
[Federal Register: February 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 36)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM05-1-000]

 
Regulations Governing the Conduct of Open Seasons for Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation Projects; Notice of Rescheduled Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation Projects Open Season Pre-Filing Workshop

February 17, 2010.
    On February 22, 2010, the Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC) will hold a workshop on the procedures and process 
for holding and commenting on an open season for an Alaska Natural Gas 
Transportation Project. The Workshop is being held at the Commission's 
headquarters in Washington and has been rescheduled from the previous 
date of February 11, 2010 due to the weather emergency closure of the 
Commission's offices.
    In 2005, in the above-referenced docket, FERC enacted regulations 
under the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act which established the 
procedures for conducting open seasons for the purpose of making 
binding commitments for the acquisition of capacity on Alaska natural 
gas transportation projects. TransCanada Alaska Company LLC (TC Alaska) 
has recently filed its request for approval of its Open Season plan for 
its Alaska Pipeline Project in Docket No. PF09-11-001. Denali--The 
Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC has publicly stated that it intends to hold an 
open season for its project in 2010.
    Under FERC's open season regulations, prior to conducting an open 
season for an Alaskan natural gas transportation project, each project 
sponsor is required to submit a detailed open season plan to FERC. 
After receiving the project sponsor's open season plan, FERC will issue 
a notice requesting public comments on the open season plan and explain 
the procedure for submitting such comments. Absent unusual 
circumstances, FERC will act on the open season plan within 60 days of 
its submission by the project sponsor.
    Both of these project sponsors have initiated FERC's pre-filing 
process, which is typically focused on FERC's environmental review of a 
project. However in this instance, the pre-filing process also includes 
FERC's review, approval, and oversight of the project sponsors' open 
season. FERC Staff is holding this Open Season Pre-Filing Workshop to 
provide interested parties an opportunity to learn about and discuss 
the procedures and process for commenting upon and holding an open 
season.
    The workshop will be held on February 22, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 4 
p.m. (EST) at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1st Street, 
NE.--Room 3M-2 A&B, Washington, DC 20426.
    All interested parties may attend. The agenda for the Open Season 
Pre-Filing Workshop is attached. There will be no discussion of TC 
Alaska's filing in Docket No. PF09-11-001, or any other aspect of the 
proposed Alaska pipeline projects. Rather, the Workshop will focus on 
the requirements of the Commission's regulations and procedures and 
process for commenting upon and holding an open season. In order to 
ensure that questions could be appropriately answered, it was 
previously requested that interested parties provide any questions in 
advance to Commission Staff and these questions have been added to the 
Agenda without attribution. Any further new questions or follow-up 
questions will also be entertained at the Workshop.
    The Workshop will not be transcribed by the FERC Staff. Telephone 
participation will be available; by calling:
    Conference number: (888) 566-6129
    Participant passcode: 43634
For security reasons, the passcode will be required to join the call. 
Restrictions may exist when accessing freephone/toll free numbers using 
a mobile telephone.
    For additional information concerning this event, please contact 
Richard Foley at (202) 502-8955 or Mary O'Driscoll at (202) 502-8680.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3616 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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