[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20972-20973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10329]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP01-156-000]


Cove Point LNG Limited Partnership; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

April 20, 2001.
    Take notice that on April 17, 2001, Cove Point LNG Limited 
Partnership (Cove Point), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251-
1396, filed a request with the Commission in Docket No. CP01-156-000, 
pursuant to Section 157.205, 157.208 of the Commission's Regulations 
under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to construct and 
operate facilities in Fairfax County, Virginia to interconnect with 
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation's (Transco) system, 
authorized in blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP94-59-002, all 
as more fully set forth in the request 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).
    Cove Point seeks authorization to interconnect with Transco's 
system in Fairfax County, Virginia to provide additional flexibility to 
its import and existing customers. Cove Point reports that the Transco 
interconnect would be as follows: (1) A 2.14-mile, 36-inch diameter 
lateral (the Lateral) to connect the Main Line and the Transco system, 
(2) a new bi-directional Pleasant Valley Meter Station (the Meter 
Station) to measure the movement of gas between the Cove Point and 
Transco systems, and (3) a 20-inch tap on the Main Line at the Pleasant 
Valley site. Cove Point continues that the facilities would be as 
follows: The Lateral would connect the

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Main Line to the Transco system. The Lateral would originate at the 
existing Pleasant Valley site (Cove Point Mile Post 75.00) to its tie-
in to Transco's Main Lines B (one 20-inch hot tap) and Main Line C (two 
24-inch hot taps). The hot taps would be constructed by Transco 
pursuant to Transco's blanket certificate. The tie-in to the Transco 
system would be 2.14 miles upstream of the Pleasant Valley site at Cove 
Point Mile Post 73.00 and at Transco Mile Post 1586.20. The Lateral 
would run parallel to the Main Line for the entire 2.14 miles. The Main 
Line would be centered on an existing 50-foot wide easement. This 
easement abuts an existing Virginia Electric and Power Company 
(Virginia Power) power line right-of-way. There would be 20 feet 
between the Main Line and the Lateral, thus placing the Lateral five 
feet inside the existing maintained Cove Point easement and 15 feet 
between the Lateral and the existing power line.
    Cove Point reports that the estimated cost of the Lateral would be 
$6,016,000. The maximum allowable operating pressure of the Lateral 
would be 800 psig. The Lateral would be owned, operated and maintained 
by Cove Point. The Meter Station would be located at the site of the 
existing, non-operational Pleasant Valley meter station. The Meter 
Station would be constructed within the fenced site of the existing 
meter station. The Meter Station would consist of three heaters, 10-
inch and 24-inch ultrasonic meters, flow control and pressure 
regulation, a flow computer, a chromatograph and a filter/separator. 
The capacity of the interconnect would be 1,000 MDt/d. The flow 
computer and instruments associated with gas measurement would be 
installed in an 8-foot by 16-foot equipment building. The pressure 
regulation equipment would be installed in a 30-foot by 30-foot 
building. The meter piping would not be enclosed in a building; it 
would consist of 36-inch inlet and outlet piping to and from the Meter 
Station. There are two existing unused 20-inch taps on the Main Line at 
the Pleasant Valley site, and they would be used in connection with the 
new project. In addition, a new 20-inch tap would be installed at this 
location. Accordingly, Cove Point seeks authority to construct and 
operate such 20-inch tap. Since Cove Point owns the land at the 
Pleasant Valley site, the incidental costs would consist of 
implementation of a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan for the 
duration of the construction period, clearing, grading, adding select 
backfill, improving an existing parking area and driveway in the meter 
station yard, adding gravel and crushed stone around Cove Point's yard 
facilities and final cleanup. The existing fencing around the Pleasant 
Valley site would be taken down during construction. After 
construction, the fencing would be put back up on the same alignment. 
The estimated cost of the Meter Station would be $5,086,000.
    Any questions regarding the application may be directed to Michael 
Cathey, Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251-1396, or telephone 
(713) 215-2677.
    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after the 
Commission has issued this notice, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 
Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or 
notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of the 
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.207) a protest to the request. If 
no protest is filed within the allowed time, the proposed activity 
shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time 
allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn 
within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant 
request shall be treated as an application for authorization pursuant 
to Section 7 of the NGA. Comments, protests and interventions 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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