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Federal Register: February 24, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 37)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Docket No. CP11-78-000

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of

Application

On February 3, 2011, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company,

LLC (CEGT) filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) an application under section 7(b) & 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act (NGA), as amended, requesting authorization to abandon and replace certain facilities providing service to the Ashdown, Arkansas area. CEGT proposes to abandon segments of Line AM-46, AM-151 and AM- 151-A all located in Howard, Hempstead, Sevier and Little River

Counties Arkansas. The abandon segments would be replaced with the new

Line AM-204, all as more fully detailed in the Application. CEGT also requests Commission approval of the application by July 15, 2011, so construction can commence by August 15, 2011 and to avoid winter construction.

Questions regarding the application may be directed to Michelle

Willis, Manager, Regulatory and Compliance, CenterPoint Energy Gas

Transmission Company, LLC, PO Box 21734, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or by calling (318) 429-3708.

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 by all other parties. A party must submit seven 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.

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 cementers 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 cementers will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the nonparty 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.

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 encourages electronic submission of 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 seven 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free) or TTY, call (202) 502-8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on March 9, 2011.

Dated: February 16, 2011.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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