[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61158-61159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26444]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-40-002]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Application

October 10, 2000.
    Take notice that on September 29, 2000, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP00-40-002 an amendment to its application 
in Docket Nos. CP00-40-000 and 001, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's (Commission) Regulations, to: (1) Re-route approximately 
six miles of the Bayside Lateral, in Hillsborough County, FL; (2) 
eliminate approximately 24 miles of the previously proposed mainline 
Loops D and E in Suwannee, Columbia, Bradford, Clay, and Putnam 
Counties, FL, and, instead, increase the horsepower installed at 
Compressor Station No. 17, in Marion County, FL; (3) make minor 
modifications to the beginning of West Leg Loop J, in Gilchrist County, 
FL, and the ending of West Leg Loop K, in Levy County, FL; and (4) 
slightly decrease the horsepower to be installed at Compressor Stations 
15A, 16, 26, and 27, in Taylor, Bradford, Citrus, and Hillsborough 
Counties, FL, respectively, all as more fully set forth in the 
application which is on file with the Commission and open to 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).
    FGT continues to request that the Commission find that the costs of 
the proposed Phase V Expansion can be rolled-in to establish rates for 
service under its incrementally priced Rate Schedule FTS-2. FGT states 
that the maximum rates applicable to Rate Schedule FTS-2 are expected 
to be lower as a result of such rolling-in of costs and thus, will not 
require subsidies from existing shippers.
    FGT states that the proposed revisions to facilities will result in 
no changes to the proposed service, but are made in order to reduce the 
environmental

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impact and capital cost of the Phase V Expansion project. For the total 
Phase V Expansion as amended, FGT proposes to: (1) Acquire an undivided 
interest in Koch Gateway Pipeline Company's (Koch Gateway) Mobile Bay 
Lateral in Mobile County, Alabama that will give FGT capacity of 
300,000 MMBtu per day; (2) construct approximately 167.1 miles of 
various diameter pipeline, additional compression totaling 132,615 
horsepower, three delivery points, one new supply measurement station, 
and various other miscellaneous facilities. The proposed Phase V 
Expansion will add an incremental capacity of approximately 305,819 
MMBtu per day, on an annual daily average basis (net of turn-back). FGT 
estimates the total cost to be $462 million, including an estimated $10 
million for the proposed acquisition of an interest in the Mobile Bay 
Lateral.
    FGT requests that the Commission issue a preliminary determination 
on non-environmental issues by November 2000, and a final determination 
on call certificate issues on or before April 15, 2001.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Mr. 
Stephen T. Veatch, Director of Certificates and Regulatory Reporting, 
Suite 3997, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 or call (713) 853-
6549.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protests with reference to said application should on or 
before October 31, 2000, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protests 
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). 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 directly involved. 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 intervenor 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 filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as 14 copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
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 
the 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 NGA 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 provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will 
be unnecessary for FGT to appear or be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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