Document ID: FERC-2009-0485-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Leaf River Energy Center LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
Posted Date: 2009-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 31, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 60)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-79-000]

 
Leaf River Energy Center LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 
Authorization

March 24, 2009.
    Take notice that on March 10, 2009, Leaf River Energy Center LLC 
(Leaf River), 53 Riverside Avenue, Westport, Connecticut, 06880, filed 
in Docket number CP09-79-000, a prior notice request pursuant to 
sections 157.205 and 157.208 of the Commission's regulations under the 
Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Leaf River's blanket certificate issued in 
Docket number CP08-8-000. Leaf River asked for authorization to 
construct, own and operate a new natural gas pipeline lateral and 
associated facilities (Sonat Lateral) that will connect the Leaf River 
Energy Center, a certificated underground natural gas storage and 
pipeline header facilities, located in Smith, Jasper and Clarke 
Counties, Mississippi, with a Southern Natural Gas Company (Sonat) 
interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in place of the facilities 
that Leaf River originally proposed for that purpose. Leaf River 
submitted information supplementing prior notice of proposed 
construction activity under blanket certificate on March 23, 2009, all 
as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed 
on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter 
the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-
3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Laura 
L. Luce, Leaf River Energy Center LLC, 53 Riverside Avenue, Westport, 
CT 06880, at (203) 557-1000 or at lluce@ngsenergy.com.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant 
notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's 
Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of 
intervention. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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