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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-457-000]

 
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Filing

October 16, 2007.
    Take notice that on September 28, 2007, and supplemented on October 
15, 2007, Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois), One 
Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Shelton, CT 06484-6211, filed an 
abbreviated application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) and part 157 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, for a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and 
operate the 08/09 Expansion Project (Project) in New York and 
Connecticut. 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 ``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.
    Iroquois requests authority to construct and operate: (1) Three 
sections of new, 36-inch diameter pipeline looping and associated above 
ground facilities along its existing mainline in New York and 
Connecticut; (2) a new compressor station, 10,300 horsepower, in 
Milford, Connecticut; and (3) additional compression, 10,300 
horsepower, and cooling facilities at the Brookfield compressor station 
in Brookfield, Connecticut. Iroquois also seeks a predetermination that 
the rates applicable to the 08/09 Expansion project to be rolled in 
with Iroquois' existing Eastchester Expansion Project rate case 
following the in-service date for the proposed facilities in which the 
Eastchester rates are subject to change. The estimated cost of the 
Project is approximately $163,000,000. Iroquois proposes the in-service 
date, under Phase I, of November 1, 2008.
    Any questions regarding the application are to be directed to Paul 
W. Diehl, Senior Attorney, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company, One 
Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Shelton, CT 06484, phone number (203) 925-
7228.
    On March 23, 2007, the Commission staff granted Iroquois's request 
to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing 
Process and assigned Docket No. PF07-7-000 to staff activities 
involving the Market Access Project. Now, as of the filing of this 
application on September 28, 2007, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this 
project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP07-457-000, as noted in the caption of this 
Notice.
    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.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be file on or before the comment date. Anyone 
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that 
document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is not 
necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other 
than the Applicant.
    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.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 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.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 6, 2007.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-20877 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]

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