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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos.CP06-418-000]

 
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC & Northern Natural 
Gas Company; Notice of Petition for Waiver of Rule

July 13, 2006.
    On July 10, 2006, as amended on July 12, 2006, Kinder Morgan 
Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT) and Northern Natural Gas 
Company (Northern), pursuant to section 385.207 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations jointly petition the 
Commission for a temporary waiver of section 157.202(b)(2)(ii)(A), (B) 
and (C) of the Commission's regulations, which exclude a main line of a 
gas transmission system, an extension of a main line, and a facility, 
including compression and looping, that alters the capacity of a main 
line (except for certain replacement faculties and facility 
modifications) from the facilities eligible for construction under a 
section 157, subpart F blanket certificate. For reasons explained more 
fully in the filing, petitioners request that the exclusion of these 
facilities be waived to allow the construction of such main line 
facilities under a blanket certificate pending issuance of a final rule 
in Docket No. RM06-7-000,\1\ for the purpose of providing service to 
any new plant constructed or existing plant expanded for the production 
of ``renewable fuel'' as defined in section 1501 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005.\2\ If the Commission conditions its waiver to incorporate 
the 60-day prior notice requirement proposed in the NOPR, such a 
condition would be acceptable to the Petitioners.
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    \1\ Revisions to the Blanket Certificate Regulations and 
Clarification Regarding Rates, 115 FERC ] 61,338 (2006).
    \2\ Public Law 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, 1067-68 (2005) (to be 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 7545).
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    Questions concerning the Petition should be directed to: Bentley W. 
Breland, Vice-President, Certificates and Rates, Kinder Morgan 
Interstate Gas Transmission LLC, P.O. Box 281304, Lakewood, Colorado 
80228-8304. Telephonically, he may be contacted at (303) 763-3581.
    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. 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.
    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 under the ``e-Filing'' 
link at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission strongly encourages 

intervenors to file electronically. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest 
or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 

TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on August 3, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-11656 Filed 7-21-06; 8:45 am]

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