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FGT states that in the Settlement,

among other provisions, that it would

file revised tariff sheets prior to the inservice date of the proposed Phase IV

Expansion to provide that firm

transportation service under FT’s Rate

Schedule FTS–2 will reflect seasonal

entitlements for four seasons. Currently,

FTS–2 service includes defined levels of

seasonal Maximum Daily

Transportation Quantities (MDTQ) for

only two seasonal periods: (1)

November through April and (2) May

through October. In the Settlement, the

parties agreed to change the two seasons

to four seasons: (1) October, (2)

November through March, (3) April, and

(4) May through September. Increasing

the seasons to four allows FTS–2 service

agreements to have the same seasonal

periods as service agreements for firm

transportation service under FGT’s Rate

Schedule FTS–1.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11771 Filed 5–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP01–176–000, CP01–177–

000, CP01–178–000, CP01–179–000]

Georgia Straits Crossing Pipeline LP.;

Notice of Applications

May 4, 2001.

Take notice that on April 24, 2001,

Georgia Straits Crossing Pipeline LP

(GSX), P.O. 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah,

84158–0900, filed in Docket No. CP01–

176–000 an application pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for

authorization to construct and operate a

new interstate natural gas transmission

system consisting of approximately 47

miles of related pipeline and related

facilities in the state of Washington; in

Docket No. CP01–177–000 an

application for a blanket certificate

authorizing Part 284 transportation; in

Docket No. CP01–178–000 an

application for a blanket certificate

authorizing certain routine activities

under Subpart F of Part 157; and in

Docket No. CP01–179–000 an

application for Section 3 siting

authorization for export/import facilities

and a Presidential Permit authorizing

the construction, operation and

maintenance of interconnect facilities

for imports and exports at two locations

on the US/Canadian international

border, 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).

GSX proposes the construct: (1) a

10,302 horsepower (ISO rated)

compressor station at Cherry Point,

Whatcom County, Washington, located

adjacent to an existing industrial area

approximately a mile from the Strait of

Georgia shoreline; (2) approximately 32

miles of 20-inch pipeline generally

paralleling existing pipeline corridors

from Sumas to the proposed Cherry

Point compressor station; (3)

approximately 15 miles of 16-inch

pipeline from the Cherry Point

compressor station to an offshore

interconnect with a Canadian pipeline

proposed to be built by GSX Canada

Limited Partnership (GSX-Canada) from

that interconnect to a delivery point into

the distribution system of Central Gas

British Columbia Inc. on Vancouver

Island; (4) receipt point meter station

facilities interconnecting with

Westcoast Energy Inc. at the Canadian

border and with Northwest Pipeline

Corporation, both near Sumas; and (5)

appurtenant facilities. GSX estimates

the total cost of the proposed facilities

at approximately $90.7-million.

GSX states that the initial firm design

capacity of its system will be

approximately 94,000 Dth per day. It is

indicated that as a result of an open

season, Powerex Corporation (Powerex),

an affiliate of British Columbia Hydro

and Power Authority (BC hydro),

executed a binding precedent agreement

for all of the initial certificated design

capacity for a 30-year term, at negotiated

rates. GSX avers that Powerex requires

the capacity to meet the obligations of

BC Hydro to supply natural gas fuel to

two new generating plants on

Vancouver Island. Further, GSX states

that its system is designed to facilitate

relatively inexpensive expansions, by

compression upgrades, to accommodate

future market growth on Vancouver

Island and in northwestern Washington

state.

GSX states that its proposal and that

of GSX-Canada comprise the

international Georgia Strait Crossing

Project. GSX indicates that pursuant to

the GSC Project Agreement between

GSX and its sponsor, Williams Gas

Pipeline Company (Williams), and GSXCanada and its sponsor, British

Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

(BC Hydro), the owners have agreed to

coordinate certain decisions regarding

the construction and operation of GSX

and GSX-Canada through a GSX

Committee. GSX also states that subject

to the owners and through the GSX

Committee on matters within the

committee’s purview, GSX Operating

Company, L.L.C., an wholly owned

subsidiary of Williams, will design and

engineer, manage the procurement and

construction, operate and maintain and

manage the day-to-day business affairs

of both GSX and GSX-Canada pipeline,

as a contractor for the owners.

GSX proposes a pro forma Tariff

which includes its proposed Rate

Schedules FT–1 for firm service and IT–

1 for interruptible service. GSX

proposes traditional cost-of-service

based rates for its initial recourse rates.

GSX states that its proposed rates reflect

a 70% debt, 30% equity capital

structure, 8% interest on debt, 14%

return on equity and a 30 year

depreciation life. GSX avers that its

proposed rates are designed under the

straight fixed variable methodology

using a quantity/distance cost allocation

to establish rates for two zones, one for

mainland U.S. delivers and one for

deliveries to GSX-Canada. GSX also

states that the proposed initial recourse

maximum daily reservation rates are

$0.36546 per Dth of contract demand for

service to mainland U.S. points and

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$0.51233 per Dth of contract demand for

service to the GSX-Canada interconnect.

GSX requests that the Commission

issue a preliminary determination on

the non-environmental aspects of the

application by January 31, 2002 and a

final order granting the requested

certificate authorization by May 31,

2002 so that the project may be

completed by the late October 2003 inservice date required to ensure

Powerex’s ability to meet the long-tern

gas supply commitments of BC Hydro to

the new electricity generation facilities

on Vancouver Island.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Gary

K. Kotter, Manger, Certificates, GSX

Pipeline, L.L.C., P.O. Box 58900, Salt

Lake City, Utah 84158–0900, (801) 584–

7117.

There are two ways to become

involved in the Commission’s review of

this project. First, any person wishing to

obtain legal status by becoming a party

to the proceedings for this project

should, on or before May 25, 2001, file

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to

intervene 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). A

person obtaining party status will be

place on the service list maintained by

the Secretary of the Commission and

will receive copies of all documents

filed by the applicant and by all other

parties. A party must submit 14 copies

of filings made with the Commission

and must mail a copy to the applicant

and to every other party in the

proceeding.

Only parties to the proceeding can ask

for court review of Commission orders

in the proceeding.

However, a person does not have to

intervene in order to have comments

considered. The second way to

participate is by filing with the

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as

possible, an original and two copies of

comments in support of or in opposition

to this project. The Commission will

consider these comments in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but the filing of a comment alone

will not serve to make the filer a party

to the proceeding.The Commission’s

rules require that persons filing

comments in opposition to the project

provide copies of their protests only to

the party or parties directly involved in

the protest.

Persons who wish to comment only

on the environmental review of this

project should submit an original and

two copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Environmental commenters will be

placed on the Commission’s

environmental mailing list, will receive

copies of the environmental documents,

and will be notified of meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Environmental commenters will not be

required to serve copies of filed

documents on all other parties.

However, the non-party commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission (except for the mailing of

environmental documents issued by the

Commission) and will not have the right

to seek court review of the

Commission’s final order.

The Commission may issue a

preliminary determination on nonenvironmental issues prior to the

completion of its review of the

environmental aspects of the project.

The preliminary determination typically

considers such issues as the need for the

project and its economic effect on

existing customers of the applicant, on

other pipelines in the area, and on

landowners and communities. For

example, the Commission considers the

extent to which the applicant may need

to exercise eminent domain to obtain

rights-of-way for the proposed project

and balances that against the nonenvironmental benefits to be provided

by the project. Therefore, if a person has

comments on community and

landowner impacts form this proposal,

it is important either to file comments

or to intervene as early in the process as

possible.

Also, comments protests, and

interventions may be filed electronically

via the internet in lieu of paper. See,

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission’s web

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

doorbell.htm.

If the Commission decides to set the

application for a formal hearing before

an Administrative Law Judge, the

Commission will issue another notice

describing that process. At the end of

the Commission’s review process, a

final Commission order approving or

denying a certificate will be issued.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11773 Filed 5–9–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP01–397–000]

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership; Notice of Proposed

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff and

Request for Waiver

May 4, 2001.

Take notice that on May 1, 2001,

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes) tendered for

filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,

Second Revised Volume No. 1, the

following tariff sheets with an effective

date of June 1, 2001:

Third Revised Sheet No. 8A

Tenth Revised Sheet No. 9

Second Revised Sheet No. 50A

Great Lakes states that these tariff

sheets are being filed to add a provision

to its tariff stating that any gas

transported for others utilizing offsystem capacity will be pursuant to its

Part 284 open access tariff and will be

subject to its Commission-approved

rates. The provision also states that

Great Lakes may pass through to the

benefiting shipper(s) any amounts Great

Lakes must pay to a third party to

acquire this off-system capacity.

Great Lakes is requesting a generic

waiver of the Commission’s ‘‘shipper

must hold title’’ policy to permit it to

provide transportation for others on

such acquired off-system capacity.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest said filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 or 385.211 of the Commission’s

Rules and Regulations. All such motions

or protests must be filed in accordance

with Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection in the Public Reference

Room. This filing may be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). 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