
[Federal Register: February 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 25)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF09-11-001]

 
TransCanada Alaska Company LLC; Notice of Request for Approval of 
Plan for Conducting an Open Season

February 1, 2010
    Take notice that on January 29, 2010, pursuant to section 157.38 of 
the Commission's Regulations governing Open Seasons for Alaska Natural 
Gas Transportation Projects, TransCanada Alaska Company LLC (TC Alaska) 
filed a Request for Commission Approval of its Plan for Conducting an 
Open Season. The proposed Open Season is being held to solicit the 
submission and execution of binding Precedent Agreements for firm 
natural gas transportation service and optional firm gas treatment 
service to be provided by TC Alaska's proposed Alaska Pipeline Project, 
which is more fully described in the filing.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reading Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Commission's 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.
    Please note that the review of TC Alaska's Open Season Plan is 
being done as part of the pre-filing phase of TC Alaska's Alaska 
Pipeline Project. Docket No. PF09-11-001 has been reserved for the Open 
Season Plan and commenters should use the -001 sub-docket for filings 
regarding the Open Season Plan. The Commission's Web page for 
eSubscription allows for subscription only to this specific sub-docket, 
Docket No. PF09-11-001 or, for those interested in the entire pre-
filing process to, ``Subscribe to root docket and all existing and new 
sub-dockets.''
    TC Canada states that the Alaska Pipeline Project is expected to 
consist of a FERC-jurisdictional gas treatment plant near Prudhoe Bay, 
Alaska, which will treat North Slope gas for pipeline transportation, 
and a FERC-jurisdictional gas transmission pipeline connecting the 
Point Thomson field in Alaska to the gas treatment plant and, a 
mainline pipeline from the gas treatment plant to either (1) the 
Alaska/Canada border for onward delivery to Alberta, Canada; or (2) to 
Valdez, Alaska for a connection to a third party liquefied natural gas 
facility.
    Pursuant to section 157.38 of the Commission's Regulations, the 
Commission plans to act on the TC Alaska's Open Season Plan by March 
29, 2010. TC Alaska states that if its Open Season Plan is approved by 
the Commission, its open season will begin on April 30, 2010 and end on 
July 30, 2010.
    Any questions regarding this Request for Approval of TC Alaska's 
Open Season Plan may be directed to:

Eugene R. Elrod_eelrod@sidley.com, Richard D. Klingler_
rklingler@sidley.com, William A. Williams_bill.williams@sidley.com, 
David J. Lewis_dlewis@sidley.com, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, 1501 K Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202-736-8000, 202-736-8711 (fax).
James K. Morse_james.morse@exxonmobil.com, Alaska Pipeline Project--
Law Manager, ExxonMobil Development Company, 16945 Northchase Drive, 
GP4 442, Houston, Texas 77060, 281-654-3346, 262-314-2923 (fax).

    Any person desiring to comment on this filing or file a motion to 
intervene in this phase of the project must file in accordance with the 
Rule 212 of Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. All comments 
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate 
action to be taken. In addition to the filing of comments, the 
Commission will permit the filing of reply comments pursuant to its 
authority under Rule 213 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure. The due dates for motions to intervene, comments and reply 
comments are listed below.
    The Commission strongly urges electronic filings of comments and 
reply comments in lieu of paper using the

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``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 
electronically should submit an original and 7 copies of their comments 
or reply comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. (Label cover letter or first page 
with case name, TransCanada Alaska Company LLC--Docket No. PF09-11-
001).
    On January 12, 2010, the FERC Staff held a pre-filing workshop in 
Anchorage, Alaska on the procedures and process for commenting upon and 
holding an open season for an Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Project. The FERC Staff intends to repeat that workshop at the 
Commission offices in Washington, DC on February 11, 2010, and the 
Commission will issue a separate notice in Docket No. RM05-1-000 to 
that effect.
    Comment Date: February 24, 2010.
    Reply Comment Date: March 9, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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