Totem Natural Gas Storage
Project Permitting Timeline

• By letter dated February 28, 2007, CIG notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of its request to initiate the commission's Pre-Filing procedures for the proposed Totem Natural Gas Storage Project. These procedures allow for the early project scoping and review of environmental and landowner concerns.



• On March 15, 2007, FERC approved CIG's request to initiate the Pre-Filing procedures. The FERC assigned Docket No. PF07-6-000 to this phase of the proceeding.



• On April 17, 2007 CIG held an open house in Bennett, Colorado to present the proposed project to the landowners in the area and other interested public and private parties.



• On April 19, 2007, CIG submitted the first drafts of the environmental resources reports describing the project and presenting a discussion of alternatives to the project.



• On April 30, 2007, FERC issued its notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the project. The notice provided until May 30, 2007 as the end of the scoping period, by which time, interested parties needed to submit comments on issues they want to see addressed in the EA.



• On August 6, 2007, CIG submitted its second drafts of the environmental resource reports to the FERC.



• On September 12, 2007, CIG received a set of data requests on the environmental resource reports filed in August, 2007. Responses to these requests were filed with the FERC on November 29, 2007.



• On November 29, 2007, CIG also filed its certificate application with the FERC for authority to construct and operate the proposed Totem storage project. This filing was assigned Docket No. CP08-30-000.



• On April 30, 2008, the FERC issued the certificate granting CIG the authority to construct and operate the Totem storage project. A copy of that certificate order can be viewed at: Totem Order.



• CIG started construction on the Totem storage project on June 20, 2008, and expects to commence service in June 2009.



• On June 25, 2009, CIG received FERC authorization to commence service and subsequently declared the first phase of the Totem storage project in service on June 29, 2009.