[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60239-60240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29428]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-49-000]


K N Wattenberg Transmission Limited Liability Company; Notice of 
Application

November 3, 1997.
    Take notice that on October 24, 1997, K N Wattenberg Transmission 
Limited Liability Company (K N Wattenberg), P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, 
Colorado 80228-8304, filed an abbreviated application in Docket No. 
CP98-49-000,\1\ pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as 
amended, and Part 157 of the Commission's Regulations, for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to 
acquire, construct and operate, as necessary certain pipeline and 
related facilities designated as the Front Runner Pipeline, all as more 
fully set forth in the application on file with the

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Commission and open to public inspection.
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    \1\ K N Wattenberg states that this application is substantively 
identical to its application filed on August 25, 1997, in Docket No. 
CP97-707-000, which was dismissed without prejudice by the 
Commission on October 15, 1997, due to the lack of sufficient market 
data as required in Section 157.14 of the Commission's regulations.
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    In its filing, K N Wattenberg seeks authorization to: (1) Construct 
certain pipeline facilities, including a 45-mile segment of 24-inch of 
pipeline extending from the Rockport Hub to a location southwest of 
Greeley, Colorado, perform any necessary pipeline rerouting, and 
construct several gas supply receipt and delivery interconnects; (2) 
acquire from its affiliate, K N Gas Gathering Company (KNGG), 
approximately 34 miles of existing 16-inch and smaller pipeline which 
will be converted to interstate transportation service and incorporated 
into the Front Runner Pipeline; and (3) operate the Front Runner 
Pipeline. K N Wattenberg states that the Front Runner Pipeline will be 
approximately 109 miles long, including secondary laterals, and will 
stretch from the emerging Rockport Hub, located south of Cheyenne, 
Wyoming, to just north of the Denver metropolitan area near Brighton 
and the Denver International Airport. Approximately 77 miles of the 
Front Runner Pipeline will be constructed, with the remainder to be 
required from KNGG. Upon completion, K N Wattenberg claims that the 
Front Runner Pipeline will have a design capacity of approximately 254 
MMcf per day flowing north to south into the Front Range of the Rocky 
Mountains in Northern Colorado, thus providing a competitive 
transportation alternative for growing markets in the area.
    The estimated cost of constructing the Front Runner Pipeline is $31 
million. K N Wattenberg proposes to charge incremental transportation 
rates as initial rates for service on the Front Runner Pipeline and is 
not requesting a pre-determination for authorization to charge rolled-
in rates. K N Wattenberg plans to commence construction of the proposed 
facilities between September and December 1998, so that the system can 
be placed in interstate service for late winter 1998-99 operation. 
Thus, K N Wattenberg requests that the Commission approve the requested 
authorizations by June 1998.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should, on or before November 24, 1997, 
file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C., 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) and the Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the 
Commission will be considered by it in determining the appropriate 
action to be taken but will not serve to make the protestants parties 
to the proceeding. The Commission's Rules require that protestors 
provide copies of their protests to the party or parties against whom 
the protests are directed. Any person wishing to become a party to a 
proceeding or to participate as a party in any hearing therein must 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules.
    A person obtaining intervenor 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 every one of the 
intervenors. An inrtervenor can file for rehearing of any Commission 
order and can petition for court review of any such order. However, an 
intervenor must submit copies of comments or any other filings it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as an original and 14 copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
environmental comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two 
copies of comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will 
be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of environmental documents and will be able to participate in 
meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission and will 
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final 
order to a federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or those requesting intervenor status.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate is required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that a formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for K N Wattenberg to appear or be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood W. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29428 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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