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studies will be noticed at least 30 days

prior to any study request deadline. A

draft license application with

preliminary APEA would be distributed

for comment in January 2001. The final

license application and APEA must be

filed with the Commission on March 31,

2004, two years before the expiration

date on the existing license. A more

detailed schedule and project

description may be found at Chelan

PUD’s web site, located at hhtp://

www.chelanpud.org/relicense/.

Comments

Interested parties have 30 days from

the date of this notice to file with the

Commission, any comments on Chelan

PUD’s proposal to use the alternative

procedures to file an application for the

Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project.

Filing Requirements

Any comments must be filed by

providing an original and 8 copies as

required by the Commission’s

regulations to: Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, Office of the

Secretary, Dockets—Room 1A, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

All comment filings must bear the

heading ‘‘Comments on the Alternative

Procedure,’’ and include the project

name and number (Lake Chelan

Hydroelectric Project, No. 637). For

further information, please contact

Vince Yearick at (202) 219–2844 or email at vince.yearick@ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP98–540–000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporations; Notice of Application

May 21, 1998.

Take notice that on May 13, 1998

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

Corporation (Transco), Post Office Box

1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed in the

above docket an abbreviated application

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act and the Regulations of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) for authorization to

construct and operate certain pipeline

facilities to create additional firm

transportation capacity of 700,000

dekatherms per day (dth/d) to serve

increased market demand in the MidAtlantic and South Atlantic regions of

the United States by a proposed inservice date of no later than November

1, 2000 (MarketLink Project).

Transco states that the MarketLink

Project will provide a link in the

transportation of Canadian and

Midwestern natural gas supplies, from

expansion projects currently under

development and proposed, to markets

in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

and upstream markets along the Atlantic

Seaboard which are accessible through

backhaul arrangements on Transco’s

system. Transco also states that the

MarketLink Project provides shipper

access to diverse gas supplies at the

developing market hub at Leidy,

Pennsylvania, including gas supplies

sources on any of the six interstate

natural gas pipelines that interconnect

with Transco at Leidy (including the

pipeline system proposed by

Independence Pipeline Company) or gas

supplies delivered from storage at the

Leidy hub.

Transco proposes to provide firm

transportation service on an open

access, non-discriminatory basis for the

following shippers:

Shipper

Maximum

daily

quantity

(Dth/d)

Term

(yrs.)

AEC Marketing (USA)

Inc .............................. 15,000 10

Coral Energy Resources, L.P .............. 50,000 10

Eastern Energy Marketing, Inc ....................... 90,000 10

Engage Energy (U.S.),

LP .............................. 210,000 10

Enron Capital & Trade

Resources Corp ........ 30,000 10

LFG Energy, LLC .......... 5,000 15

Natural Gas Clearinghouse ......................... 30,000 5

Renaissance Energy

(U.S.) Inc ................... 23,000 10

Williams Energy Services Company ............ 210,000 10

Total ................... 663,000

Transco states that precedent

agreements have been executed with

shippers for a substantial amount

(approximately 95%) of the firm

transportation capacity to be created by

the MarketLink Project. Transco states

that it is in the process of negotiating

with other potential shippers that have

expressed an interest in the remaining

capacity of the project and will file

copies of precedent agreements with

additional shippers as they are

finalized.

Transco states that the firm

transportation service under the

MarketLink Project will be provided

under Rate Schedule FT of Transco’s

FERC Gas Tariff, Volume No. 1, and

Transco’s blanket certificate under Part

284(G) of the Commission’s regulations.

Transco states that the MarketLink

shippers were provided the option of

paying a cost based recourse rate or an

individually negotiated rate plus fuel

and all appliable surcharges under Rate

Schedule FT. Transco states that the

proposed recourse rate is based on a

straight fixed-variable rate design

methodology and an incremental cost of

service. Transco states that prior to the

commencement MarketLink service it

will file numbered tariff sheets stating

the name of any MarketLink shipper

paying a negotiated rate, the negotiated

rate, the applicable receipt and delivery

points, and the volume to be

transported.

Transco states that in order to create

the additional 7000,000 Mcf/d of firm

capacity, Transco proposes to construct

and operate the following facilities:

1. The Haneyville Loop; 24.19 miles

of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop

between milepost 161.29 in Lycoming

County and milepost 142.74 in

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and

milepost 185.48 in Clinton County,

Pennsylvania,

2. The Williamsport Loop; 13.23 miles

of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop

between milepost 129.51 in Lycoming

County, Pennsylvania and 1.79 miles of

36-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 142.74 in Lycoming County

and milepost 144.53 in Lycoming

County, Pennsylvania,

3. The Benton Loop; 17.73 miles of

42-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 28.56 in Luzerne County,

Pennsylvania and milepost 115.18 in

Columbia, County Pennsylvania,

4. The Allentown Loop; 6.27 miles of

42-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 30.29 in Northampton County,

Pennsylvania and milepost 36.56 in

Northampton County, Pennsylvania,

5. The Clinton Loop; 29.23 miles of

42-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 0.14 in Somerset County, New

Jersey and milepost 29.37 in Warren

County, New Jersey,

6. The Stirling Loop; 23.88 miles of

42-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 1789.53 in Somerset County,

New Jersey and milepost 1812.36 in

Morris County, New Jersey,

7. The Roseland Loop; 18.81 miles of

36-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 1820.66 in Essex County, New

Jersey and milepost 1839.47 in Bergen

County, New Jersey,

8. The Woodbridge Loop; 5.46 miles

of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop

between milepost 1802.73 in Middlesex
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County, New Jersey and milepost

1808.19 in Union County, New Jersey,

9. The Bordentown Loop; 7.10 miles

of 36-inch diameter pipeline loop

between milepost 18.96 in Burlington

County, New Jersey and milepost 26.06

in Burlington County, New Jersey,

10. The Raritan River Loop; 0.30 miles

of 42-inch diameter pipeline loop

crossing the Raritan River between

milepost 1794.70 in Middlesex County,

New Jersey and milepost 1795.00 in

Middlesex County, New Jersey,

11. The Mt. Laurel Replacement; The

replacement of an existing 6.3 miles of

12-inch diameter pipeline loop between

milepost 30.53 in Burlington County,

New Jersey and milepost 36.83 in

Burlington County, New Jersey, with a

36-inch diameter pipeline loop. The 12-

inch pipeline segment will be removed

and the 36-inch replacement pipeline

will be installed in the same trench,

12. Impeller replacement on two (2)

existing 12,600 horsepower, turbinedriven compressor units at Transco’s

existing Compressor Station 520,

located at milepost 157.52, in Lycoming

County, Pennsylvania,

13. The installation of two (2) new

15,000 horsepower, turbine-driven

compressor units, rewheeling of one (1)

existing 12,600 horsepower, turbinedriven compressor unit and impeller

replacement on two (2) existing 5,500

horsepower, turbine-driven compressor

units at Transco’s existing Compressor

Station 517, located at milepost 115.80,

in Columbia County, Pennsylvania,

14. The installation of one (1) 15,000

horsepower, turbine-driven compressor

unit, the rewheeling and uprating of an

existing 12,600 horsepower, turbinedriven compressor unit to 15,000

horsepower at Transco’s existing

Compressor Station 515 located at

milepost 68.95, in Luzerne County,

Pennsylvania,

15. The installation of one (1) 15,000

horsepower, electric motor-driven

compressor unit and impeller

replacement on two (2) existing 7,000

horsepower, electric motor-driven

compressor units at Transco’s existing

Compressor Station 205 located at

milepost 1773.30 in Mercer County,

New Jersey,

16. The installation of a 36-inch

diameter interconnecting pipeline from

the proposed meter building outlet of

Independence Pipeline Company, (as

proposed in Docket No. CP97–315) to

Transco’s existing 23-inch Leidy Line

‘‘A’’, 24-inch Leidy Line ‘‘B’’, and 30-

inch Leidy Line ‘‘C’’ at milepost 194.06

in Clinton County, Pennsylvania,

17. Modifications to reduce pressure

in Transco’s 42-inch Mainline C from

1,200 psig to 800 psig at Transco’s

existing Centerville Regulator Station

located at milepost 0.11 in Somerset

County, New Jersey,

18. Modifications to reduce pressure

in Transco’s 36-inch Mainline D from

800 psig to 638 psig at Transco’s

existing Roseland Regulator Station,

located at milepost 1820.66 in Essex

County, New Jersey,

19. Modifications to reduce pressure

in Transco’s 42-inch Mainline E from

800 psig to 638 psig at Transco’s

existing Linden Regulator Station,

located at milepost 1808.19 in Union

County, New Jersey, and

20. Modification of inlet/outlet

headers at existing Compressor Station

200 at milepost 1722.24 in Chester

County, Pennsylvania to provide flow

control under certain operating

conditions on Transco’s Trenton

Woodbury Lateral.

Transco states that the proposed

facilities, for the most part, will be

installed either entirely within or

immediately adjacent to existing

pipeline or utility rights-of-way and

Transco’s existing compressor station

yards. Transco states that the proposed

facilities will cost an estimated

$528,767,973.

Transco requests that the Commission

issue a preliminary determination on

the non-environmental aspects of its

proposal by November 1, 1998, and a

final order granting the authorizations

requested herein by May 1, 1999.

Any person desiring to participate in

the hearing process or to make any

protest with reference to said

application should on or before June 11,

1998, 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 385.214 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 proceedings. 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

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 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 Transco to appear or be

represented at the hearing.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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