56084 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 15, 2010 / Notices 

1 In Docket No. CP10–136, Empire requested 

authorization under Section 3 of the NGA to allow 

the exportation of gas using its existing border 

facilities. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP10–493–000; PF10–5–000] 

Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of 

Application 

September 3, 2010. 

Take notice that on August 26, 2010, 

Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Empire), 6363 

Main Street, Williamsville, New York 

14221, filed an application in Docket 

No. CP10–493–000 pursuant to sections 

7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, for a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity to construct 

and operate its Tioga County Extension 

Project. Specifically, the Tioga County 

Extension Project consists of (1) 

approximately 16 miles of 24-inch 

diameter natural gas pipeline extending 

Empire’s existing system from its 

interconnection with the facilities of 

Millennium Pipeline Company, L.P. in 

Corning, New York to new producer 

interconnections in Tioga County, 

Pennsylvania; (2) a new interconnection 

with Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 

in Hopewell, New York; (3) replacement 

of approximately 1.3 miles of Empire’s 

existing pipeline in Victor, New York, 

and (4) modifications to its Oakfield 

Compressor Station to permit bidirectional flow on its system.1 Empire 

states that the project will result in 

additional firm capacity of 350,000 Dth 

per day. The estimated cost of the Tioga 

County Extension Project is 

approximately $45.9 million. A more 

detailed description of the project is 

available in the application which is on 

file with the Commission and open for 

public inspection. 

This filing is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Any questions 

regarding this application should be 

directed to David W. Reitz, counsel for 

Empire, 6363 Main Street, 

Williamsville, New York 14221, (716) 

857–7949, or reitzd@natfuel.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify Federal and 

State agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

Federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

On January 28, 2010, the Commission 

staff granted Empire’s request to utilize 

the Pre-Filing Process and assigned 

Docket No. PF10–5 to staff activities 

involved with the Tioga County 

Extension Project. Now, as of the filing 

of this application on August 26, 2010, 

the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this 

project has ended. From this time 

forward, this proceeding will be 

conducted in Docket No. CP10–493, as 

noted in the caption of this notice. 

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 the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 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 in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. 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. 

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 under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Comment Date: September 24, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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