

[Federal Register: December 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 242)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-30-000; Docket No. PF07-6-000]

 
Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application

December 11, 2007.
    Take notice that on November 29, 2007, Colorado Interstate Gas 
Company (CIG), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944, 
filed in Docket No. CP08-30-000, an application, pursuant to section 7 
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), for a certificate authorizing the 
construction and operation of a new underground natural gas storage 
facility in Adams County, Colorado. The proposed Totem Gas Storage 
Field Project will be comprised of 13 injection and withdrawal wells, a 
water disposal well, gathering pipelines, observation wells, a 
dehydration and dew point control plant and a compressor station with 
approximately 9,400 horsepower. CIG is also proposing to establish new 
firm, interruptible and balancing rate schedules for inclusion in its 
FERC Gas Tariff for services from the storage facility. CIG estimates 
that the new storage facility will have a working gas

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capacity of 7.0 Bcf, an injection rate of 100 MMcf per day and a 
withdrawal rate of 200 MMcf per day. CIG's proposal is more fully 
described as set forth in the application that is on file with the 
Commission and open to public inspection. This filing may also 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. 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.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Richard Derryberry, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company, P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80944 at (719) 
520-3782 or by fax at (719) 667-7534.
    Pursuant to Sec.  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.
    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 stated below, 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.
    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 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.
    On March 15, 2007, the Commission staff granted CIG's request to 
utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF07-6-000 to 
staff activities involving CIG's proposal. Now, as of the filing of 
CIG's application on November 29, 2007, the Pre-Filing Process for this 
project has officially concluded. And while the PF Docket Number is now 
closed, all of the information contained in the Pre-Filing Process will 
become part of the certificate proceeding. From this time forward, 
CIG's proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP07-30-000, as noted 
in the caption of this Notice. All future correspondence should refer 
to this CP docket number only.
    Comment Date: January 4, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-24414 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]

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