Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2006 / Notices

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of CFB,

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of CFB’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liability.

Copies of the full text of the

Commission’s Order are available from

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order 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 filed to access the

document. Comments, protests, and

interventions 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3449 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. CP06–71–000, CP06–72–000

and CP06–73–000]

Carolina Gas Transmission

Corporation, SCG Pipeline, Inc., South

Carolina Pipeline Corporation; Notice

of Joint Application and Offer of

Settlement

dsatterwhite on PROD1PC65 with PROPOSAL

March 3, 2006.

Take notice that on February 28, 2006,

SCG Pipeline, Inc. (SCG) and South

Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPC),

for themselves and on behalf of Carolina

Gas Transmission Corporation (Carolina

Gas) (collectively applicants), 1426

Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina

29201, filed a Joint Application and

Offer of Settlement. The applicants

request under section 7 of the Natural

Gas Act certain Certificates of Public

Convenience and Necessity authorizing

facilities acquisition and operation,

approval for the provision of interstate

natural gas transportation services,

approval of an abandonment, and

related blanket certificates. The

applicants request that the Commission

grant these approvals and certificates no

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later than July 31, 2006, so that Carolina

Gas can commence operations as an

interstate pipeline subject to the

Commission’s jurisdiction in time for

the 2006–2007 winter season.

These filings are on file with

Commission and open to public

inspection. They may be viewed on the

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. There is also 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, please contact FERC Online

Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact

(202) 502–8659.

Any questions regarding the

applications and Offer of Settlement

should be directed to Ryan C. Leahy,

Manager of Transportation Services,

South Carolina Pipeline Corporation,

105 New Way Road, Columbia, SC

29223, Phone: (803) 217–7377.

The applicants are requesting

certificates and other authorizations

necessary to permit: (1) The merger of

SCG into SCPC to form a single,

integrated interstate pipeline, subject to

Commission jurisdiction [Carolina Gas];

(2) the operation of such interstate

pipeline by Carolina Gas, the entity to

be formed as a result of the merger; (3)

the provision of jurisdictional services

by Carolina Gas pursuant to the initial

rates and FERC Gas Tariff proposed in

the settlement and applications; and (4)

the abandonment, by merger, of SCG’s

FERC-certificated facilities and the

cancellation of SCG’s FERC Gas Tariff,

and any other authorizations granted to

SCG by the Commission. The applicants

also request that the Commission grant

Carolina Gas a blanket certificate

authorizing Carolina Gas to transport

gas on behalf of others pursuant to

subpart G, section 284.221 of the

Commission’s regulations; and a blanket

certificate authorizing certain

construction and operation of facilities

and abandonment under NGA section 7

pursuant to subpart F, sections 157.201–

218 of the Commission’s regulations.

Importantly, pursuant to sections

385.207(a)(5) and 385.602, the

applicants also include an Offer of

Settlement for the Commission’s

acceptance of a Stipulation and

Agreement, which is a negotiated

resolution of the matters arising in

connection with the applicants’ requests

for certificate and abandonment

authority. The applicants say that the

terms and conditions of the settlement

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are the product of substantial intercustomer negotiation and compromise,

as well as negotiation and compromise

between the applicants and their

customers. They say that the settlement

reflects an overall balancing of the

various competing interests among

customers and among applicants and

the various customer constituencies.

Docket No. CP06–71–000 is assigned

to the requests to authorize facilities

acquisition and operation, for approval

for the provision of interstate natural gas

transportation services, for approval of

abandonment by SCG Pipeline, Inc.

Docket No. CP06–72–000 is assigned to

the part 157, subpart F blanket

certificate request and Docket No.

CP06–73–000 is assigned to the part

284, subpart G blanket certificate

request. The Offer of Settlement

encompasses and is related to all three

dockets.

The applicants say that upon

Commission approval of the

authorizations they request, SCG,

currently an interstate pipeline

regulated by the FERC, will merge into

SCPC, currently a non-FERC

jurisdictional intrastate pipeline. SCPC

intrastate services will end on the

merger effective date. SCPC will

relinquish its Hinshaw exemption,

become subject to the Commission’s

jurisdiction over interstate pipelines,

and change its name to Carolina Gas

Transmission Corporation. Following

the merger, the resulting entity, Carolina

Gas, will own and operate all of the

facilities that were owned and operated

by SCG and SCPC at the time of the

merger.

The applicants says that the resulting

Carolina Gas pipeline will be a

reticulated web-like system providing

open access, unbundled, firm and

interruptible transportation services and

interruptible parking and lending

service for interstate gas markets.

Carolina Gas will transport gas supplies

received from the Southern Natural Gas

Company and Transcontinental Gas

Pipe Line Corporation pipelines, which

access various gas supply regions

including the Gulf Coast, north

Louisiana and north Texas, as well as

LNG supplied at Elba Island, Georgia.

They say that the Carolina Gas system

will increase natural gas supply

diversity and competition in and

beyond the southeastern United States

and provide much needed interstate

infrastructure without the delay,

uncertainty and environmental

disturbances inherent in a new

construction project.

Any person desiring to intervene or to

protest this filing must file in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

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the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). Protests will be considered by

the Commission in determining the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a notice of

intervention or motion to intervene, as

appropriate. Comments, interventions

and protests to the applications must be

filed on or before the comment date.

Also in this proceeding, initial

comments to the Offer of Settlement

must be filed on or before the comment

date, and reply comments on the Offer

of Settlement, if desired, must be filed

on or before the reply comment date.

Anyone filing an initial or reply

comments on the settlement, motions to

intervene or protests must serve a copy

of those documents on the applicants.

However, on or before the reply

comment date, it is not necessary to

serve comments, motions to intervene or

protests on persons other than the

applicants.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission 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 comments,

protest or intervention to the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comment Date: March 31, 2006.

Reply Comment Date: April 10, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3446 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER06–398–000; ER06–399–

000]

Duquesne Keystone, LLC; Duquesne

Conemaugh, LLC; Notice of Issuance

of Order

dsatterwhite on PROD1PC65 with PROPOSAL

March 3, 2006.

Duquesne Keystone, LLC and

Duquesne Conemaugh, LLC

(collectively, the Duquesne Group) filed

an application for market-based rate

authority, with accompanying rate

schedules. The proposed market-based

rate schedules provide for the sale of

energy, capacity and ancillary at marketbased rates. The Duquesne Group also

requested waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, the Duquesne

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Group requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

part 34 of all future issuances of

securities and assumptions of liability

by the Duquesne Group.

On March 2, 2006, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Tariffs and Market

Development—West, granted the

request for blanket approval under part

34. The Director’s order also stated that

the Commission would publish a

separate notice in the Federal Register

establishing a period of time for the

filing of protests. Accordingly, any

person desiring to be heard or to protest

the blanket approval of issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability by

the Duquesne Group should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211,

385.214 (2004).

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protest is April 3, 2006.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition by the deadline above, the

Duquesne Group is authorized to issue

securities and assume obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the Duquesne Group,

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of the Duquesne Group’s

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Copies of the full text of the Director’s

Order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Order 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 filed to access the document.

Comments, protests, and interventions

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

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‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–3450 Filed 3–9–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP06–69–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Petition

March 3, 2006.

Take notice that on February 27, 2006,

El Paso Natural Gas Company (El Paso),

P.O. Box 1087, Colorado Springs,

Colorado 80944, filed a petition for

Exemption of Temporary Acts and

Operations from Certificate

Requirements, pursuant to Rule

207(a)(5) of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207(a)(5)), and section 7(c)(1)(B) of

the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C.

717(c)(1)(B)), seeking approval of an

exemption from certificate requirements

to perform temporary activities related

to drilling a test well and performing

other activities to assess the feasibility

of developing an underground natural

gas storage facility in Pinal County,

Arizona, 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 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, (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,

(202) 502–8659.

Any questions regarding the petition

should be directed to Richard

Derryberry, Director, Regulatory Affairs,

El Paso Natural Gas Company, P.O. Box

1087, Colorado Springs, Colorado

80944, phone (719) 520–3782 or fax

(719) 667–7534.

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

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