65300 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 212 / Wednesday, November 1, 2000 / Notices

1 Index numbers are Koch Gateway’s internal

designation for transmission facilities.

2To avoid encroachment by SWEPCO on this line

currently serving customers, the portion of Index

65–2 from Station Number 249+32 to Station

Number 415+64 will be relocated pursuant to 18

C.F.R. Section 157.208(a)(1) under Koch Gateway’s

blanket certificate authorized in FERC Docket No.

CP82–430–000.

3 Koch Gateway states that it is in the process of

preparing an application under Section 7(b) of the

Natural Gas Act to abandon the currently idled

segments of Index 1 not covered by the immediate

application. Koch Gateway is currently negotiating

with affected landowners and will file such an

application in the near future.

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 and permission and approval

for the proposed abandonment are

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 El Paso to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27995 Filed 10–31–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–18–000]

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company;

Notice of Application

October 26, 2000.

Take notice that on October 24, 2000,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company (Koch

Gateway), P.O. Box 1478, Houston,

Texas 77251–1478, filed an application

in Docket No. CP01–18–000 pursuant to

Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) and Section 157.18 of the

Commission’s Regulations for

permission and approval to abandon by

removal approximately 12,497 feet of

16-inch pipeline from Station Number

945+63 to Station Number 820+66 on its

Latex-Forth Worth Mainline designated

as Index 1 1 in Harrison County, Texas

(SWEPCO Segment), all as more fully

set forth in the application 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). Any questions regarding

this application should be directed to:

Kyle Stephens, director of Certificates,

Koch Gateway Pipeline Company, P.O.

Box 1478, Houston, Texas, 77251–1478,

(713) 544–7309.

Koch Gateway states that the

SWEPCO Segment is in direct conflict

with an active surface lignite mine

operated by Southwestern Electric

Power Company (SWEPCO), a division

of American Electric Power. Koch

Gateway states that in November 1996,

Koch Gateway moved the remaining

customers from Index 1 to Index 65–2

and idled Index 1 from Station Number

00+0 to Station Number 1190+15 in east

Texas. SWEPCO operates an active

surface lignite coal mine that provides

the lignite fuel for its local electric

generation facility, the Pirkey Power

Plant, in the vicinity of the east end of

Index 1. For the surface area covered by

the mine, SWEPCO owns the land in fee

or underlying landowners have assigned

their surface rights to SWEPCO.

Although portions of both Index 1 and

Index 65–2 have been relocated to

accommodate previous surface mining

activities, the mining activities will

again be in direct conflict with Index 1

and Index 65–2. Koch Gateway will

relocate the active line, Index 65–2,2 but

believes it is in the public convenience

and necessity to request abandonment

of the SWEPCO Segment of idled line—

Index 1—at this time.3 This will save

SWEPCO the relocation costs associated

with Index 1. Due to the pending

encroachment by the mining operations,

Koch Gateway proposes herein to

abandon by removal the SWEPCO

Segment—Station Number 945+63 to

Station Number 820+66—except for two

road crossings. To address SWEPCO’s

Removal Request, Koch Gateway states

it needs to begin removal of the

SWEPCO Segment by January 1, 2001.

Koch Gateway states it will provide

the required landowner notifications

and notifications to government entities

affected by the proposed project

including towns, communities and

government agencies. Also, Koch

Gateway states that public notice of the

proposed project will be published

twice in a daily or weekly newspaper of

general circulation in each county in

which the project is located; and

further, copies of the application will be

available at a library in a central

location in each county in which the

project is located.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before

November 16, 2000, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a petition to

intervene or a protest 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 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. Any person wishing

to become party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a petition to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules. Beginning November 1, 2000,

comments and protests 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 at http;//

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

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 petition 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 petition

for leave 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 Koch Gateway to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27998 Filed 10–31–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–16–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Application

October 26, 2000.

Take notice that on October 19, 2000,

Northern Natural Gas Company

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1This rental compressor unit was installed

pursuant to Northern’s blanket certificate authority

granted by order in Docket No. CP82–401–000

issued on September 1, 1982 (20 FERC ¶ 62,410).

1Southern’s application was filed with the

Commission under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations.

2The 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., 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.

3 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the

environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects

(OEP).

(Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street,

Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in Docket

No. CP01–16–000 an application

pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) for permission and

approval to abandon Unit #12, with

appurtenances, at the Stevens Co. #2

compressor station located in Stevens

County, Kansas, 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).

Specifically, Northern requests

authority to abandon and remove Unit

#12, as skid-mounted 506 hp rental

unit,1 and appurtenant facilities

consisting of suction and discharge

piping, control and exhaust equipment,

a foundation, fuel metering and similar

equipment. Northern states that the unit

will be removed and returned to the

rental company, and the appurtenant

facilities will be disposed of or returned

to inventory. Northern asserts that the

compressor unit is no longer required

due to changes in the operating

conditions that have eliminated the

need for this compressor unit. Northern

also states that the abandonment will

not: (1) impact any firm service

obligations to its customers; (2) results

in the abandonment of service to any of

Northern’s existing shippers; or (3)

adversely effect capacity.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Keith

L. Petersen, Director, Certificates and

Report for Northern, 1111 South 103rd

Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, at (402)

398–7421 or Michele Winckowski,

Senior Regulatory Analyst, at (402) 398–

7082.

Any person desiring to be heard or

any person desiring to make any

protests with reference to said

application should on or before

November 16, 2000, 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 or 385.214)

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.

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. Beginning

November 1, 2000, comments and

protests 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 at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/

doorbell.htm.

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

Procedures, 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 permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are 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 Northern to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27997 Filed 10–31–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–13–000]

Southern Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Assessment for the

Proposed Albany Compressor Station

Project and Request for Comments on

Environmental Issues

October 26, 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

the Albany Compressor Station Project

involving the operation of facilities by

Southern Natural Gas Company

(Southern) in Dougherty County,

Georgia.1 The proposal consists of

returning to full time operation an

existing backup compressor unit at the

Albany Compressor Station. This EA

will be used by the Commission in its

decision-making process to determine

whether the project is in the public

convenience and necessity.

A fact sheet prepared by the FERC

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need

To Know?’’ was attached to the project

notice Southern provided to

landowners. This fact sheet addresses a

number of typically asked questions and

how to participate in the Commission’s

proceedings. It is available for viewing

on the FERC Internet website

(www.ferc.fed.us).

Summary of the Proposed Project

Southern wants to reinstate a 1,232

horsepower reciprocating compressor

unit at the Albany Compressor Station

to full time service. At this time the unit

is only used as a backup unit that is

available in the event other facitlities on

the system are taken out of service for

maintenance or repair.

The location of the Albany

Compressor Station is shown in

appendix 1.2

Land Requirements for Construction

The compressor unit was installed at

the Albany Compressor Station in 1982.

No ground disturbance would be

required. All activities would be

confined to the existing Albany

Compressor Station.

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 3 to

discover 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