30724 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–375–000]

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company;

Notice of Application

June 1, 2001.

Take notice that on May 25, 2001,

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company

(East Tennessee), 5400 Westheimer

Court, Houston, Texas 77056–5310,

filed with the Commission in Docket

No. CP01–375–000 an application

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to

construct, install, own, operate, and

maintain various pipeline facilities in

Tennessee needed to provide firm

transportation service to the Tennessee

Valley Authority (TVA), all as more

fully set forth in the amendment which

is open to the public for inspection.

This filing may be viewed on the web

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

rims.htm (please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance).

East Tennessee proposes to undertake

the following activities:

a. Construct 8.74 miles of 20-inch

diameter pipeline loop and 9.63 miles of

16-inch diameter pipeline loop on East

Tennessee’s existing pipeline right of

way (ROW), and construct 8.09 miles of

20-inch diameter pipeline loop adjacent

to East Tennessee’s existing pipeline

ROW in Moore, Lewis, Lawrence, Giles,

Maury, and Franklin Counties,

Tennessee;

b. Hydrostatically test one pipeline

section of approximately 5.44 miles of

12-inch diameter pipeline on Line 3200

located on the existing East Tennessee

system in Franklin County to increase

the maximum allowable operating

pressure (MAOP);

c. Install a 6,270 horsepower (HP)

compressor unit, to be located at Station

3206 in Marshall County, Tennessee;

and two regulators, one at Station 3206

in Marshall County, and one at the Elk

River Estill Springs Meter Station in

Franklin County;

d. Replace aerodynamic assemblies

for two existing units at Stations 3206

and two existing units at Station 3209

in Franklin County with new

aerodynamic assemblies;

e. Construct one new compressor

station, Station 3202, in Hickman and

Lewis Counties, Tennessee, by installing

three 1,085 HP compressor units;

f. Construct one new gas meter station

in Franklin County; and,

g. Install associated valves, piping,

and appurtenant facilities.

East Tennessee seeks all necessary

certificate authority to construct, own,

operate, and maintain the above

mentioned facilities, collectively

referred to as the TVA Project. East

Tennessee also seeks authorization to

establish an initial section 7(c) rate for

the proposed incremental facilities. The

TVA Project facilities would allow East

Tennessee to provide 86,000 Dekatherm

equivalent of natural gas per day (Dth/

d) in firm transportation service for the

TVA. East Tennessee states that it

would provide service to the TVA

pursuant to East Tennessee’s existing

open access FERC Rate Schedule FT–A.

East Tennessee also states that it would

finance the estimated $44,376,000

construction cost for the proposed

facilities from funds on hand.

Any questions regarding the

application should be directed to Steven

E. Tillman, Director, Regulatory Affairs,

East Tennessee Natural Gas Company,

P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–

1652, phone number (713) 627–5113.

There are two 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 June 22, 2001, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

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 NGA (18

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party

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 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, 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.

This 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

non-environmental benefits to be

provided by the project. Therefore, if a

person has comments on community

and landowner impacts from this

proposal, it is important either to file

comments or to intervene as early in the

process as possible.

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.

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. 01–14340 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

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