
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 6089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01773]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP13-36-000, PF09-8-000]


Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of 
Application

    Take notice that on January 7, 2013, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC (Transco), Post Office Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, 
filed in Docket No. CP13-36-000 an application under Section 7 of the 
Natural Gas Act and Part 157 the Commission's Rules and Regulations for 
all the necessary authorizations required to construct, own and operate 
its Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project (Rockaway Project) in New York. 
The Rockaway Project is an expansion of Transco's existing pipeline 
system which will enable Transco to make deliveries into National 
Grid's New York City distribution system at a new delivery point on the 
Rockaway Peninsula in Queens County, New York, and will provide 647,000 
dekatherms per day of firm transportation service, all as more fully 
set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and 
open to public inspection.
    On March 26, 2009, the Commission staff granted Transco's request 
to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF09-8 to 
staff activities involved with Transco's Rockaway Project. Now, as of 
the filing of the application on January 7, 2013, the Pre-Filing 
Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this 
proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13-36-000, as noted in the 
caption of this Notice.
    Transco states the Project will involve the construction of 
approximately 3.20-mile, 26-inch lateral from Transco's existing Lower 
New York Bay Extension at or near milepost 34.31 in New York State 
waters in the Atlantic Ocean to an interconnection with National Grid 
on the Rockaway Peninsula; a new meter station to be located at Floyd 
Bennett Field within Gateway National Recreation Area, in Kings County, 
New York; and related appurtenant facilities. The estimated cost of the 
Project is approximately $182.8 million.
    Copies of this filing are available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the Commission's Web 
site web 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, contact FERC at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    Questions regarding this application should be directed to Bill 
Hammons, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251; phone (713) 215-2130. 
Transco has also established a public Web site for the Rockaway Project 
(http://www.williams.com/rockaway), a toll-free phone number (1-866-
455-9103) so that parties can call with questions about the Rockaway 
Project, and an email support address (PipelineExpansion@williams.com).
    Transco has requested that the Commission issue a final order in 
this proceeding by October 1, 2013, to enable Discovery to commence 
construction of the proposed facilities to meet a November 1, 2014 in-
service date.
    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, before the 
comment date of this notice, 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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web 
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. 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.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 12, 2013.

    Dated: January 22, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01773 Filed 1-28-13; 8:45 am]
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