
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48132-48133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19782]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP12-494-000; PF11-5-000]


Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on July 31, 2012, Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC 
(GTN), filed in Docket No. CP12-494-000, an application pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 
Commission's regulations, requesting authorization to construct, own, 
and operate a new lateral pipeline consisting of approximately 24.3 
miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline, along with measurement and other 
associated facilities, located between GTN's Ione Compressor Station 
and Portland General Electric Company's (PGE) proposed Carty Generating 
Station in Morrow County, Oregon (Carty Lateral Project), all as more 
fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission 
and open to public inspection. This filing may also 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, call (866) 
208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Mr. 
Richard Parke, Manager, Certificates, Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC, 
717 Texas Street, Suite 2400, Houston, Texas 77002-2761, or by calling 
(832) 320-5516 (telephone), email: richard_parke@transcanada.com.
    On March 31, 2011, the Commission staff granted GTN's request to 
use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF11-5-000 to staff 
activities involving the Carty Lateral Project. Now, as of the filing 
of this application on July 31, 2012, the NEPA Pre-Filing Process for 
this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be 
conducted in Docket No. CP12-494-000, 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

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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 commenters 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 commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters 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.
    Motions to intervene, protests and comments may be filed 
electronically via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings.
    Comment Date: August 28, 2012.

    Dated: August 7, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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