

[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP06-412-000 and CP06-416-000]

 
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. and Northwest Pipeline Corporation; 
Notice of Application

July 10, 2006.
    Take notice that on June 30, 2006, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 
(Puget), 10885 NE. 4th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98009, filed an 
application in Docket No. CP06-412-000, pursuant to sections 7(c) and 
7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's 
regulations, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity and 
related abandonment authority for Puget, as operator of the Jackson 
Prairie Storage Project in Lewis County, Washington, to construct and 
operate new and upgraded facilities necessary to increase the Jackson 
Prairie maximum firm withdrawal deliverability from 850 MMcf/day to 
1,150 MMcf/day on behalf of three owners of Jackson Prairie, Puget, 
Northwest Pipeline Corporation (Northwest), and Avista Corporation. 
Also on June 30, 2006, Northwest, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84158, filed a companion application under section 7(c) of the NGA and 
part 157 of the Commission's regulations, for a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity authorizing it to utilize a portion of the 
expanded withdrawal deliverability from the Jackson Prairie Storage 
Project for new firm storage services. Puget's project would consist of 
up to ten new injection/withdrawal wells with appurtenant gathering 
facilities, about 0.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline looping, and 
various upgrades at the Jackson Prairie Compressor station and Jackson 
Prairie Meter Station. The total cost of facilities is estimated to be 
$43.8 million, all as more fully set forth in the applications which 
are on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The 
filings 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 for TTY, 

contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding these applications may be directed to Garry 
Kotter, Manager, Certificates and Tariffs, at (801) 584-7117, Northwest 
Pipeline

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Corporation, P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake City Utah, 84158-900.
    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, 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. Unless filing electronically, 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 commentors 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 commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors 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 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.

    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time, July 31, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-11200 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]

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