
[Federal Register: January 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 18)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP09-46-000]

 
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request Under 
Blanket Authorization

January 22, 2009.
    Take notice that on January 14, 2009, National Fuel Gas Supply 
Corporation (National Fuel), 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 
14221, filed in Docket No. CP09-46-000, a prior notice request pursuant 
to sections 157.205 and 157.208 of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's regulations under the Natural Gas Act for authorization to 
increase the certificated Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) 
for Line K-M2 and a portion of Line K, originating and terminating in 
Erie County, New York, and to thereafter operate these lines up to and 
including the higher MAOP, all as more fully set forth in the 
application, which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing 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, contact FERC at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, National Fuel proposes to uprate the MAOP of Lines K 
and K-M2 from the current MAOP of 220 psig to the requested MAOP of 320 
psig. National Fuel states that the uprating of the MAOP of the lines 
will improve system reliability and flexibility. National Fuel 
estimates the cost of the project to be $200,000.
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to David 
W. Reitz, Deputy, General Counsel, National Fuel Gas supply 
Corporation, 6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, at (716) 
857-7949.
    Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant 
notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's 
Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of 
intervention. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff 
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under 
the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to the 
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the 
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day 
after the time allowed for protest. If a protest is filed and not 
withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, 
the instant request shall be treated as an application for 
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.
    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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-1913 Filed 1-28-09; 8:45 am]

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