000.

All commenters will be retained on

our mailing list. If you do not want to

send comments at this time but still

want to stay on the mailing list, you

must return the attached Information

Request (appendix 4). If you do not send

comments or return the Information

Request, you will be taken off the

mailing list.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a cop of its filings to all other

parties on the Commission’s service list

for this proceeding. If you want to

become a intervenor you must file a

motion to intervene according to Rule

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 3). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in the proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mr.

Paul McKee of the Commission’s Office

of External Affairs at (202) 208–1088 or

on the FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us)

using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in

this docket number. Click on the

‘‘RIMS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

RIMS Menu, and follow the

instructions. For assistance with access

to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can be

reached at (202) 208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS Menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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