
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 787-788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP12-30-000; PF11-4-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Application

    Take notice that on December 14, 2011, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed 
an application under sections 7(c) and 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA) for a certificate authorizing Transco to construct and operate 
its Northeast Supply Link Project (Project) and to abandon certain 
pipeline facilities. Transco states that the proposed Project is an 
expansion of its existing pipeline system under which Transco will 
provide 250,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) of incremental firm 
transportation service in Zone 6 from certain supply interconnections 
on Transco's Leidy Line in Pennsylvania to Transco's 210 Market Pool in 
New Jersey and the existing Manhattan, Central Manhattan, and Narrows 
delivery points in New York City, 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.
    Specifically, Transco proposes the following: (1) Construction and 
operation of approximately 12.03 miles of new 42-inch diameter pipeline 
looping facilities on Transco's existing mainline; (2) replacement of 
approximately 0.46 miles of existing 36-inch diameter pipeline, by 
abandoning the pipeline in place and installing an equivalent length of 
thickerwalled pipe in a parallel trench; (3) pressure uprating of 
approximately 27 miles of existing 24-inch, 26-inch, and 36-inch 
diameter pipeline; (4) a new 25,000 horsepower (hp) electric motor 
driven compressor station; (5) addition of 16,000 hp at an existing 
compressor station; (6) compressor unit modifications at an existing 
compressor station; (7) modifications to various delivery and receipt 
meter stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; and (8) 
construction or modification of appurtenant underground and minor 
aboveground facilities. The estimated cost of the proposed Project is 
$341 million.
    Any questions regarding the Northeast Supply Link Project should be 
directed to Bill Hammons, Team Leader, Rates and Regulatory or Stephen 
A. Hatridge, Senior Counsel, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, 
LLC, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251 or at (713) 215-2130, or 
PipelineExpansion@williams.com.
    On March 2, 2011, the Commission staff granted Transco's request to 
utilize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process 
and assigned Docket No. PF11-4-000 to staff activities involving the 
project. Now, as of the filing of this application on December 14, 
2011, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this 
time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP12-30-
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 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

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by all other parties. A party must submit 7 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 email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: January 19, 2012.

    Dated: December 29, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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