

[Federal Register: November 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 225)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP08-17-000, CP08-18-000]

 
Cimarron River Pipeline, LLC, Northern Natural Gas Company; 
Notice of Applications

November 14, 2007.
    Take notice that on November 2, 2007 Cimarron River Pipeline, LLC 
(Cimarron), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed an 
application under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) in Docket No. 
CP08-17-000, requesting a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity to acquire, own, and operate Anadarko Basin pipeline and 
compression facilities in the northern Texas panhandle, northwest 
Oklahoma, and southwest Kansas now owned by Northern Natural Gas 
Company. Cimarron also requests blanket certificates pursuant to 
Subpart F of Part 157 and Subpart G of Part 284 of the Commission's 
regulations, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on 
file with Commission and open to public inspection. Any questions 
regarding Cimarron's application should be directed to Katie Rice, 
Director, Regulatory Affairs, DCP Midstream, LP, 370 17th Street, Suite 
2500, Denver, Colorado 80202; Phone at (303) 605-2166.
    Also take notice that on November 2, 2007, Northern Natural Gas 
Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, 
filed an application under Section 7 of the NGA, in Docket No. CP08-18-
000, requesting permission and approval to abandon by sale to Cimarron 
its Anadarko Basin area Beaver Wet System, including pipeline, 
compression, dehydrating, purification and delivery point facilities 
and appurtenances in various counties in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, 
all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with 
Commission and open to public inspection. Any questions regarding 
Northern's application should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, 
Senior Director of Certificates and External Affairs, Northern Natural 
Gas Company, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124; Phone at 
(402) 398-7103.
    Northern proposes to convey to Cimarron about 419 miles of its 
pipeline, compressor stations and all delivery and receipt points 
located along the various lengths of the pipeline and all other 
appurtenant facilities. The facilities are referred to by Northern as 
the Beaver Wet System and handle wet

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gas for processing. Cimarron is currently a subsidiary of Northern 
(formed for the purpose of this transaction); however, when the 
transaction is complete, Cimarron will come a under the control of DCP 
Midstream, LP, formerly Duke Energy Field Services, LP.
    Northern requests that any required authorization under Section 7 
of the NGA be granted since all of the assets that will be transferred 
to Cimarron. Northern also requests Commission approval to abandon the 
services it provides with respect to primary receipt and/or delivery 
points located on the facilities proposed for abandonment. Northern 
states that it proposes to convey the subject facilities to Cimarron at 
Northern's net book value. Finally, Northern requests that the 
Commission determine that Northern's proposed incidental compression 
service for Cimarron at the Beaver compressor station is in the public 
interest.
    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 filed 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.
    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.
    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 December 5, 2007.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-22824 Filed 11-21-07; 8:45 am]

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