
[Federal Register: March 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP09-76-000; PF06-34-000]

 
Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company; Notice of Application

March 12, 2009.
    Take notice that on March 5, 2009, Questar Overthrust Pipeline 
Company (Overthrust), 180 East 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, 
filed an application to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) 
seeking authority to expand its interstate natural-gas transmission 
system by constructing and operating two new compressor packages. One 
compressor package will be located at a new Compressor Station called 
Point of Rocks and the other compressor package will be installed in a 
vacant bay in an existing building at the existing Rock Springs 
Compressor Station. The proposed Point of Rocks station and the Rock 
Springs station are both located within Sweetwater County, Wyoming, all 
as more fully set forth in the application. 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.
    Overthrust explains that the proposed new pipeline facilities, 
known as the Overthrust Compression Expansion Project (Compression 
Expansion), will enable it to transport an additional 300,000 Dth/d of 
natural gas from receipt points at Opal, Wyoming, to the existing 
interconnect with REX near Wamsutter, Wyoming. It is further explained 
that Overthrust has negotiated a Transportation Service Agreement with 
Encana Marketing (USA) Inc. that has subscribed for the entire 300,000 
Dth/d of incremental capacity created by the project.
    Overthrust states that by letter dated October 9, 2008, in Docket 
No. PF06-34-000, the Commission's Office of Energy Projects granted 
Overthrust's September 26, 2008, request to utilize the Commission's 
Pre-Filing Process for the planned Compression Expansion. Overthrust 
has also submitted an applicant-prepared Draft Environmental Assessment 
that was prepared during the Pre-Filing Process that was included with 
this application.
    Any questions regarding Overthrust's proposal in this application 
should be Directed to L. Bradley Burton, Manager, Federal Regulatory 
Affairs, Questar Pipeline Company, 180 East 100 South, P.O. Box 45360, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84145, telephone: (801) 324-2459 or e-mail: 
brad.burton@questar.com or Tad M. Taylor, Division Counsel, Questar 
Pipeline Company, 180 East 100 South, P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84145, telephone: (801) 324-5531.
    On October 9, 2008, the Commission staff granted Overthrust's 
request to utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-
Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF06-34-000 to staff activities 
involving the project. Now, as of the filing of this application on 
March 5, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. 
From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. 
CP09-76-000, 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

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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.
    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: April 2, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6066 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
